Carlsbad Potash District

Producer in Eddy county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Potassium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000398
MRDS ID D012100
Record type District
Current site name Carlsbad Potash District
Alternate or previous names Carlsbad
Related records 10174784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.93799, 32.49044 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MCC MINE LOCATED AT THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT. MINES AND MILLS ARE ALSO LOCATED IN TOWNSHIPS 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 AND 23 SOUTH AND RANGES 29, 30, 31, 32, AND 33 EAST. TWO MINES AND MILLS ARE LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.93799, 32.49044

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description CAPITAN REEF, DUNE FIELDS, KARST TOPOGRAPHY
Type of structure Regional
Structure description CAPITAN REEF, NORTHWESTERN SHELF, DELAWARE BASIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • SHALLOW, SUBSIDING BASIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name CARLSBAD POTASH DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MANSFIELD, G.R., AND LANG, W.B., 1929, A. I. M. E. TECHNICAL PUB. NO. 212, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    STORMS, W.R., 1948, USBM IC-7445, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    JONES, C.L., 1954, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 5TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-112

  • Deposit

    ALTO, B.R., AND FULTON, R.S., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 299-309

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., COMP, 1978, NMBMMR CIRC 159, 88 P.

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979, NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP NO. 9

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., 1976, NMBMMR ANNUAL REPORT, P. 23-29

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Beyond USGS

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