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Mount Paul Quarry

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082442
MRDS ID W055181
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Paul Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.64181, 40.77194 (WGS84)
Elevation 130

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Martinsburg
    Rock description Martinsburg
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Chronological age 360

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.64181, 40.77194
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1985

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on development

  • CALLED A BORROW PIT IN 1955 IT WAS DEVEOLPED INTO A SMALL QUARRY LATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1955, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS ARE VERTICAL WITH SANDSTONE TO SW AND SE

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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