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Lopatcong Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082299
MRDS ID W055018
Record type Site
Current site name Lopatcong Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.14433, 40.71139 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(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 :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatiny
    Rock description Kittatiny
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 440

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.14433, 40.71139
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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 1898
Year of last production 1940

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wertheim Assoc
    Home office 2029 Morris Ave. Union, N. J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • QUARRY LOCATED ON LARGE ABANDONED FARM; LIMESTONE PROBABLY USED FOR FARM FERTILIZER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1898, FIELD MAP, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY LARGE BOULDERS AND SMALL WASTE MATERIAL NOW PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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