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The Adobe Patch

Producer in Otero county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062567
MRDS ID TC36078
Record type Site
Current site name The Adobe Patch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52276, 33.17873 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitetail(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Felix(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Comments on the location information

  • IN ALAMOGORDO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STABLIZED BRICK 10 X 4 X 14 IN, 33.8 LB, 578 PSI COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, 157 PSI MODULUS OF RUPTURE, 2.2% WATER ABSORPTION, 0.0% MOISTURE CONTENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52276, 33.17873
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Godby And Howard Scoggins

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION ABOUT 350,000 ADOBE BRICKS (1981).

Comments on development

  • MECHANIZED, FRONT END LOADER, READY MIXER, ADOBE LAYER, DELIVERY TRUCK OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, E.W., 1982, LARGE SCALE ADOBE BRICK MANUFACTURING IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 49-56

  • Production

    SMITH (1982).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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