Seneca Pit

Producer in Union county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305362
MAS/MILS ID 0350590127
Record type Site
Current site name Seneca Pit
Alternate or previous names Mount Clayton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -103.61331, 36.58675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1805
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grenville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Capulin Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dalhart(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Upper Beaver(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 027 N 031 E 11 NWSWSW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -103.61331, 36.58675

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Six M Concrete Co.
    ID 2900616
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIR 1978 P61

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO 7.5 MIN QUAD

  • Deposit

    NM NEW REG 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/02/1984
MSHA mine ID2900616
Mine name (MSHA)Seneca Pit
Current operatorSix-M Concrete Company
Current controller (parent)Mock Harold
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references