Unnamed 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. 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 10063249
MRDS ID TC36956
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.03197, 32.61568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 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

Sierra Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(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
New Mexico 19S 02W 34 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED TERRACES SW OF U.S. 85 AND ON W SIDE OF RIO GRANDE. AT NE BASE OF SIERRA DE LAS UVAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 22.8% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 6"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 20% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 78% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 59% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 47% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 35% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 21% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 16% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 4% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.61M

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

  • RESERVES ARE SAID TO BE UNLIMITED.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ADJACENT TO U.S. 85.

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 TERRACE DEPOSIT; BASALTIC GRAVEL; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 30 FT; RESTS ON SILT, SAND, AND CLAY.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GREASEWOOD; LAB NO. 62-14922.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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