Otero County Pit

Past Producer in Otero 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062782
MRDS ID TC36346
Record type Site
Current site name Otero County Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.41665, 32.67569 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamogordo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Carlsbad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 19S 15E 5 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Caliche Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.41665, 32.67569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE IN 1990.

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.