Mine detail: Gallo Asphalt Co.

Previously called 'Hudson County Penitentiary Quarry'

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Location: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.75917, -74.0879
dep_id: 10021857
mrds_id: DE01486
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Diabase
gangue: Apophyllite, Calcite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Malachite
Reporter: Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)
tectonic: Newark Rift Basin-Mesozoic
Year first produced: 1850
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
References:
  • 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.
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