Mine detail: Royal Green Marble Quarry

Previously called 'Warnes Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.7225, -75.18405

Resource(N)

Primary:	Stone, Dimension
Ore:	Serpentine, Tremolite
Gangue:	Apatite, Dolomite, Graphite, Pyrite, Tourmaline, Uraninite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Franklin
Host type:	Serpentinite

References

MRDS	W055014
DEP	10082296
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.; 1954, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON}{Deposit:: LEWIS, J.V., 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985}
Reporter	Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)