| Deposit ID | 10102160 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01091 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Jersey Stone Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.73876, 40.94694 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 232 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sussex(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Sussex |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Microperthite Alaskite | ||||
| Rock description | Microperthite Alaskite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -74.73876, 40.94694 |
|---|
| General form | LAYERED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20W |
| Dip | 32E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1913 |
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of New Jersey, Department Of Environmental Protection |
| Home office | Labor & Industry Building ,John Fitch Plaza Trenton, Nj. 08625 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01091 |
LEWIS, J.V. 1909. BUILDING STONES OF N.J. IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.
FIELD CHECKED 1985.
PERMANENT NOTES FROM 1917 ON FILE AT THE NJGS TRENTON, NJ.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LIGHT GRAY IN COLOR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1987 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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