Caprock Pit

Unknown in Chaves county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174761
MAS/MILS ID 0350050014
Record type Site
Current site name Caprock Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.75519, 33.40342 (WGS84)
Elevation 1340
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaves(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mescalero Point NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tatum(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pecos-Long Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Chaves

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010 S 031 E 34 C E2E2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.75519, 33.40342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Loomis Constr. Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALICHE

  • Deposit

    NEW MINE REGISTRATIONS 1977,STATE MINE INSPECTOR 1977

  • Deposit

    MESCALERO PT,NE TOPO MAP,USGS,1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAY-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.