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Wises Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone
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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 10082503
MRDS ID W055257
Record type Site
Current site name Wises Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.83182, 40.73389 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Califon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone 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 Kittatinny (Trenton);Hardyston Quartzite
    Rock description Kittatinny (Trenton);Hardyston Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.83182, 40.73389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 8 N
    Thickness 16.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HARDYSTON QUARTZITE OCCURS AT ENTRANCE TO QUARRY, REST OF QUARRY C ONTAINS A YELLOW SHALY LIMESTONE ALONG WITH A DOLOMITIC GRAY LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1932

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melick, George
    Home office Oldwick, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 BAY KILN, ALMOST INTACT, AT EASTERN QUARRY ENTRANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1929, 1955; NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROMINENT FRACTURES AT ENTRANCE TREND N 65 E AND ARE VERTICAL

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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