Allen Granite & Construction Co.

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102163
MRDS ID DE01424
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Granite & Construction Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.74459, 40.92111 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 3/4 MILE NE OF WATERLOO ON STEEP FACE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Augite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Granite
    Rock description Hornblende Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.74459, 40.92111

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED
    Strike N29W
    Dip 66 NE

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 1940

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey, Department Of Environmental Protection
    Home office Labor & Industry Building ,John Fitch Plaza Trenton, Nj. 08625

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909 BUILDING STONES OF N.J., IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE FYEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS IN TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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