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Thomas Adametz Quarry

Past Producer in Passaic 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. 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 10021888
MRDS ID DE01529
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas Adametz Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.2079, 40.92917 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paterson(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.2079, 40.92917
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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 1931
Year of last production 1960

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hamilton, William
    Home office 65 Old Hand Road, Wayne, Nj.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • WAS AN OLD QUARRY REOPENED BY THOMAS ADAMETZ IN 1931.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1931, IN 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 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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