J.L. Burrough's Quarry

Past Producer in Mercer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021867
MRDS ID DE01499
Record type Site
Current site name J.L. Burrough's Quarry
Alternate or previous names Woodsville Flagstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.80154, 40.38057 (WGS84)
Elevation 69

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopewell(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 Mercer

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
    Chronological age 185
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.80154, 40.38057

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 1868
Year of last production 1897

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Township Of Hopewell
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 6.1M

Comments on development

  • WAS OPERATED ONLY FOR LOCAL AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1897, THE NEWARK SYSTEM IN SMOCK, J.C., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 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

Beyond USGS

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