Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit

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

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
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	10062867
MRDS ID	TC36458
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-108.88285, 32.51456 (WGS84)
Elevation	1311
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	15 MI NW OF LORDSBURG, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Tank Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(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	20S	20W	35	SE4	New Mexico

Comments on the location information

ALSO NW/4, SEC. 2, T21S, R20W; FLAT VALLEY FLOOR S SIDE OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY 70.

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	IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT
Result	PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS 16
Result	PLASTIC INDEX OF THE DEPOSIT IS 14
Result	22.4% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result	MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 5"
Result	FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 21% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 79% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 64% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 57% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 50% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 35% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 23% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 2% 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)	-108.88285, 32.51456	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Depth to top 2.44M

Depth to top	2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	State

Comments on the workings information

MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

ACTIVE IN JULY, 1961; EXTENSION TO PIT SUGGESTED TO NE AND SW. ; ECON.COM: 16 MI HAUL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC36458

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 RHYOLITE AND OTHER ACID VOLCANIC ROCKS; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 20 FT.
Deposit	VEGETATION INCLUDES SMALL CACTI, BUSHES, AND GRASS; LAB NOS. 60-1665-1679.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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