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Lyman Kice #2 Quarry

Past Producer in Morris 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082433
MRDS ID W055172
Record type Site
Current site name Lyman Kice #2 Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.79209, 40.78278 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackettstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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

  • ONLY EVIDENCE OF A QUARRY IS A LOT OF LOOSE MATERIAL WITH A DIRT ROAD LEADING TO SITE FROM RR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE OF THE BRIDGES OVER CARNEGIE LAKE AT PRINCETON WAS FACED WITH THIS STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hardyston Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 60 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 1908
Year of last production 1927

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bruce Andrews
    Home office Po Box 305 Long Valley Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY FACE WAS ABOUT 40 FEET HIGH

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORIZONTAL JOINTS 3 TO 10 FEET APART WITH VERTICAL CROSS-JOINTS AT INTERVALS OF 10 FEET OR MORE

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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