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Unnamed Gravel Pit

Producer in Dona Ana 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. 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 10110153
MRDS ID TC36933
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.8639, 32.36485 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI NW OF LAS CRUCES, 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

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 01E 29 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED TERRACE ALONG W SIDE OF RIO GRANDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT LENSES
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE DEPOSIT IS 6
Result 22.0% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 8"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, LESS THAN 15% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 3/4", 100% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 78% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 44% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 28% 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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.8639, 32.36485
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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 workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • CAN BE EXTENDED TO WEST AND POSSIBLY TO NORTH AND SOUTH; POSSIBLE GRAVEL SOURCES ON ADJOINING TERRACES. ; ECON.COM: HAUL OF 4.4 MI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACE DEPOSIT; MOST CLASTS ARE LIMESTONE WITH MINOR EXTRUSIVE ROCKS; AVERAGE THICKNESS OF MATERIAL IS 30 FT; RESTS ON SANTA FE SILTS.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES MESQUITE AND GRASSES; LAB NOS. 54-1793-1819.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

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