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H.C. Sanders Quarry

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Graphite
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082392
MRDS ID W055131
Record type Site
Current site name H.C. Sanders Quarry
Alternate or previous names W. Bedell Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.56265, 40.78556 (WGS84)
Elevation 136

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1970 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Limestone, General Secondary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS LIME IN 1878, USED FOR DIMENSION STONE LATER. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MORRISTOWN WAS CONSTRUCTED OF THIS STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Serpentine Ore
Diopside Gangue
Graphite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.56265, 40.78556
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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 1868
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA

Comments on development

  • STONE WAS KNOWN TO OCCUR AT SITE AS EARLY AS 1868, CALLED W. BEDELL QUARRY IN 1887; H.C. SANDERS AFTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1908; PG 116

  • Deposit

    BEERS, F.W. 1868, ATLAS OF MORRIS CO. NEW JERSEY; PG 7

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, E. 1887, ROBINSON'S ATLAS OF MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY; PLATE 31

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1878, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1878; PG 104

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY; PG 710

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS EARLY AS 1868 A VEIN OF GRAPHITE WAS MENTIONED THAT RAN THROUGH THE PROPERTY

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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