Kingland Brick Co.

Past Producer in Bergen county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102186
MRDS ID DE01525
Record type Site
Current site name Kingland Brick Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.10624, 40.81028 (WGS84)
Elevation 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bergen(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weehawken(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Bergen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR COMMON BRICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result MIXED WITH 21% WATER, HAS AN AIR SHRINKAGE OF 2%, AVG. TENSILE STRENGTH 150P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.10624, 40.81028

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 218.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1951

Comments on development

  • CALLED A.M. KRANTZ IN 1931; CALLED KINGLAND CLAY PRODUCTS 1951.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICK BEDDED SANDY SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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