El Paso Brick Company Clay Pit

Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062570
MRDS ID TC36082
Record type Site
Current site name El Paso Brick Company Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.75085, 31.81404 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF RIO GRANDE, NEAR EL PASO AND MEXICAN BORDER; LATITUDE VALUE IS FROM NATIONAL ATLAS AS GIVEN UTM'S ARE IN MEXICO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.75085, 31.81404

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner El Paso Brick Co. (1980'S)

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E, AND SIEMERS, W.T., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16

  • Production

    AUSTIN AND OTHERS (1982).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.