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Unnamed Rhyolite ? Stone Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062862
MRDS ID TC36452
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rhyolite ? Stone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.02752, 32.27152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1399
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI WSW OF LAS CRUCES AIRPORT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleeping Lady Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(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 23S 02W 27 SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO NE/4, SEC. 34; HILLY TERRAIN ON N SIDE OF INTERSTATE 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 30% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 85% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 49% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 19% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 9% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 1% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN LOVELACE AND OTHERS, 1962.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Bell Top
    Rock description Bell Top
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.02752, 32.27152
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 0.9 MI 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 THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 20 FT; RESTS ON ANDESITE.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES CACTI AND GRASSES; LAB NO. 61-16115.

Reporter information

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

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