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New Mexico Salt

Producer in Eddy county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Bromine, Halite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107105
MRDS ID TC36330
Record type Site
Current site name New Mexico Salt
Alternate or previous names New Mexico Salt and Minerals Corp.
Related records 10222829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.04577, 32.30208 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eddy(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loving(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlsbad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Carlsbad(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 23S 28E 13 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.04577, 32.30208
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Mexico Salt And Minerals

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY 30,000 TONS/YEAR HALITE.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 30,000 TONS/YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERALS DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRINE WELL FIELD; HARVESTS SALT FROM POTASH TAILINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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