Mine detail: New Mexico Potash Corporation

Previously called 'Hobbs Underground Potash Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.61264, -103.7291

Resource(N)

Primary: Potassium
Ore: Sylvite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

Host rock:Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation
Host type:Evaporite
Structure:Delaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin

References

MRDSTC36235
DEP10062691
Reference{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.}
ReporterPage, Norman J.