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Charlottesburg Quarry

Past Producer in Passaic county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021845
MRDS ID DE01469
Record type Site
Current site name Charlottesburg Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.41652, 41.02972 (WGS84)
Elevation 216

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • ABANDONED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hornblende Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Green Pond Conglomerate
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED
    Strike N30E
    Dip 69SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABUNDANT SEAMS OF LOCAL MELT AND DISCORDANT PEGMATITE

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
Year of last production 1946

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Newark, Mva
    Home office 1294 Mcbride Ave. Little Falls, Nj.07424

Comments on the workings information

  • CURRENTLY ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909. BUILDING STONES OF NJ, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES OF THE NJGS FOR THE YEAR 1946, ON FILE IN TRENTON NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE-GRAINED, PINKISH GRAY GRANITE QTZ, FELDPAR, SOME HORNBLENDE AFTER AUGITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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