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Murphy's Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021830
MRDS ID DE01447
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.86766, 40.36807 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pennington(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabaq
    Rock description Diabaq
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.86766, 40.36807
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1881

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carmello Armano
    Home office Rd. 1 Box 478, Labertville, Nj.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • QUARRY HAS LOOSE BLOCKS ON THE SURFACW WHICH WERE SPLIT AND USED FOR MONUMENTS AND WINDOW SILLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, STOCKTON (7.5 MINUTE SERIES) QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1881. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST 1881.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Master, Julian A. New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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