| Deposit ID | 10021816 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01429 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scudders Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.71542, 40.31307 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 24 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mercer(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Mercer |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lockatong | ||||
| Rock description | Lockatong | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -74.71542, 40.31307 |
|---|
| Strike | N45E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 11NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mary Hamill Lambert |
| Home office | Lawrenceville, Nj. |
| First year | 1985 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01429 |
LEWIS, J.V., 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN KUMMEL, H.B., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.
FIELD CHECKED, 1985.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1985 | Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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