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Unnamed Sand Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062842
MRDS ID TC36428
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.87224, 32.28291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 23S 01E 29 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED TERRACES ALONG W SIDE OF RIO GRANDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS FAIR
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT LENSES
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 1"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 98% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 92% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 79% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 72% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 7% 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
    Rock description Santa Fe
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.87224, 32.28291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE BUILT OVER THIS SITE. ; ECON.COM: 0.8 MILE HAUL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVELACE, A.D., BARBER, IRENE, CUMMINGS, JAN, UNDERWOOD, BILL, HUESINGER, 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 RESTS ON SILT AND CLAY. AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 4-8 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SPARSELY SCATTERED CREOSOTE BUSH; LAB NO. 62-742.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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