A trap rock quarry in the Orange Mountain (First Watchung) basalt, which was operated by J. H. and S.G. Francisco, between 1905 and 1922. It was located about 4 miles SW of Paterson in a notch-like basin, along a fault in the First Watchung Ridge. The workings were about 2,000 feet long, 500 feet wide and 100 feet deep (or high at the face). The property is currently being utilized by a trucking company.
Ref.:
Manchester (1931) Minerals of New York City and Its Environs. New York Mineralogical Club, 3:53-4,79,117.
Mason, B. (1960) Triassic Traprock Minerals of New Jersey, New Jersey Geological Survey Bull. 64.
Papke, H. (1908) A Visit to the Mineral Localities at Paterson and Great Notch, N.J., Mineral Collector, 15:113-118.
Peters, J. (1984) Triassic Traprock Minerals of New Jersey, Rocks and Minerals, 59:157-183.
Rocks & Minerals: 6:120.
Rocks and Minerals: 11:184.
Sachs, W. (1940) The Story of the Great Notch Quarry, Rocks and Minerals, 15:111-115.
The Mineral Industry of New Jersey for 1926, 9.
Tschernich, R. (1992) Zeolites of the World, 116.
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