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Dilaura Stone

Past Producer in Passaic county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021901
MRDS ID DE01550
Record type Site
Current site name Dilaura Stone
Alternate or previous names C. Dilaura

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.30652, 41.01611 (WGS84)
Elevation 91

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanaque(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BUILDING, PAVING STONES AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Augite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.30652, 41.01611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED
    Strike N55E
    Dip 60-65 DEGREE SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK GREEN GNEISS OCCURS NEARBY AND CONTAINS ORTHOCLASE,PLAGIOCLASE MICROPERTHITE, & ABUNDANT AUGITE (ALTERED TO FIBROUS HORNBLENDE & CHLORITE) BIOTITE & MAGNETITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1934

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Singer Co. (Kearfott Div.)
    Home office 1150 Mcbride Ave. West Paterson, Nj. 07424

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED; HUGHE WORKINGS. 2 STONE HOUSES STILL PRESEN TWHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY USED TO HOUSE DYNAMITE.

Comments on development

  • IN 1931 THE HASKELL GRANITE CO. LEASED THE QUARRY. IN OPERATION ON A SMALL SCALE IN 1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS J.V., 1909 BUILDING STONES OF NJ IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES OF 1934 ON FILE AT THE NJGS IN TRENTON NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONGLY BANDED QTZ-NICROPERTHITE GRANITE=GENEISS WITH MINOR DARK GREEN AUGITE. LIGHT GRAY WITH PINK STREAKS FRACTURED AT INTERVALS OF 2 TO 4 FEET.
Deposit USED TO CONSTRUCT ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS AT BUTTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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