Greenpond 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. 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 10021793
MRDS ID DE01289
Record type Site
Current site name Greenpond Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.56653, 40.95056 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

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)

Federal lands

Camp McCain National Guard Camp(National Guard Camp)

National Guard Camp ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • ABANDONED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.56653, 40.95056

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike NE
    Dip 20 NW

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Jersey City, Division Of Water
    Home office 575 Njsh Route 440 Jersey City, Nj. 073??

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PINK & WHITE CONGLOMERATE AND QUARTZITE, ROCK IS FRACTURED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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