Mine detail: American Legion Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.38001, -74.80154

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore: Basalt

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1897

Geology

Host rock:Diabase
Host type:Diabase
Tectonic:Newark Rift Basin-Mesozoic

References

MRDSDE01501
DEP10021868
Reference{Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B., NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE* PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS TRENTON.}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK 1985.}{Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B. 1836, THE NEWARK SYSTEM IN SMOCK, J.C., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1897, P. 158.}
ReporterMaster, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)