Tijeras Mine

Producer in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013013
MRDS ID D009070
Record type Site
Current site name Tijeras Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.39725, 35.07174 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tijeras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010N 005E 22,27 SW (22); NW (27) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE QUARRY JUST WEST OF THE CEMENT PLANT AS SHOWN ON THE TIJERAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Formation
    Rock description Madera Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.39725, 35.07174

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tijeras Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ideal Basic Industries, Cement Division
    Home office P.O. Box 100, Tijeras, N.M. 87059
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 4000 TONS PER DAY OPERATION IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967 BULL 81, P. 52

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 107-108

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/01/2016
MSHA mine ID2901255
Mine name (MSHA)Tijeras Pit
Current operatorArmenta Trucking
Current controller (parent)Matt J Armenta
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1775 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references