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Railroad Quarry

Past Producer in Warren 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10082358
MRDS ID W055091
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.91571, 40.79 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position Within 50 Yards

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

  • ALL THAT IS EVIDENT ARE SOME SCATTERED BOULDERS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR THE RAILROAD BRIDGE AT EASTON, PA. PRE 1868

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Augite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH PERCENTAGE OF QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.91571, 40.79
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1946 NOTES FOLIATION IS INDISTINCT, RIFTS AND JOINTING SHOW NO SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Hamlen
    Home office Port Murray, Nj

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY; ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908, PG 78

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY. PG 503

  • Deposit

    WMS. W.P. 1946, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEAUTIFULLY STRATIFIED IN UNIFORM BEDS WHEN QUARRY WAS OPENED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-86 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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