Mine detail: Stony Brook Quarry

Previously called 'Wilson Quarry'

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Location: Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.63417, -74.43402
dep_id: 10102182
mrds_id: DE01509
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Basalt
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Basalt
hrock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Newark Rift Basin-Mesozoic
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1896
ylp_ba: <
yr_lst_prd: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B., 1896, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE* PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS TRENTON
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985.
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