Foul Rift Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106360
MRDS ID W055010
Record type Site
Current site name Foul Rift Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.09793, 40.80694 (WGS84)
Elevation 81

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY USED FOR LIME

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 Supergroup
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 440

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.09793, 40.80694

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Margaret Aalfs 7001 Elizabeth Dr Mclean, Va

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on development

  • LOCATED ALONG RAILROAD THAT WOULD MAKE SHIPPING EASY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO BEDROCK NOW ONLY LARGE BLOCKS OR BOULDERS REMAIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond 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.