Toms Point Quarry

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021758
MRDS ID DE01250
Record type Site
Current site name Toms Point Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.31652, 40.90111 (WGS84)
Elevation 61

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pompton Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Brunswick
    Rock description Brunswick
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.31652, 40.90111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1895

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wildlife Preserves Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 55, Tenafly, Nj.
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1895, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK, 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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