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Amax Mine

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012330
MRDS ID D007896
Record type Site
Current site name Amax Mine
Related records 10295849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.96855, 32.67097 (WGS84)
Relative position AVOUT 23 MILES N 43 E OF CARLSBAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eddy(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackberry Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019S 030E 09,10 SE OF SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINE AND MILL BUILDINGS SHOWN ON THE PHOTO REVISED EDITION OF THE CLAYTON BASIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvite Ore
Clay Gangue
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Salado Formation
    Rock description Salado Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.96855, 32.67097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1981

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amax Chemical Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 279, Carlsbad, N.M. 88220
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 WORKING AREAS USING ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 9200 TON PER DAY OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MANSFIELD, G.R., AND LANG, W.B., 1929 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 212, 17 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    JONES, C.L., 1954 NMGS GUIDEBOOK FIFTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P.107-112.

  • Deposit

    ALTO, B.R., AND FULTON, R.S., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P.299-309.

  • Deposit

    CHEESEMAN, R.J., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 159, P.7-14.

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., 1976 NMBMMR ANNUAL REPORT, P.23-29

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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