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Unnamed Gravel Pit

Producer in Dona Ana 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062856
MRDS ID TC36444
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.72001, 32.26735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1 MI E OF LAS CRUCES, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortugas Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Comments on the location information

  • DRY ARROYO ALONG E SIDE OF RIO GRANDE VALLEY; DONA ANA BEND COLONY GRANT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 18% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 3"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 2% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 98% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 92% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 88% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 81% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 63% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 48% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 4% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.72001, 32.26735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Mexico State University
    Home office New Mexico

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 2 MI HAUL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, HUESINGER, VICTOR, AND LIND, JOHN, 1962, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOIL STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 10: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST CLASTS ARE IGNEOUS WITH SOME LIMESTONE; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 13 FT; RESTS ON SILT OR CLAY.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SPARSE GRASS, CACTI, AND GREASEWOOD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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