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Unnamed Gravel Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063233
MRDS ID TC36938
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.86557, 32.33735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI W OF LAS CRUCES, NM, IN MESILLA CIVIL COLONY GRANT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Cruces(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

Comments on the location information

  • DISSECTED TERRACE ALONG W SIDE OF RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT BASE OF PICACHO MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL QUALITY IS GOOD
Result UNIFORMITY IS GOOD
Result IMPURITIES INCLUDE MINOR SILT
Result 23.2% LOSS IN THE L.A. WEAR TEST
Result MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE IS 2"
Result FOR UNCRUSHED SAMPLE, LESS THAN 10% IS RETAINED ON THE 2" SEIVE, OTHERWISE FOR CRUSHED SAMPLES TO 1", 100% PASSES 1" SIEVE, 96% PASSES 3/4" SIEVE, 80% PASSES 1/2" SIEVE, 41% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 29% PASSES NO. 10 MESH SIEVE, AND 2% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN RUTZ, 1964.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.86557, 32.33735
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VOLUME IS A MINIMUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • MATERIAL IS DRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAUL OF 2.0 MI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUTZ, B.E., 1964, AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND SOILS STUDY, NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE ROUTE 25: NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, PAGINATION VARIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEGETATION INCLUDES SPARSE GRASS AND CREOSOTE; LAB NOS. 61-17165-17167.
Deposit MOST CLASTS ARE IGNEOUS; THICKNESS IS A MINIMUM OF 20 FT; RESTS ON SILTY SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. 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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