Kingston Brownstone

Past Producer in Somerset county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. 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 10021843
MRDS ID DE01467
Record type Site
Current site name Kingston Brownstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.62542, 40.39612 (WGS84)
Elevation 37

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Hill(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

  • FROM ROCKY HILL NORTH FOR ONE MILE A LOT OF SMALL OLD QUARRIES CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE CANAL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(170)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.62542, 40.39612

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 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Trap Rock Industries
    First year 1985

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 CHECK 1985.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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