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Unnamed Rhyolite Quarry

Producer in Dona Ana 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10110155
MRDS ID TC36937
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rhyolite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.84307, 32.43763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MI NW OF LAS CRUCES, NM, ALONG I-25.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dona Ana(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 01E 33 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL, NEARLY BARE ROCK HILLS ALONG THE W FLANK OF THE DONA ANA MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE E SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhyolite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE POSSIBLY WEATHERED TUFFACEOUS AREAS
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS 5
Result 18.4% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 95% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 67% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 23% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 12% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 2% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.84307, 32.43763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY; EXCELLENT BLASTING QUALITIES.

Comments on development

  • THIS QUARRY CAN BE EXTENDED ON A LARGE SCALE TO THE NORTH. NUMEROUS RHYOLITE HILLS ARE IN THAT DIRECTION. ; ECON.COM: HAUL OF 1.9 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 THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 50 FT; RESTS ON ANDESITE.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED GRASSES AND CREOSOTE; LAB NOS. 62-1225-1226.

Reporter information

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

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