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Unnamed Quarry

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063003
MRDS ID TC36614
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.54306, 32.0082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position 3.2 MI E OF ANTHONY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anthony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
26S 4E 33 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Magdalena Formation, Upper Member
    Rock description Magdalena Formation, Upper Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike NW
    Dip 45SW
    Thickness 34.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATE ROCK TYPE-LIMESTONE, DOLOSTONE; AGE - PENN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Franklin Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1298, P. 77

  • Deposit

    EXAMINES BY R.L. HARBOUR BETWEEN 1955-59

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPROCK INCLUDES NODULES AND THIN BEDS OF LIMESTONE OR DOLOSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Long. Keith R. 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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