Belvidere Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Cement Rock
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082295
MRDS ID W055013
Record type Site
Current site name Belvidere Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.07293, 40.83806 (WGS84)
Elevation 99
Relative position MOST OF QUARRY IS NOW A LANDFILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cement Rock Primary

Analytical data

Result SILICA 22.72%
Result OXIDES, IRON & ALUMINA 8.15%
Result LIME 35.78%
Result MAGNESIA 1.86%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jacksonburg (Trenton)
    Rock description Jacksonburg (Trenton)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Chronological age 400

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.07293, 40.83806

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 20 TO 50 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELLER NOTED THE FOLLOWING FOSSILS AT QUARRY: ACTINOSTROMA TRENTONENSIS N. SP.; OR THIS TRICENARIA CON.; BUMASTUS TRENTONENIS (EMM)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1920

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inmont Corp 1255 Broad St Clifton, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on development

  • MENTIONED IN 1900 AS A QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (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.