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Salt Lake

Past Producer in Eddy county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Bromine
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062530
MRDS ID TC36028
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Lake
Alternate or previous names Salt Lake Mine
Related records 10271707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.99993, 32.29348 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Eddy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 29E 12 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF CALRSBAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR OIL WELL DRILLING FLUIDS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.99993, 32.29348
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Salt Corp. (1980'S)

Comments on the production information

  • USED AS OIL DRILLING FLUIDS. IN 1981, HAS CAPACITY OF 545 METRIC TONS PER DAY OF SALT. PRODUCTION CAPACITY 150,000 TONS PER YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALTO, B.R., FULTON, R.S., AND HAIGLER, L.B., 1977, SALINES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 299-306.

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND SIEMERS, W.T., 1982, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1981: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 9-16.

  • Deposit

    HATTON, K.S., CHILDS, M.B., BARKER, J.M., KING, R.S., AND BOLTON, R.G., 1990, MINES AND MILLS IN NEW MEXICO: MINING AND MINERALS DIVISION, NEW MEXICO ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, 50 P.

  • Production

    ALTO AND OTHERS (1977); AUSTIN AND OTHERS (1982).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA IN LOVING QUAD IS A "SOLAR" LAKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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