Mine detail: American Legion Quarry

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Location: Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.38001, -74.80154
dep_id: 10021868
mrds_id: DE01501
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Basalt
Reporter: Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Diabase
hrock_type: Diabase
tectonic: Newark Rift Basin-Mesozoic
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1897
References:
  • 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.
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