Chimayo Pit

Unknown in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295872
MAS/MILS ID 0350390206
Record type Site
Current site name Chimayo Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.95497, 36.01925 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chimayo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 N 009 E 26 SWSE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.95497, 36.01925

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vesper Construction Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE: NEW REGISTRATIONS (1971)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.