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Rio Abajo Adobes

Producer in Valencia county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107092
MRDS ID TC36077
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Abajo Adobes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.38614, 34.84813 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Torrance(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bosque Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Valencia

Comments on the location information

  • IN BELEN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEMISTABLIZED BRICK, 10 X 4 X 14 IN; 30 LB, 87 PSI MODULUS OF RUPTURE, 2.8% WATER ABSORPTION, 0.6% MOISTURE; STABLIZED, 10 X 4 X 14 IN, 27 LB, 486 PSI COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, 101 PSI MODULUS OF RUPTURE, 1.8% WATER ABSORPTION, 0.76% MOISTURE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.38614, 34.84813
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jerry Sanchez

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE ANNUAL PRODUCTION.

Comments on development

  • SEMIMECHANIZED, FRONT END LOADER, WOODEN FORMS, DELIVERY TRUCK OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, E.W., 1982, LARGE SCALE ADOBE BRICK MANUFACTURING IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 49-56

  • Production

    SMITH (1982).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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