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Berkshire Silica Company

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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 10021785
MRDS ID DE01279
Record type Site
Current site name Berkshire Silica Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.61153, 40.90167 (WGS84)
Elevation 216

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(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

  • ABANDONED; NOW AN OLD AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR ROOFING GRANULES, CEMENT, FLUX, FILTERS & FOUNDRIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result ROCK IS 90-94% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Green Pond Conglomerate
    Rock description Green Pond Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.61153, 40.90167
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1942

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hercules Powder Co.
    Home office Howard Blvd. Kenvil, Nj. 07847

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES (VAN VOORHIS-1942) OF THE NJGS, ON FILE AT TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK IS VERY BROKEN & SHEARED, LIGHT PINK TO WHITE ORTHOQUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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