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O'Roorke Trap

Past Producer in Essex 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102175
MRDS ID DE01477
Record type Site
Current site name O'Roorke Trap

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.24958, 40.78333 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orange(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sandy Hook-Staten Island(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 Essex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.24958, 40.78333
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRAP IS COLUMNAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1884

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rock Ledge Reality
    Home office 185 Valley, South Orange, Nj.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 1965 BY THE PRESENT OWNER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, ME., 1931, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON NJ.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST FOR 1884, NJGS TRENTON, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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