Duval Corporation North Mine

Prospect 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223030
MRDS ID TC36234
MAS/MILS ID 0350150009
Record type Site
Current site name Duval Corporation North Mine
Related records 10062690

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.91939, 32.56904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1204
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)

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 020 S 030 E 13 N2SESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.91939, 32.56904

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 02E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 4827M
    Width 3218M
    Area 1066HA
    Depth to top 411.4M
    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:02E
    Minimum Depth to Top 411.4
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 183
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1066
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1976
Milling method Flotation

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 Fee Ownership

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
    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 OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 2727
    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 RAY GREEN, RESIDENT MANAGER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-93 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references