O'Kelley Sand and Gravel Pit

Producer in Luna 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062603
MRDS ID TC36127
Record type Site
Current site name O'Kelley Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.73782, 32.20985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1308
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MI SSE OF DEMING, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitol Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 24S 09W 23 NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • FLAT TERRAIN E OF STATE ROUTE 11.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT
Result PLASTIC INDEX OF OVERBURDEN IS 12
Result 20% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 9"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 0% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 93% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 84% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 57% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 39% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 4% 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edwin D. O'Kelley
    First year 1990

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • IN 1961, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUSPECT TO BE FOUND TO THE EAST. ; ECON.COM: 5 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 MINERALS 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BURIED CHANNEL; MOST CLASTS FROM IGNEOUS ROCKS AND QUARTZITE, AMONG OTHERS; RESTS ON SILT AND CLAY; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 25 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED MESQUITE; LAB NOS. 56-4650-4670.

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.