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Mississippi Chemical Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296105
MRDS ID TC36240
MAS/MILS ID 0350150007
Record type Site
Current site name Mississippi Chemical Mine
Alternate or previous names Teledyne Potash Co. Mine Formerly
Related records 10062695

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.93859, 32.48984 (WGS84)
Elevation 1009
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 021 S 029 E 12 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.93859, 32.48984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 03E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 11264M
    Width 4827M
    Area 260HA
    Depth to top 304.8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:03E
    Minimum Depth to Top 259
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 117
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 108
    Total Surface Area (HA) 260
    Date of Last Modification 820118

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1925
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1931
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY OIL EXPLORATION DRILL HOLE.

Mining district

District name Carlsbad

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mississippi Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Mississippi
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • FORMER NAME: TELEDYNE POTASH CO. MINE:

Production statistics

  • Year 1993
    Description Finished Granular K2o 320000 Short Tons/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 352739.52mt
  • Year 1994
    Description Finished Granular K2o 420000 Short Tons/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 462970.62mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Finished Granular K2o (Proposed Expan.) 520000 Short Tons/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major K2O Potassium Potassium 573201.72mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 303400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 303400000mt ore
    Total resources 303400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 15.25 wt-pct Potassium Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 270300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 270300000mt ore
    Total resources 270300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 14.88 wt-pct Potassium Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COMPANY DID NOT STATE EXACT RESERVES, BUT THEY DID MENTION THAT UNOFFICIALLY AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MINING THEY HAVE 100 YEARS RESERVES LEFT AS OF JAN 1981. FOR IN-PLACE ORE THESE MINABLE RESERVES ARE DIVIDED BY THE MINE RECOVERY RATE (92 %). DILUTION FACTOR = 0%.
  • 1994 ADIT UPDATE: RESERVES FROM MISS CHEM CORP STOCK ISSUE PROSPECTUS, AUG 18, 1994. P. 34. PRODUCTION IS MINE/PLANT CAPACITY BASED ON PRODUCT OF 381,000 MT/YR OF 60% K2O, 82% REC. AND RECOVERABLE GRADE OF 14.88% TO CALCULATE MILL PLANT FEED OF 1,870,000 MTS/YR. IN MAY 1994, COMPANY COMPLETED A PLANT EXPANSION WHICH INCREASED GRANULAR POTASH PRODUCTION CAPACITY FROM 270,000 MTS TO APPROX- 381,000 MTS/YR. (MISS CHEM STOCK PROSPECTUS, 8/18/94, P. 3.) FURTHER EXPANTION, BY 1995 TO BRING CAPACITY TO 520000 ST/YR. (472000 MTS/YR). SEE "P" BIBL. REF. FOR DETAILS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 305M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 92
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 5620
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • WATER PIPED IN FROM CAPROCK THAT LIES 24 KM TO THE NORTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, NEW MEXICO STATE OFFICE. ENVIRON

  • Deposit

    MENTAL ANALYSIS RECORD. POTASH LEASING IN SOUTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO. OCTOBER 1975. 590 PP.

  • Geology

    AUSTIN, GEORGE S. POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO. NEW

  • Geology

    MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NOVEMBER 8,

  • Geology

    1976, 94 PP.

  • Production

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE. LOW GROUND PRESSURE CRAWLER MOVES

  • Production

    150,000 TONS OF POTASH EACH YEAR. MAY 1978, P. 49.

  • Geology

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. MODERIZATION AT MISSISSIPPI

  • Geology

    CHEMICAL. MAY 1978, P. 87.

  • Production

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, OCTOBER, 1993 PAGE 27. "MISSISSIPPI

  • Production

    POTASH EXPANDS".

  • Reserve-Resource

    MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL COMMON STOCK PROSPECTUS, AUG 18, 1994,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 34.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY REVIEWED 4-87. AT THIS TIME, THE MINE IS SHUTDOWN. IT HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE MID- 1982. THE MINE MAY REOPEN WITHIN A YEAR. MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL REOPENED THE MINE IN MAY 1988. REPORTED IN THEIR 1988 ANN.REP. OPERATING AS OF JUNE 1993. LENGTH AND WIDTH OF ORE BODY CALCULATED FROM LEASE SIZE BY NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES FOR MAS CONTRACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-1996 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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