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Hodges Potash Property

Plant in Eddy county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Potassium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271883
MAS/MILS ID 0350150243
Record type Site
Current site name Hodges Potash Property
Alternate or previous names Salt Lake Property, Leland A. Hodges Lease Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.94879, 32.30845 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
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

Remuda Basin(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 029 E 14 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Unknown
Langbeinite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Rustler Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 02E
    Thickness 0.9M
    Length 1600M
    Width 9600M
    Depth to top 396M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:02E
    Minimum Depth to Top 396
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820301
  • Strike N00S
    Dip 02E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 1600M
    Width 9600M
    Depth to top 305M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:02E
    Minimum Depth to Top 305
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820301
  • Area 60HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 60
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1967
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Carlsbad

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 Owner
    Owner Rayrock Yellowknife Resources Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
    Last year 1995
  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Ag-Mineral Corp (Div Of Rayrock Yellowknife Res)
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
    Last year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • ADDED BY DFO AS PER MODIFICATION #4; FORMERLY OWNED BY THE DUVAL CORPORATION (PENEZOIL).

Comments on the production information

  • LANGBEINITE CONC OUTPUT (REC 1A) CALCULATED USING HODGES FEED GRADE (8.0%) RATHER THAN BLENDED FEED GRADE (8.1% K2O). ACTUAL MILL REC. FOR LANG. CIRCUIT = 90.5% (USED FOR CAL- CULATING CONCENTRATE OUTPUT).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RES. GRADE IS AVG. OF BOTH ORE ZONES (M1C1&M2C1)-(17JUN93)
  • THIS ORE BODY IS IN THE 4TH ORE ZONE AND IS COMPOSED OF LANGBEINITE ORE. QUANTITY AND GRADE GIVEN BY DUVAL. THIS ORE BODY IS IN THE 10TH ORE ZONE AND IS COMPOSED OF SYLVITE ORE. QUANTITY AND GRADE GIVEN BY DUVAL AS BETWEEN 9 AND 14 MILLION MT ORE RESERVES OF 12-13% K2O. RESOURCE DATA USED IN THE 1981 MAFO PROPERTY EVALUATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 396M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 4751
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.33
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 358
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 396M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 2514
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.33
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 358
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. PRELIMINARY REGIONAL

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS RECORD: POTASH LEASING IN SOUTH-

  • Deposit

    EASTERN NEW MEXICO, NEW MEXICO STATE OFC, OCTOBER 1975,

  • Deposit

    590 PP.

  • Geology

    AUSTIN, GEORGE S. POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO. NEW

  • Geology

    MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NOV. 8,

  • Geology

    1976, 94PP.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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