| Deposit ID | 10296091 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350150003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | National Potash Company Eddy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Deposit |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.0361, 32.54184 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 997 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eddy(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Illinois Camp SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Artesia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Carlsbad(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Eddy |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020 S | 029 E | 25 | NWNWSW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sylvite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -104.0361, 32.54184 |
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| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 01E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2.4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3218M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 4827M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1329HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 210M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| District name | Permian Basin |
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| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Potash Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350150003 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-MAY-1985 | New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.