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Laubach Quarry #2

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082491
MRDS ID W055241
Record type Site
Current site name Laubach Quarry #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.1735, 40.60723 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Relative position IN TOWN OF FINESVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riegelsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Allentown Formation
    Rock description Allentown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.1735, 40.60723
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOSSILS (CRYPTOZOANS) WERE COLLECTED IN 1914, NO EVIDENCE NOW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Riegels; Operated By Laubach
  • Type Owner
    Owner Daniel Cook, 636 Easton Rd, Riegelsville, N. J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WALLS APPROX. 30 FT HIGH; QUARRY IS BEING USED AS A DUMP

Comments on development

  • LIME WAS USED BY RIEGELS FOR THEIR PAPER MILLS BUT AFTER 1914 LIME WAS SOLD TO FARMERS AS MILLS DECLINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 9/18/14, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT N.J.G.S., TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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