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Horizon Potash

Plant in Eddy county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Potassium
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150638
MAS/MILS ID 0350150002
Record type Site
Current site name Horizon Potash
Alternate or previous names Amax Chemical, Southwestern Potash Corporation, Amax Potash Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.96969, 32.67094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1026
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eddy(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackberry Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019 S 030 E 09 E2SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.96969, 32.67094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 01E
    Thickness 0.9M
    Length 11264M
    Width 4762M
    Area 1500HA
    Depth to top 244M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:01E
    Minimum Depth to Top 222
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1500
    Date of Last Modification 820217

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1952
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Carlsbad

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Horizon Potash Co. (Sub. Of Horizon Gold; Golden,Co)
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1993
    First year 1993
    Last year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • HORIZON GOLD CORP. PURCHASED AMAX POTASH CORP. ON 7 FEB. 1992 FOR $6 MILLION AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES. THE COMPANY BECAME HORIZON POTASH CORP. A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF HORIZON GOLD.-"PAY DIRT; MARCH 1992; PG. 12B"

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Sylvite Ore 3791000 Mt Ore Milled
  • Year 1983
    Description Sulvite Ore 2685000 Mt Ore Milled
  • Year 1984
    Description Sylvite Ore 3339000 Mt Ore Milled
  • Year 1985
    Description Sylvite Ore 2030000 Mt Ore Milled
  • Year 1986
    Description Sylvite Ore 1600000 Mt Ore Milled

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN APRIL 1993 (USBM POTASH 1993 ANNUAL REPORT) THE FIRST COMPLETE INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATION CENTER (IFOC) EVALUATION OF THIS PROPERTY WAS INITIATED DURING DECEMBER 1981 IFOC, DENVER, COLORADO 80225. AN INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER INSPECTION OF THIS FACILITY WAS MADE DURING SEPTEMBER 1981. THIS PROPERTY REVIEWED, 4-87. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO MINE/MILL CHANGES BUT THE MINE IS OPERATING AT REDUCED CAPACITY. AMAX HAS RECEIVED A ROYALTY REDUCTION RATE FROM THE STATE AND DEPT. OF INTERIOR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 10900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 10900000mt ore
    Total resources 10900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 18.8 wt-pct Potassium Trace 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 59000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 59000000mt ore
    Total resources 59000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 12.5 wt-pct Potassium Trace 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Measured 28100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 28100000mt ore
    Total resources 28100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 13.5 wt-pct Potassium Trace 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1=M1C1, R2=M2C1. RECOVERABLE RESERVES TOTAL 69.9 MILLION METRIC TONS, AVERAGING 13.5 PERCENT K2O, AS OF JANUARY 1, 1981. INCLUDED IN THESE RESERVES ARE MAIN ORE BODY RESERVES OR 10.9 MILLION TONS, AVERAGING 18.8 K2O, IN THE FIRST , OR LOWER, ORE ZONE. LOW HEIGHT RESERVES, LOCATED AT THE THIRD OR UPPER, ORE ZONE CONTAIN 59.0 MILLION TONS OF ORE, AVERAGING 12.5 K2O. ACTUAL EXTRACTION OF THE IN-SITU ORE RESERVES AMOUNTS TO 90 PERCENT FOR BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND CONTINUOUS MINING OF EITHER ORE ZONE. THE TWO BEDS ARE TO BE MINED SO AS TO EXHAUST EACH BED AT THE END OF THE MINE LIFE. M3C1=M1C1+M2C1, M4C1=R3, M9C6=R3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 274M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 12700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.46
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 342
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE PRODUCT OUTPUT IS SHIPPED FOB MILL TO BRAZIL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    "HORIZON GOLD PURCHASES AMAX POTASH"; PAY DIRT,MAR.92,PG.12B

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMAX 10 K REPORT, 12-31-80: SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 29.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1986 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 173-174.

  • Deposit

    AMAX JOURNAL, 1977, 25 YEARS AND COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE:

  • Deposit

    V. 14, NO. 3, COVER, P. A, 1-3.

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G. S., 1976, POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO:

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES GRANT GO264007, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM SPECIAL

  • Deposit

    PROJECT, 1977, VALUATION OF POTASH OCCURRENCES WITHIN

  • Deposit

    THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW

  • Deposit

    MEXICO: PREPARED FOR THE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-

  • Deposit

    MENT ADMINISTRATION, 114 P.

  • Deposit

    "NEW MEXICO - THIS MONTH IN MINING" E&MJ, 62-WW-63-WW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JUL-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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