Hopatcong Crushed Stone Div.

Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Granite
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 10271738
MRDS ID W020299
MAS/MILS ID 0340270009
Record type Site
Current site name Hopatcong Crushed Stone Div.
Alternate or previous names Tri-County Asphalt Corp.
Related records 10074088

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -74.61019, 40.9906 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(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 Morris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -74.61019, 40.9906

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tri-County Asphalt Corp.
    ID 2800034
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 7/30/81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0340279006.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 12/27/1982
MSHA mine ID2800034
Mine name (MSHA)Lake Hopatcong Quarry
Current operatorWeldon Quarry Company LLC
Current controller (parent)William Weldon; Robert F Weldon III; Norbert A Weldon
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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