Mine detail: Railroad Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.79, -74.91571

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Ore: Gneiss
Gangue: Augite, Epidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Microcline, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1868
Last production ended: 1908

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW055091
DEP10082358
Reference{Deposit:: LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY; ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908, PG 78}{Deposit:: COOK, GEORGE H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY. PG 503}{Deposit:: WMS. W.P. 1946, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE* PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985}
ReporterSimonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)