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Canal Road Quarry and Prospects

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021842
MRDS ID DE01465
Record type Site
Current site name Canal Road Quarry and Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.61737, 40.40001 (WGS84)
Elevation 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monmouth Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.61737, 40.40001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N58E
    Dip 19N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1888

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Knowlton
    Home office Rd. 1 Canal Road Princeton, Nj.
    First year 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1896 IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT TRENTON NJ.

  • Deposit

    GEOLGOICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEARS 1868, 1879 AND 1897.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK, 1985.

Reporter information

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

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