Sb Twinnings Co.

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021833
MRDS ID DE01451
Record type Site
Current site name Sb Twinnings Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.98377, 40.40973 (WGS84)
Elevation 37

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • REDDISH BROWN MICACEOUS SANDSTONE, MEDIUM GRAINED QUARTZ SANDSTONE, LIMONITE SPEC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.98377, 40.40973

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 13NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • UP TO HALF OF THE GREY ROCK IS FELDSPAR PARTIALLY ALTERED TO KAOLIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1813
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul And Cynthia Paalborg
    Home office P.O. Box P Stockton, Nj.

Comments on development

  • MANY OLD, EXTENSIVELY WORKED QUARRIES INTHE VICINITY, 2 WATER FILLED QUARRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN KUMMEL, H.B., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE 1868, DIVISION II, BUILDING MATERIALS CHAPTER I, BUILDING STONES, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868, P. 511.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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