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Unnamed Andesite Stone Quarry

Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062858
MRDS ID TC36448
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Andesite Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.64835, 32.13153 (WGS84)
Elevation 1213
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 12 MI SSE 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

San Miguel(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 25S 03E New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BRAZITO GRANT; FLAT TO ROLLING TERRAIN IN THE E SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 21.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 2", 100% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 45% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 30% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 22% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 12% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 7% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 1% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.64835, 32.13153
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY MATERIAL; BLASTING QUALITY IS GOOD.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 600 FT 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 INTRUSIVE PLUG (?); THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 175 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GRASSES; LAB NOS. 59-3166-3169.

Reporter information

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

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