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Unnamed Gravel Pit

Occurrence in Luna 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 10062888
MRDS ID TC36484
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60198, 32.1568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 9 MI SE OF DEMING, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florida Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 25S 07W 07 NW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PASS BETWEEN FLORIDA AND LITTLE FLORIDA MTNS; RUGGED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

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 25.6% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 10"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 50% IS RETAINED ON 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 2", 100% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 50% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 41% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 30% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 21% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 16% 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) -107.60198, 32.1568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAUL DISTANCE OF 25.6 MI.

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 ALLUVIAL FAN; MOST CLASTS FROM IGNEOUS ROCKS; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 11 FT; RESTS ON CLAYEY GRAVEL.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GREASEWOOD, MESQUITE AND CACTI; LAB NOS. 57-14683-14704.

Reporter information

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

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