Commodities
PrimaryStone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeN
Materials
Ore mineralsDiabase
GangueApophyllite, Calcite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Malachite
Geology
Tectonic settingNewark Rift Basin-Mesozoic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1850
Last production1985
Identification
Deposit ID10021857
MRDS IDDE01486
Alternate namesHudson County Penitentiary Quarry
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.75917, -74.0879
References
FACCIOLLA, N.W., MINERALS OF LAUREL HILL 1981.FIELD CHECKED 1985.KUMMEL, H.B. 1896, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, AT NJGS IN TRENTON.