| Deposit ID | 10012334 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007903 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Imcc Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | International Minerals and Chemicals Corp. Mine |
| Related records | 10135403 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.93605, 32.41292 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 975 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18 MILES S 87 E OF CARLSBAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eddy(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tower Hill South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hobbs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Pecos-Black(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Eddy |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 029E | 01,12 | S2 OF N2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnallite | Ore |
| Langbeinite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Halite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Salado Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Salado Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Rustler Formation |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.74M |
| Depth to bottom | 268.22M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| District name | Carlsbad Potash District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | International Minerals And Chemical Corp. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 71, Carlsbad, N.M. 88220 |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 302.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007903 |
MANSFIELD, G.R., AND LANG, W.B., 1929 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 212, 17 PAGES
HARLEY, G.T., AND STORMS, W.R., 1949 USBM IC-7511, 21 PAGES
JONES, C.L., 1954 NMGS GUIDEBOOK FIFTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-112
ALTO, B.R., AND FULTON, R.S., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 299-309
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
AUSTIN, G.S., 1976 NMBMMR ANNUAL REPORT, P. 23-29
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LANGBEINITE ORE OCCURS AT ABOUT 755 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE AND AVERAGES ABOUT 5 FT. IN THICKNESS. SYLVITE ORE OCCURS AT ABOUT 880 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE AND AVERAGES ABOUT 9 FT. IN THICKNESS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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