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Frenchtown Shale Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021864
MRDS ID DE01496
Record type Site
Current site name Frenchtown Shale Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.0446, 40.52445 (WGS84)
Elevation 73

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Hunterdon

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) -75.0446, 40.52445
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 6SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWEST BEDS OF GRAY SHALE CONTAIN FILM OF MALACHITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1930
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Gombosi
    Home office Rd4 Box 352 Milford, Nj.
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    M.J. 1930, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FIILE AT NJGS TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985.

Reporter information

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

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