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Unnamed Blow-Sand Pit

Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. 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 10110145
MRDS ID TC36453
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Blow-Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75063, 32.36679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 13 MI N OF LORDSBURG, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 20S 18W 31 NW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • FLAT BLOW-SAND AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result IMPURITIES ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLES, 100% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, 92% PASSES NO. 40 MESH SIEVE, 39% PASSES NO. 80 MESH SIEVE, AND 11% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75063, 32.36679
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: APPROXIMATE HAUL OF 12 MI TO LORDSBURG, NM; MATERIAL CAN BE USED AS A FILLER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, HUESINGER, VICTOR, AND LIND, JOHN, 1962, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOIL STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 10: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND BLANKET RESTING ON SOIL; MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 4.5 FT.
Deposit LAB NOS. 57-13880-13884.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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