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Mcc Mine

Past 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101724
MRDS ID D007909
Record type Site
Current site name Mcc Mine
Alternate or previous names Mississippi Chemical Corp. Mine, Mississippi Potash Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.93799, 32.49042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1013
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES N 75 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

Tower Hill South(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 021S 029E 12,13 S2 OF N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION FOR SHAFT SHOWN ON THE NASH DRAW TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AT THE OLD U.S. POTASH CO. MINE.

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) -103.93799, 32.49042
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Carlsbad Potash District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mississippi Chemical Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 101, Carlsbad, N.M. 88220
    First year 1981

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 5000 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

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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