Mine detail: Port Murray Slate Quarry

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Location: Warren County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.7875, -74.90404
dep_id: 10106375
mrds_id: W055093
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Slate, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Slate
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_type: Slate
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1868
yr_lst_prd: 1887
References:
  • Deposit:: LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908, PG 105
  • Deposit:: COOK, G.H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY, PG 520
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985
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