South Pit

Producer in Curry county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014930
MRDS ID DAV0010
Record type Site
Current site name South Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.55049, 34.36677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clovis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clovis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellow House Draw(hydrologic unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2N 32E 26 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Caliche Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.55049, 34.36677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED CALICHE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner K. Barnett And Sons

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., AND CHILDS, M.B., 1990, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPT., IN COOPERATION WITH NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 50 P. FINCH, W.I., 1972, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENT SURFACE PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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