Unnamed Gravel Pit

Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10062864
MRDS ID	TC36455
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed Gravel Pit
Related records	10062874, 10062863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-109.04119, 32.18957 (WGS84)
Elevation	1219
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	2.5 MI S OF INTERSTATE 10 ALONG ARIZONA-NEW MEXICO STATE LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vanar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	New Mexico	Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	24S	21W	30	SE4	New Mexico

Comments on the location information

DISSECTED ALLUVIAL FAN ON W FLANK OF THE PELONCILLO MTS.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

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 FAIR
Result	IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT AND CLAY
Result	PLASTIC INDEX OF THE DEPOSIT IS 8
Result	16.8% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result	MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 2'
Result	FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 13% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPELS TO 3", 87% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 69% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 62% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 53% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 38% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 29% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 10% 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)	-109.04119, 32.18957	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Comments on the workings information

DRY MATERIAL

Comments on development

EXTENSION POSSIBLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS EXCEPT SE; NO ACTIVITY IN JULY, 1961. ; ECON.COM: 2.8 MI HAUL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC36455

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	VEGETATION INCLUDES VARIOUS AND ABUNDANT CACTI; LAB NOS. 58-12851-12861.
Deposit	FAN; CLASTS INCLUDE ANDESITE, SKARN ROCK, ACID VOLCANIC ROCK, LIMESTONE AMONG OTHERS; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 25 FT; RESTS ON SAND, SILT, AND GRAVEL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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