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Chaves County Pit

Past Producer in Chaves county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014925
MRDS ID DAV0003
Record type Site
Current site name Chaves County Pit
Related records 10150038

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.55052, 33.35845 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaves(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roswell South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Chaves

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11S 24E 18 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.55052, 33.35845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATA-BOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1991

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Armstrong Construction Co., Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., AND CHILDS, M.B., 1990, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT., IN COOPERATION WITH NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 50 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE MINE AND MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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