Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and Quarry

Producer in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Cement Rock
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062578
MRDS ID TC36092
Record type Site
Current site name Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and Quarry
Related records 10295853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.36752, 35.0759 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI E 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

Sedillo(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

Comments on the location information

  • AT TIJERAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cement Rock Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE AND GYPSUM COME FROM SOCORRO AND SANDOVAL COUNTY, RESPECTIVELY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.36752, 35.0759

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1959

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ideal Cement Co., Ideal Basic Industries )
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • CAPACITY IN 1970'S 475,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR, PLANNED TO INCREASE TO 75-90,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR IN 1980; ONLY PORTLAND CEMENT PLANT IN NEW MEXICO.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E, 1977, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 345-353.

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND SIEMERS, W.T., 1982, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16.

  • Production

    AUSTIN AND OTHERS (1982).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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