| Deposit ID | 10198838 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350150011 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Duval Corporation Saunders Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Saunders Plant |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.93379, 32.53574 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1073 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eddy(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tower Hill North(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 | Eddy |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020 S | 030 E | 35 | NENE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Langbeinite | Unknown |
| Sylvite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -103.93379, 32.53574 |
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| Strike | N45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 02E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 3.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4827M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 4023M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1866HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 426.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1948 |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| District name | Permian Basin |
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| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
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| Type of mineral rights | State Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Duval Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350150011 |
COMPANY DATA OBTAINED FROM J. W. MAGRAW, RESIDENT MANAGER.
OWN:DUVAL CORP
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 010 - LEASES ARE 90% FEDERAL AND 10% STATE. 050 - DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY COR DRILLING. 040 - WATER PIPED IN FROM CAPROCK SOME 39 KM EAST. 040 - NEAREST POWER LINE (115 KV)LIES 3.2 KM TO SOUTH. 040 & 080 - POTENTIALLY DISTURBED AREA AND WIDTH AND LENGTH O ALIZED ZONE CALCULATED FROM LEASE SIZE 151 - MINE CLOSED BUT MILL ON SITE PROCESSES ORE FROM OTHER OPERATIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-APR-1987 | New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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