Duval Corporation Saunders Mine

Past Producer in Eddy county 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198838
MAS/MILS ID 0350150011
Record type Site
Current site name Duval Corporation Saunders Mine
Alternate or previous names Saunders Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.93379, 32.53574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020 S 030 E 35 NENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Langbeinite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.93379, 32.53574

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 02E
    Thickness 3.7M
    Length 4827M
    Width 4023M
    Area 1866HA
    Depth to top 426.7M
    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 N45W:02E
    Minimum Depth to Top 426.7
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 183
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 183
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1866
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Permian Basin

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Duval Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    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
    1st Condition of Workings SEALED
    2nd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 4536
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.61
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPANY DATA OBTAINED FROM J. W. MAGRAW, RESIDENT MANAGER.

  • Deposit

    OWN:DUVAL CORP

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references