| Deposit ID | 10062696 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC36241 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nash Draw Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Western Ag-Minerals Company, Saunders Potash Mine |
| Related records | 10150012 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.83216, 32.33736 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 22.5 MI ESE OF CARLSBAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eddy(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Los Medanos(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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22S | 30E | 33 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Langbeinite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Halite | Gangue |
| Polyhalite | Gangue |
| Model code | 250 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 35a.2 (35ab) |
| Deposit model name | Potash-bearing bedded salt |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -103.83216, 32.33736 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Delaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to bottom | 326.14M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1966 |
| District name | Carlsbad Potash District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Duval Corp. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 511, Carlsbad, N.M. 88220 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Western Ag-Minerals Co. (Rayrock Yellowknife Resources, Inc.) |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 326.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC36241 |
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.
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.
MANSFIELD, G.R., AND LANG, W.B., 1929, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 212, 17 PAGES.
JONES, C.L., 1954, NMGS GUIDEBOOK FIFTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-112.
ALTO, B.R., AND FULTON, R.S., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 299-309.
CHEESEMAN, R.J., 1978, NMBMMR CIRC 159, P. 7-14.
AUSTIN, G.S., 1976, NMBMMR ANNUAL REPORT, P. 23-29.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD D007912 BY DAVID MENZIE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ALSO HAS A K-MAG LEACH PLANT WITH 385,000 ST/Y K-MAG CAPACITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | SYLVITE ORE OCCURS AT ABOUT 900 FT. AND LANGBEINITE ORE OCCURS AT ABOUT 1070 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1993 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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