1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unnamed Rhyolite Stone Prospect

Occurrence in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062872
MRDS ID TC36463
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rhyolite Stone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.71702, 32.26124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI S OF LORDSBURG, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 23S 18W 32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN N OF PYRAMID PK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhyolite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS EXCELLENT
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result 19.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.71702, 32.26124
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES SAID TO BE "UNLIMITED" IN VOLUME (?).

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY VERTICAL FRACTURES SUGGEST WILL SHATTER INTO SMALL CRUSHABLE PIECES WHEN BLASTED; DRY MATERIAL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 6.5 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 LITTLE OVERBURDEN.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED GREASEWOOD; LAB NO. 61-5383.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

Maps centered on this site