1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

National Potash Company Mine

Past Producer in Lea county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Potassium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062694
MRDS ID TC36239
Record type Site
Current site name National Potash Company Mine
Related records 10126079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.6452, 32.55514 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 40 MI WSW OF HOBBS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lea(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laguna Gatuna(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 Lea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvite Ore
Halite Gangue
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) -103.6452, 32.55514
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION MUDSTONE, ANHYDRITE, SALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Carlsbad Potash District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mississippi Chemical Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE IN 1990 MINE, MILL ACTIVE; RAW ORE CAPACITY (1982) 10,000 TONS/DAY.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH ROOM AND PILLAR MINING AND MILL.

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 PAST MINED ORE ZONES 1 AND 10, PRESENT MINE 10.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site