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Penwell Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082344
MRDS ID W055074
Record type Site
Current site name Penwell Quarry
Alternate or previous names Pennwell, Penville

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.90488, 40.77972 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

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 360

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.90488, 40.77972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 62 E TO N 55 E
    Dip 80 TO 90 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRENTON LIMESTONE AT WESTERN MOST PART OF MAIN QUARRY AGAINST MAGN ESIAN LIMESTONE; CONGLOMERATE LAYERS ARE BEHIND THE LIME KILNS

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 1939

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Hill Box 43 Rt 57 Port Murray

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY ALSO ACROSS ROAD. RUINS OF 2 KILNS EVIDENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1900, REPORT ON PORTLAND CEMENT INDUSTRY, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1900, PP 48-49

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1939, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOSSILIFEROUS TRENTON LIMESTONE WITH A FEW FEET OF THE BASAL CONGLOMERATE RESTS AGAINST THE VERTICAL BEDS OF MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

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