Energy and Resources Development

Unknown 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271818
MAS/MILS ID 0350150025
Record type Site
Current site name Energy and Resources Development
Alternate or previous names Administration Wipp Site 351990

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.80049, 32.37514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eddy(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston Ridge(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

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022 S 031 E 20 SESESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Langbeinite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.80049, 32.37514

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 7673HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7673
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Permian Basin

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sandia Laboratories
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Energy Resource Development Administration
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASIC INFORMATION FROM SANDIA LABS, ALBUQUERQUE,N.M. - GEORG

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD. SANDIA HAS A CONTRACT WITH ERDA FOR SITE EVALUA

  • Deposit

    FOR NUCLEAR WASTES DISPOSAL SITE. IF SITE IS DEVELOPED,76

  • Deposit

    HECTARES WILL BE RESTRICTED OR ELIMINATED FROM POSSIBLE M

  • Deposit

    AREA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC.020 - LOCATION AT CENTER OF SITE REC.040 - NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS DO NOT APPLY H REC.050 - NO DISCOVERY HOLE HERE. REC.060 - NO PRODUCT WILL BE MINED,ONLY SPACE FOR WASTE PROD OTHER RECORDS WERE NOT COMPLETED EITHER BECAUSE DATA WAS UNDETERMINED OR NOT APPLICABLE. PROJECT CALLED W.I.P.P. (WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT). REC.020 - LAND IS FEDERAL & STATE ; NO OFFICIAL DECISION HAS MADE AS TO WHO WILL BE OWNER, LEASEE, ETC. LAST INPUT NOV.30,1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.