| Deposit ID | 10062584 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC36101 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Las Cruces West Sand and Gravel Site |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.87224, 32.35569 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1250 |
| Relative position | 1-1.5 MI N OF APACHE CANYON. 5 MI NW OF LAS CRUCES, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 22S | 01E | 32 | NW4 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel | Ore |
| Result | MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD |
|---|---|
| Result | UNIFORMITY IS GOOD |
| Result | IMPURITIES INCLUDE SOME SILT |
| Result | PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS 9 |
| Result | PLASTIC INDEX OF THE DEPOSIT IS 10 |
| Result | MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 2" |
| Result | FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 9% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 91% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 73% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 62% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 48% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 24% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 16% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 5% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE |
| Result | ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium | ||||
| Rock unit name | Santa Fe Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Santa Fe Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.87224, 32.35569 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | T. Brown Constructors, Inc. |
| First year | 1990 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC36101 |
HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERAL DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.
LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, BUESINGER, VICTOR, AND LIND, JOHN, 1962, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOIL STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 10: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES.
RUTZ, B.E., 1964, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOILS STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 25: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TERRACE; MOST CLASTS ARE LIMESTONE; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 10 FT. |
| Deposit | VEGETATION INCLUDES SPARSE GRASS; LAB NOS. 61-17163-17164. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1993 | Bliss, James D. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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