Week's Trap Quarry

Past 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. 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 10021878
MRDS ID DE01515
Record type Site
Current site name Week's Trap Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.99818, 40.79306 (WGS84)
Elevation 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudson(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Long Island West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New York(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(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 :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase
    Rock description Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.99818, 40.79306

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1898

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Home Building And Remodling Co.
    Home office 955 West Side Ave. Jersey City, Nj.
    First year 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1895, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON.

  • 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.