Lazy-E Pit

Producer in Dona Ana 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062587
MRDS ID TC36105
Record type Site
Current site name Lazy-E Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.05891, 32.26374 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.5 MI WSW OF LAS CRUCES AIRPORT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleeping Lady Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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 23S 02W 33 SW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • HILLY TERRAIN N OF INTERSTATE 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :40?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE MINOR SILT
Result 17.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 5"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 43% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 57% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 43% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 38% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 32% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 21% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 14% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 3% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.05891, 32.26374

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hamilton Construction Co.
    First year 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAUL OF 0.1 MI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERAL DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.

  • Deposit

    LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, BUESINGER, VICTOR, AND LIND, JOHN, 1962, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOIL STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 10: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES MESQUITE, YUCCA, AND GRASSES; LAB NOS. 61-16119-16120.
Deposit DESCRIBED AS OLDER ALLUVIUM; CLASTS INCLUDE BASALT AND VARIOUS VOLCANIC ROCKS; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 30 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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