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Amax Potash Corporation

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062692
MRDS ID TC36236
Record type Site
Current site name Amax Potash Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.82605, 32.6482 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 30 MI NE 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

Greenwood 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)

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
19S 30E 9,10 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvite Ore
Polyhalite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 250
USGS model code 35a.2 (35ab)
Deposit model name Potash-bearing bedded salt

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eolian and piedmont deposits
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Delaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • TO SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST OF DISTRICT, BEDS TOO DEEP FOR CONVENTIONAL MINING, THE WESTERN EDGE IS WELL DEFINED SALT-DISSOLUTION FRONT; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION, MUDSTONE, ANHYDRITE, SALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer V.H. Mcnutt
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Carlsbad Potash District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amax Potash Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • RAW ORE CAPACITY 9,200 TONS/DAY, USED TO PRODUCE MURIATE OF POTASH (KCL); 900,000 TONS/YEAR CRUDE ORE CAPACITY.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH ROOM AND PILLAR MINING AND MILL WITH GRAVITY, FLOTATION, AND GRINDING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1982, GEOLOGIC OVERVIEW OF THE CARLSBAD POTASH MINING DISTRICT, IN INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE SOUTHWEST, AUSTIN, G.S., ED., NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 17-21.

  • Production

    GRISWOLD (1982).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED FIRST ORE ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH MARKER 126 IN PAST AND PRESENTLY MINE ORE ZONE 3.

Reporter information

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

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