| Deposit ID | 10012337 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007906 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lea Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | National Potash Co. Mine |
| Related records | 10222963 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.55242, 32.57097 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1052 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 28 MILES N 67 E OF CARLSBAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lea(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lea(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hobbs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lea |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 032E | 18 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| 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) | -103.55242, 32.57097 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| District name | Carlsbad Potash District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Potash Co. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 731, Carlsbad, N.M. 88220 |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007906 |
MANSFIELD, G.R., AND LANG, W.B., 1929 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 212, 17 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
CHEESEMAN, R.J., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 159, P. 7-14
AUSTIN, G.S., 1976 NMBMMR ANNUAL REPORT, P. 23-29
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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