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Permian Potash Lease

Plant in Eddy county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Potassium, Salt
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208427
MAS/MILS ID 0350150024
Record type Site
Current site name Permian Potash Lease
Alternate or previous names Day Mines Inc Property, Hecla-Day Potash Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.78129, 32.28955 (WGS84)
Elevation 502
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

Los Medanos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jal(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)

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 023 S 031 E 21 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary
Salt Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Kainite Unknown
Polyhalite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.78129, 32.28955
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 01E
    Thickness 1.9M
    Length 7241M
    Width 3218M
    Depth to top 532M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:01E
    Minimum Depth to Top 519
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3.7
    Date of Last Modification 820224
  • Area 600HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 600
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • LANGEINITE IS NOT SHOWN BUT IS ONE OF THE TWO PRINCIPAL MINERALS FROM WHICH THE POTASH COMES. THE OTHER MINERAL IS SYLVITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1931
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Permian Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Permian Potash Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1987
    First year 1987
    Last year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO PERMIAN POTASH COMPANY (1987),

Comments on the production information

  • THE RECOVERY PERCENTS OF ALL THREE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ROUNDED. ACTUAL MILL RECOVERIES ARE 44.16% FOR SUL-PO-MAG, 23.23% FOR MURIATE, AND 17.16% FOR THE SULFATE.
  • BASED ON THE PROCESSING OF MIXED ORE AT IMC, THERE WILL BE THREE MAJOR PRODUCTS MADE AT THE HECLA DEPOSIT: MURIATE (60.6 % K20), SUL-PO-MAG (ABOUT 22.2% K20), AND POTASSIUM SULFATE (ABOUT 51.3% K2O). FROM THESE PRODUCTS, EIGHT FINAL PRODUCTS EACH OF A DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZE WOULD BE MADE: TWO FROM MURIATE, THREE FROM THE SUL-OP-MAG, AND THREE SULFATE PRODUCTS. FOR THIS EVALUATION ONLY THE THREE MAJOR PRODUCTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED. THE INVESTMENT AND UNIT COSTS SHOWN IN ALL THREE PRODUCT DATA SETS ARE TOTAL COSTS FOR THE ENTIRE PROCESSING OPERATION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE NO PUBLISHED RESERVE FIGURES FOR THIS PROSPECT. THE RESERVE FIGURE SHOWN IN Q MATRIX 1, WHICH IS THE RESERVE USED FOR THIS EVALUATION, WAS DERIVED FROM RESERVE MAPS PROVIDED BY THE HECLA-DAY MINING CORP. THE RESERVE WAS ESTIMATED ON THE BASIS OF OTHER POTASH PRODUCERS IN THE AREA AND THEIR CURRENTLY ECONOMICAL DEPOSITS. THE ABOVE RESERVE REPRESENTS LANGBEINITE OF THE 10TH ORE ZONE WITH 6.26% INSOLUABLES. BECAUSE OF THE SMALL TONNAGE, HIGH DEVELOPMENT COST(THE 10TH ZONE IS ABOUT 50 METERS ABOVE THE 2ND ZONE AND A 300 METER INCLINE WOULD BE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A 16% GRADE), AND RELATIVELY HIGH INSOLUABLES CONTENT, THIS ZONE HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE EVALUATION. WITH FURTHER DRILLING AND DELINEATION OF GREATER RESERVES IN THIS ZONE, THERE WOULD BE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE MINING. THE ABOVE RESERVE IS IN THE EAST PART OF THE LEASE AND HAS A HIGH INSOLUABLES CONTENT OF 9.6% AND LOW AVERAGE K20 CONTENT. AT A FUTURE DATE THIS ORE MAY BE MINEABLE, BUT AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOT BELIEVED ECONOMICAL. THE ABOVE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SYLVITE ORE OF THE 1ST ZONE THAT WAS ESTIMATED FROM LIMITED DRILLING. THE ORE IS RELATIVELY HIGH GRADE AND LOW INSOLUABLES, BUT THE DIFFERENT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR SYLVITE (THE MAJOR RESERVE IS MIXED ORE) AND THE SMALL TONNAGE, MAKE IT PRESENTLY UNECONOMICAL TO MINE. IF GREATER RESERVES OF THIS ZONE ARE DELINEATED OR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CHANGE, THIS ORE MAY BE MINEABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 560M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 4
    Length of Inclines (m) 152
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    Capacity 12700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.96
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 600 HECTARES ESTIMATED DISTURBED ONLY INCLUDES AREAS DISTURBED FOR SURFACE FACILITIES SUCH AS PLANT BUILDINGS TAILINGS BASINS ETC. THE TOTAL 5440 HECTARES LEASED WERE NOT INCLUDED BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MINOR DISTURBANCE OF THESE AREAS FROM SUBSIDENCE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PROCESSING OPERATION CONSISTS OF A REFINERY CONTAINING HEAVY MEDIA AND FLOTATION CIRCUITS, AS WELL AS, A CHEMICAL PLANT TO UPGRADE LOWER GRADE MURIATE AND SUL-PO-MAG TO POTASSIUM SULFATE. FOR THIS EVALUATION ONLY ONE K-SET IS BEING USED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ENVIRON-

  • Deposit

    MENTAL ANALYSIS RECORD, POTASH LEASING IN SOUTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO, OCT. 1975, PP. S317-324 I-49.

  • Deposit

    GOLDSMITH, L.H. SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF POTASH GEOLOGY AS A

  • Deposit

    GUIDE TO EXPLORATION, 1966, PP. 1-15.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, S.S. GEOLOGY IN POTASH MINING AND EXPLORATION, PRE-

  • Deposit

    SENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF A.I.M.E. DENVER,

  • Deposit

    COLORADO, FEB. 19, 1970, PP. 1-18.

  • Production

    AUSTIN G.S. NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL

  • Production

    RESOURCES, POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO, NOV. 8

  • Production

    1976. BACKUP INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH REPORT.

  • Geology

    CHEESEMAN, R.J., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGY AND OIL/

  • Geology

    POTASH RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, EDDY AND LEA

  • Geology

    COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO. NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Geology

    MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 159, 1978, PP. 7-11.

  • Geology

    ROSWELL GEOLOGIICAL SOCIETY, IMC POTASH MINE FIELD TRIP,

  • Geology

    CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, 1965-66 ONE DAY FIELD TRIP

  • Geology

    SERIES. PP. 1-8.

  • Production

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICALS, INTRODUCTION TO IMC-

  • Production

    CARLSBAD, 1980, PP. 1-21.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BROWN, J. HECLA MINING CO. WALLACE, IDAHO, PERSONAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMMUNICATION AND MAPS PROVIDED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS THE MEASURED LATERAL EXTENT OF THE PRESENTLY DELINEATED RESERVES. THE MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN FROM RESERVE MAPS PROVIDED BY HECLA-DAY MINING CORP. THE PROPERTIES ARE NOT BEING DEVELOPED, BUT MINING IS PROPOSED FOR THE FUTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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