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Unnamed Gravel Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062865
MRDS ID TC36456
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.00952, 32.34679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8 MI N OF STEINS, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(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 22S 21W 34 SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SW/4, SEC. 35; ARROYO WASH IN FLAT TERRAIN DOWNSTREAM FROM DOUBTFUL CANYON, PELONCILLO MTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE MINOR SILT
Result 23.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 12"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 8% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 92% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 88% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 85% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 80% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 64% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 46% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 3% 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) -109.00952, 32.34679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FLASH FLOODING HAS REPLENISHED.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS USUALLY DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 9.3 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 VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED MESQUITE AND WILLOW; LAB NOS. 58-20501-20538.
Deposit MOST CLASTS ARE RHYOLITE; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 6 FT; RESTS ON SILT, SAND AND GRAVEL.

Reporter information

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

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