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Unnamed Limestone 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. 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 10110156
MRDS ID TC36948
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.95891, 32.55152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 MI NNW 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

Selden Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(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 20S 01W 20 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ON E SIDE OF RIO GRANDE. ABOUT 4 MI SSE OF SAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 22.0% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 6"
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLE TO 2", 100% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 82% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 50% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 31% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 13% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 7% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 2% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hueco Formation
    Rock description Hueco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.95891, 32.55152
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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 State Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • BLASTING QUALITIES ARE GOOD; MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAUL OF 2.55 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 AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 30 FT; RESTS ON SHALE.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GRASSES AND CACTI; LAB NOS. 63-653-658.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. 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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