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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 10110149
MRDS ID TC36472
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.30617, 32.10846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6.5 MI S OF INTERSTATE 10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Saltys(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

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 25S 14W 32 SW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ROLLING TO LEVEL TERRAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS FAIR
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT LENSES
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS BETWEEN 5-13
Result 27.6% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 6"
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES, 100% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 85% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 52% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 35% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 7% 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
    Rock unit name Bolson
    Rock description Bolson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.30617, 32.10846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSION OF THE DEPOSIT MAY OCCUR TO THE NW OF THE EXISTING PIT. ; ECON.COM: APPROXIMATE HAUL OF 1.2 MI TO STATE ROUTE 81 AND 7 MI TO INTERSTATE 80.

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; DEPOSIT RESTS ON SILT; LOCAL CONGLOMERATE; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 50 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION IS GREASEWOOD AND GRASS; LAB NOS. 54-2206-22036.

Reporter information

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

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