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Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit

Producer in Grant 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. 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 10110147
MRDS ID TC36467
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit
Related records 10062875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.73063, 32.69178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF RED ROCK, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redrock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 18S 18W 31 SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GILA RIVER VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result IMPURITIES ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT
Result 23.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 4"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLES, 90% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 88% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 70% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 60% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 45% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 28% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 8% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.73063, 32.69178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

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

  • WATER TABLE 3 FT NEAR RIVER.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: APPROXIMATE HAUL OF 23 MI TO LORDSBURG, NM.

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 CLASTS LARGELY DERIVED FROM IGNEOUS ROCKS. THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM AVERAGE OF 10 FT.
Deposit SURFACE VEGETATION IS SCATTERED MESQUITE AND BRUSH; LAB NOS. 58-21176-21196.

Reporter information

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

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