Mountainair Pit

Unknown in Torrance county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10296901
MAS/MILS ID 0350570068
Record type Site
Current site name Mountainair Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.23777, 34.53788 (WGS84)
Elevation 1982
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Torrance(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountainair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Estancia(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Torrance

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004 N 007 E 29 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.23777, 34.53788

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Burns
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO MAP 1956

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR FILE DATA 1980

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.

External references