Las Cruces West Sand and Gravel Site

Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062584
MRDS ID TC36101
Record type Site
Current site name Las Cruces West Sand and Gravel Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.87224, 32.35569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 1-1.5 MI N OF APACHE CANYON. 5 MI NW OF LAS CRUCES, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 01E 32 NW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED TERRAIN ALONG W SIDE OF RIO GRANDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :40?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SELECT BORROW FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SOME SILT
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE OVERBURDEN IS 9
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF THE DEPOSIT IS 10
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 2"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 9% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OR 91% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 73% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 62% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 48% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 24% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 16% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 5% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Santa Fe Formation
    Rock description Santa Fe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.87224, 32.35569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner T. Brown Constructors, Inc.
    First year 1990

Comments on the production information

  • MATERIALS BEING USED ON JOBSITE ON ONE TIME ONLY BASIS.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MATERIAL MAY BE USED IN SURFACING; 4.0 MI HAUL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERAL DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.

  • Deposit

    LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, BUESINGER, VICTOR, AND LIND, JOHN, 1962, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOIL STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 10: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES.

  • Deposit

    RUTZ, B.E., 1964, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOILS STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 25: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACE; MOST CLASTS ARE LIMESTONE; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 10 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SPARSE GRASS; LAB NOS. 61-17163-17164.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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