Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit

Occurrence 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062851
MRDS ID TC36439
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.57223, 32.02875 (WGS84)
Elevation 1213
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 M NE OF ANTHONY, 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

Anthony(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)

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 26S 04E 19 SW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED SLOPING PLAIN ALONG E EDGE OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT LENSES
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS 11 TO 31
Result 22.0% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 2"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, LESS THAN 1% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 97% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 83% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 54% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 43% 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
    Rock unit name Santa Fe
    Rock description Santa Fe
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.57223, 32.02875

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 3.5 MI HAUL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, HUESINGER, 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 MOST CLASTS INCLUDE LIMESTONE AND IGNEOUS ROCKS. AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 30 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES GREASEWOOD, MESQUITE, AND GRASSES; LAB NOS. 57-13191-13222.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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