Mine detail: Gallo Asphalt Co.

Previously called 'Hudson County Penitentiary Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.75917, -74.0879

Resource(N)

Primary:	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore:	Diabase
Gangue:	Apophyllite, Calcite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1850
Last production ended:	1985

Geology

Tectonic:

Newark Rift Basin-Mesozoic

References

MRDS	DE01486
DEP	10021857
Reference	{Deposit:: FACCIOLLA, N.W., MINERALS OF LAUREL HILL 1981.}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985.}{Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B. 1896, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE * PERMANENT NOTES, AT NJGS IN TRENTON.}
Reporter	Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)