Mine detail: Bethlehem Steel Companies Quarry

Previously called 'Farbert Whit Limestone Products CoSheldon Lime Company'

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Location: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.18472, -74.53264
dep_id: 10021720
mrds_id: DE01106
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Marble
orebody_fm: LAYERED
Reporter: Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Franklin Formation
hrock_type: Marble
yr_lst_prd: 1929
References:
  • Deposit:: COOK, GEORGE H., 1908. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1907.
  • Deposit:: PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON, NJ.
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED BY BELL, 1984.
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