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Unnamed Basalt Stone Quarry

Producer in Hidalgo 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110146
MRDS ID TC36464
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Basalt Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.73952, 32.33929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI WSW 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

Lordsburg(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)

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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 23S 19W 01 NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • HILLY TERRAIN S OF INTERSTATE 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT VEINLETS
Result 21.6% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 3/4", 100% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 85% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 50% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 34% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 10% PASSES NO. 20 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.73952, 32.33929
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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 Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE CALLED "UNLIMITED".

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 1.5 MI HAUL

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 FLOW
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GRASS AND GREASEWOOD; LAB NOS. 56-1860-1887.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. 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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