Verdolite Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Northampton county in Pennsylvania, 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226697
MAS/MILS ID 0420950097
Record type Site
Current site name Verdolite Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Sherrer and Fox Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -75.19681, 40.7147 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northampton(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(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 Pennsylvania Northampton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY IS MOTTLED SERPENTINE AND DOLOMITE

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -75.19681, 40.7147

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner C. K. Williams And Co.
    Year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY,W.S. PRE-CAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELAWARE WATER GAP AND EASTON QUADRANGLES,N.J. AND PA. U.S.G.S. BULL. NO.920 1941 PG.92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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