National Potash Mine

Past Producer in New Mexico, United States with commodity Potassium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085094
MRDS ID W700623
Record type Site
Current site name National Potash Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10828, 34.42311 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Torrance(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Top(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Estancia(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10828, 34.42311

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR. OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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