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Unnamed Sand Pit

Producer in Grant 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062876
MRDS ID TC36470
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.51118, 32.48345 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 15.5 MI NE OF LORDSBURG, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 16W 07 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • S OF STATE HIGHWAY 90 AT COUNTY LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED IN 1961 FOR CONCRETE FINE AGGREGATE ON U.S. 70.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT AT 3.5 FT
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLES, 100% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 98% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 83% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 2% 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) -108.51118, 32.48345
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: APPROXIMATE HAUL OF 15.5 MI TO LORDSBURG, NM.

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 STREAM BED RESTING ON GRANITE IN DRY WASH. AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 3 FT.
Deposit NO SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION; LAB NOS. 58-22040-22046.

Reporter information

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

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

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