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Long Road Shale/Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Somerset 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021840
MRDS ID DE01463
Record type Site
Current site name Long Road Shale/Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -74.6179, 40.557 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bound Brook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 Somerset

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -74.6179, 40.557
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 12NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1896

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David Dorsei
    Home office 240 Morris Street, Stirling, Nj.
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 7.62M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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