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Edison Two 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082320
MRDS ID W055044
Record type Site
Current site name Edison Two Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.0846, 40.70278 (WGS84)
Elevation 98

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomsbury(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 1907 ANALYSIS CACO3 83.87
Result MGCO3 6.6%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.0846, 40.70278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 85 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edison P. Cement Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Loomis, Allan
    Home office Box 223 Stewartsville, Nj
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY RUNS ALONG CREEK. MUCH MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED, LARGE QUANITY OF ROCK PILES. BEDS WERE 50 FT THICK WHEN QUARRIED. PROBABLY ABANDONED FOR HIGH SILICA CONTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN AUTHOR, 1914, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

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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