Jj Gordon Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021773
MRDS ID DE01266
Record type Site
Current site name Jj Gordon Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.38625, 40.94194 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(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

  • DIDN'T LOCATE IN AREA SHOWN ON MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Diopside Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Franklin Formation
    Rock description Franklin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.38625, 40.94194

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vee-Cee Realty Co.
    Home office 316 Midland Ave. Garfield, NJ 07026

Comments on development

  • CLOSED BY 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909. BUILDING STONES OF NJ, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1904. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1904.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1908. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR, 1908.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY COARSE-GRAINED ASH-GRAY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY FINE TO MEDIUM-GRAINED GRANITE. MARBLE CONTAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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