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Unnamed Rhyolite 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062871
MRDS ID TC36462
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rhyolite Stone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.74396, 32.34679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI W 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

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 18W 31 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • HILL AT N END OF PYRAMID MT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhyolite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS 9
Result 15.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
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 > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.74396, 32.34679
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY MATERIAL; BLASTING INTO CRUSHER SIZE ROCK MIGHT BE DIFFICULT AS SUGGESTED BY STRUCTURE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 0.5 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 PLUG.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED GREASEWOOD; LAB NOS. 61-5384-5385.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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