Mine detail: Blatts Quarry

Previously called 'Gennaro Lepre Quarry'

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Location: Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.73444, -74.26764
dep_id: 10021854
mrds_id: DE01482
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Basalt
Reporter: Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Basalt
hrock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Newark Rift Basin-Mesozoic
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1912
ylp_ba: <
yr_lst_prd: 1970
References:
  • Deposit:: 1929, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE* PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS IN TRENTON.
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECK 1985.
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