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Unnamed Quartzite Stone Prospect

Occurrence in Grant 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. 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 10062891
MRDS ID TC36487
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quartzite Stone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.48423, 32.08013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 22 MI SE 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

Brockman(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 25S 16W 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • N FLANK OF EW RIDGE ON LEVEL PLAIN; ALL OF RIDGE CONSISTS OF QUARTZITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUAILITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS EXCELLENT
Result NO IMPURITIES NOTED
Result 17.8% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 87% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 51% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 16% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 9% 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bliss Formation
    Rock description Bliss Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.48423, 32.08013
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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

  • A CRUDE ESTIMATE MADE BASED ON RIDGE GEOMETRY AND FOR PORTION ABOVE PLAIN.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY. BLASTING QUALITY IS GOOD.

Comments on development

  • UPTURNED BED EXTENDS 5.5 MI EW 175 FT ABOVE SURROUNDING PLAIN AND IS 0.5 MI WIDE AT BASE. ; ECON.COM: 17.8 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 AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 175 FT.
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SCATTERED CEDARS; LAB NO. 61-7999.

Reporter information

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

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