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Unnamed Gravel Pit

Past Producer 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 10062889
MRDS ID TC36485
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.81254, 32.17985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1321
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI SSW 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

Bowlin Ranch(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 24S 09W 31 NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • FLAT TERRAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD AS FINE AGGREGATE
Result UNIFORMITY IS FAIR
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE MINOR SILT LENSES
Result 22.4% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 8"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, LESS THAN 2% IS RETAINED ON 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 3/4", 100% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 90% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 60% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 48% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 4% 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) -107.81254, 32.17985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTED TO BE EXHAUSTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 6 MI HAUL TO INTERSTATE 10.

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 BURIED CHANNEL; MOST CLASTS DERIVED FROM IGNEOUS ROCKS; RESTS ON CLAY AND SILT; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 12 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION IS PREDOMINANTLY GRASSES; LAB NOS. 55-22614-22631.

Reporter information

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

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