Mine detail: Essex County Penitentiary Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.83972, -74.25958

Resource(N)

Primary:	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore:	Basalt

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1917

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DE01481
DEP	10102176
Reference	{Deposit:: 1917, PERMANENT NOTES ON NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, KEPT AT NJGS OFFICE, TRENTON.}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK, 1985.}
Reporter	Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)