Lea County Pits

Producer in Lea county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062775
MRDS ID TC36337
Record type Site
Current site name Lea County Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.10714, 32.69431 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lea(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hobbs East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hobbs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hobbs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monument-Seminole Draws(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lea

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 19S 37E 1 SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI W OF HOBBS AND 1 MI S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Caliche Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eolian deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lea County Board Of Commissioners

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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 MINERALS 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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.