Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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 10062879
MRDS ID TC36474
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.11255, 32.25541 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI NW OF GAGE, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grandmother Mountain East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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 23S 12W 31,32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECTIONS 5 AND 6, T24S, R12W; FLAT BOLSON PLAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS FAIR AS FINE AGGREGATE
Result UNIFORMITY IS FAIR
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE SILT AND CLAY
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 1.5"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, 0% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SIEVE, OTHERWISE 100% PASSES 2" SIEVE, 98% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 95% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 91% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 80% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 64% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 6% 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 Bolson
    Rock description Bolson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.11255, 32.25541

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.3M

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

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: APPROXIMATE HAUL IS 2.1 MI.

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 CLASTS DERIVED DOMINANTLY FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS; DEPOSIT RESTS ON SAND AND GRAVEL; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 10 FT.
Deposit SURFACE VEGETATION IS GREASEWOOD, YUCCA, AND MESQUITE; LAB NOS. 61-7992-7994.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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