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Unnamed Gravel Prospect

Occurrence in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10062883
MRDS ID TC36478
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.39615, 32.32513 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI N OF INTERSTATE 10 AT AKELA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Myndus(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 Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 23S 05W 07 NW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED, SLOPING TERRAIN ON SW FLANK OF GOODSIGHT MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL FROM LOCATION NOT ANALYZED
Result UPPER 6 FT SUSPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY PLASTIC
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT, CLAY, AND CALCIUM CARBONATE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.39615, 32.32513
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • AREA AS OF 1962 POORLY EXPLORED. ; ECON.COM: HAUL OF 7 MI TO PAVED ROAD.

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 SURFACE VEGETATION INCLUDES GREASEWOOD, CACTI, AND GRASSES.
Deposit ALLUVIAL FAN; MOST CLASTS FROM IGNEOUS ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

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