Kite Pit

Producer 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107104
MRDS ID TC36326
Record type Site
Current site name Kite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.1078, 32.66984 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI E 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

Rincon(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)

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 03W 12 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MI E OF RIO GRANDE RIVER BRIDGE (NORTH SIDE) BETWEEN FREEWAY AND RIVER. LOW ROLLING HILLS IN RINCON VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE MINOR SILT
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 12"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 14% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 86% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 75% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 70% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 63% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 50% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 45% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 5% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.1078, 32.66984

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johnson Construction

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAUL OF 230 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERALS DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACE DEPOSIT; CLASTS OF VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 10-15 FT; RESTS ON CLAY.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GREASEWOOD; LAB NOS. 63-647-652.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.