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Unnamed Rhyolite Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana 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 10063237
MRDS ID TC36943
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rhyolite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.76279, 32.40235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI N OF LAS CRUCES, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dona Ana(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 02E 8,17 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN E OF RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhyolite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 11.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 90% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 50% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 17% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 8% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 1% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.76279, 32.40235
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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 reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SAID TO BE UNLIMITED.

Comments on the workings information

  • BLASTING QUALITIES ARE GOOD; MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAUL OF 2.5 MI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUTZ, B.E., 1964, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOILS STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 25: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS IS UNDETERMINED.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED GREASEWOOD; LAB NO. 63-17109.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. 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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