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Trenton
Elizabeth
Morristown
Newton
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Newark
PatersonHackensack
Jersey City
NewBrunswick
Freehold
Toms River
Mays Landing
Cape MayCourt House
Flemington
Somerville
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ATLANTIC
CAPE MAY
SALEM
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DelawareWater Gap
Franklin
Phillipsburg
Milford
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BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAPOF NEW JERSEY
PALEOZOIC
CENOZOIC
MESOZOIC
MESOPROTEROZOIC
MESOZOIC
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITSSedimentary Rocks
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
DESCRIPTION OF MAP SYMBOLS
Paleogene and Neogene: sand, silt, clay
Holocene: beach andestuarine deposits
Cretaceous: sand, silt, clayJurassic: siltstone, shale,
sandstone, conglomerateTriassic: siltstone, shale,
sandstone, conglomerate
Devonian: conglomerate, sandstone,shale, limestone
Ordovician: shale, limestoneCambrian: limestone, sandstone
Silurian: conglomerate, sandstone,shale, limestone
marblegneiss, granite
Jurassic and Triassic: basaltJurassic: diabase
Ordovician and Cambrian: schist, gneiss
limit of late Wisconsinan glaciation
limit of pre-Illinoian glaciationlimit of Illinoian glaciation
PALEOZOIC
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AQUIFERS AND CONFINING UNITS MAPOF NEW JERSEY
AquiferLithology
Well Yield(gpm)
RANKING VALUES FOR AQUIFERSAND CONFINING UNITS
Aquifers in New Jersey can be ranked on their ability to yield groundwater to high-capacity wells. These wells include water-supply, irrigation, and industrial-supply wells sited and tested for maximum yield. Each aquifer or confining unit is assigned a rank based on its median yield. More than one ranking value indicates that well-yield data were analyzed for several lithologies within a map unit and well yields may vary considerably due to lithologic and structural influences.
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Surficial Aquifers
A >500B-A >250B 251 to 500
C-B 101 to 500
C 101 to 251
D 25 to 100
E-B <250
E <25
YieldRank
Bedrock AquifersAquifer
LithologyWell Yield
(gpm)YieldRank
251 to 500B
25 to 100D
<25E
till
morainicdeposits
lake-bottomsediment
sand andgravel
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DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS
BOUGUER GRAVITY ANOMALIES MAP OF NEW JERSEY
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MAGNETIC ANOMALY MAPOF NEW JERSEY
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS
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PHYSIOGRAPHICPROVINCES
ABANDONED MINES
ABANDONED MINESOF NEW JERSEY
Valley and RidgeHighlandsPiedmontCoastal Plain
CopperGraphiteHematiteLimoniteMagnetiteManganeseMicaSulfideZinc
SOURCE: DGS03-2
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EXPLANATION
PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES MAPOF NEW JERSEY
PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
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PALEOZOIC
MESOZOIC
MESOPROTEROZOIC
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DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITSSedimentary Rocks
CENOZOIC
Paleogene and Neogene: sand, silt, clay
Holocene: beach andestuarine deposits
Cretaceous: sand, silt, clayJurassic: siltstone, shale,
sandstone, conglomerateTriassic: siltstone, shale,
sandstone, conglomerate
Devonian: conglomerate, sandstone,shale, limestone
Ordovician: shale, limestoneCambrian: limestone, sandstone
Silurian: conglomerate, sandstone,shale, limestone
marblegneiss, granite
Jurassic and Triassic: basaltJurassic: diabase
Ordovician and Cambrian: schist, gneiss
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
PALEOZOIC
MAGNITUDE0.0 - 0.30.4 - 1.31.4 - 2.32.4 - 3.33.4 - 4.34.4 - 5.3
Fault line
EXPLANATION
MAP OFEARTHQUAKES EPICENTERED
IN NEW JERSEY
SOURCE: DGS04-1
PALEOZOIC
CENOZOIC
MESOZOIC
MESOPROTEROZOIC
MESOZOIC
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITSSedimentary Rocks
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Paleogene and Neogene: sand, silt, clay
Holocene: beach andestuarine deposits
Cretaceous: sand, silt, clayJurassic: siltstone, shale,
sandstone, conglomerateTriassic: siltstone, shale,
sandstone, conglomerate
Devonian: conglomerate, sandstone,shale, limestone
Ordovician: shale, limestoneCambrian: limestone, sandstone
Silurian: conglomerate, sandstone,shale, limestone
marblegneiss, granite
Jurassic and Triassic: basaltJurassic: diabase
Ordovician and Cambrian: schist, gneiss PALEOZOIC
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LANDSLIDES MAP OF NEW JERSEY
TYPE OF LANDSLIDEDebris flow
RockslideRock fall
Slump
SOURCE: DGS06-3
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PatersonHackensack
Jersey City
NewBrunswick
Freehold
Toms River
Mays Landing
Cape MayCourt House
Flemington
Somerville
SUSSEX
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SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAPOF NEW JERSEY
PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL
HOLOCENE
LATE MIOCENE
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS
DESCRIPTION OFMAP SYMBOLS
PLEISTOCENE NONGLACIAL
PLIOCENE
beach sandfloodplain alluvium
freshwater wetland depositestuary and salt marsh deposit postglacial stream terrace
Pensauken Formation
Kittatinny Mountain Till
Rahway TillFlanders Till
Netcong Till
Port Murray Till
sand and gravellake clay
moraine
windblown sand and silt
Lower Stream TerraceUpper Stream Terrace
colluvium
Cape May 3 Marine TerraceCape May 2 Marine TerraceCape May 1 Marine Terrace
Bridgeton FormationUpland GravelBeacon Hill Gravel
surficial deposits thin or absent
limit of late Wisconsinan glaciation
limit of pre-Illinoian glaciation
limit of Illinoian glaciation
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Valley and RidgeHighlandsPiedmontCoastal Plain
Crushed stoneFill dirtGravel, clayGreensandIndustrial sandIndustrial sand, fill dirtSandSand, crushed stoneSand, fill dirtSand, gravelSand, gravel, crushed stoneSand, gravel, fill dirtSand, gravel, fill dirt, crushed stoneSand, gravel, industrial sandSand, gravel, industrial sand, fill dirt
QUARRIES, PITS AND BORROW AREASOF NEW JERSEY
COMMODITY
SOURCE: DGS05-1