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Unnamed Quartz Latite Porphyry Stone Prospect

Occurrence in Hidalgo 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10062869
MRDS ID TC36460
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quartz Latite Porphyry Stone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.00062, 32.24012 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 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

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 03 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • STEEP ROCKY HILL E OF STEINS MT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 25.6% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 85% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 54% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 22% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 11% 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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.00062, 32.24012
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS HARD, BRITTLE AND SHOULD BLAST WELL, ALSO DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 1.5 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 THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 75 FT; RESTS ON BASALT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES CACTI, YUCCA, AND GRASS; LAB NOS. 61-4473-4474.

Reporter information

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

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