| Deposit ID | 10021773 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01266 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jj Gordon Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.38625, 40.94194 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 195 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Marble | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Franklin Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Franklin Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -74.38625, 40.94194 |
|---|
| General form | LAYERED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Vee-Cee Realty Co. |
| Home office | 316 Midland Ave. Garfield, NJ 07026 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01266 |
LEWIS, J.V., 1909. BUILDING STONES OF NJ, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.
KUMMEL, H.B., 1904. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1904.
KUMMEL, H.B., 1908. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR, 1908.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VERY COARSE-GRAINED ASH-GRAY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY FINE TO MEDIUM-GRAINED GRANITE. MARBLE CONTAINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-87 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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