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Unnamed Quarry

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063004
MRDS ID TC36615
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.54806, 32.00792 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position 2.9 MI E OF ANTHONY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anthony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
26S 4E 32 NE4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Hueco Limestone, Lower Unit
    Rock description Hueco Limestone, Lower Unit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.54806, 32.00792
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N65W
    Dip 31SW
    Thickness 35.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPE - LIMESTONE, DOLOSTONE; AGE -EPERM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Franklin Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1298, P. 77-78

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY R.L. HARBOUR BETWEEN 1955-59

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPROCK CONTAINS 10-30% LIMESTONE OR DOLOSTONE AS NODULES AND LENTICULAR BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Long. Keith R. 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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