Gallo Asphalt Co.

Producer in Hudson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021857
MRDS ID DE01486
Record type Site
Current site name Gallo Asphalt Co.
Alternate or previous names Hudson County Penitentiary Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.0879, 40.75917 (WGS84)
Elevation 52

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudson(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weehawken(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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 Hudson

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore
Apophyllite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.0879, 40.75917

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABSE HAS VEINS THAT CONTAIN MANY UNIQUE MINERALS AS NOTED BY FACCIOLLA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1985

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gallo Asphalt Co.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • MINED ON AND OFF SINCE 1800'S; USED IN ASPHALT AND AGGREGATE. SINCE 1981 ONLY TRAP ROCK PILES AND MINING SHALE AND SANDSTONE. FORMERLY AMERICAN TRAP ROCK CO. SSON TO CLOSE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FACCIOLLA, N.W., MINERALS OF LAUREL HILL 1981.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1896, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, AT NJGS IN TRENTON.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.