New Jersey · Somerset County
Past Producer

Canal Road Quarry and Prospects

Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
StoneCrushed/Broken
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Commodities
PrimaryStone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsShale
Geology
Host rockShale
Tectonic settingNewark Rift Basin-Mesozoic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1868
Last production1888
Identification
Deposit ID10021842
MRDS IDDE01465
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.40001, -74.61737
References
KUMMEL, H.B., 1896 IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT TRENTON NJ.GEOLGOICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEARS 1868, 1879 AND 1897.FIELD CHECK, 1985.