Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063238
MRDS ID TC36944
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.96697, 32.62123 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI ESE OF HATCH, 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

Selden Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Draw(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
New Mexico 19S 01W 29,32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ERODED TERRACE ALONG NE FLANK OF SAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result UNIFORMITY IS FAIR
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE MINOR SILT LENSES
Result 25.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 2"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 1% IS RETAINED ON 2" SIEVE, OR 100% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 95% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 91% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 85% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 67% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 57% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 14% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.96697, 32.62123

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • PIT NOT USED AS OF 6-1-62. ; ECON.COM: HAUL OF 5 MI OR MORE.

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 MOST CLASTS ARE IGNEOUS; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 10 FT; DEPTH OF OVERBURDEN IS INSIGNIFICANT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES CREOSOTE AND MESQUITE; LAB NOS. 60-1548-1556.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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