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Port Murray Slate Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106375
MRDS ID W055093
Record type Site
Current site name Port Murray Slate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.90404, 40.7875 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS ROOFING SLATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.90404, 40.7875
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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 1868
Year of last production 1887

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.071HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908, PG 105

  • Deposit

    COOK, G.H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY, PG 520

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS DIP 55 DEGREES AND CLEAVAGE DIPS 35 DEGREES IN THE DIRECTION 20 DEGREES EAST OF SOUTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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