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Lyman Kice #3 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082434
MRDS ID W055173
Record type Site
Current site name Lyman Kice #3 Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.77848, 40.79361 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Granite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.77848, 40.79361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 E
    Dip 70 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 1908

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lyman Kice
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morris County Park Commision

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY WALLS APPOX 40 FEET HIGH

Comments on development

  • WAS OPENED BEFORE 1908 BUT WAS IDLE IN THAT YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E., UNKNOWN DATE, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY FACE SHOWS CONSIDERABLE JOINTING

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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