Mine detail: New Mexico Potash Corporation

Location:	Lea County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.61264, -103.7291
dep_id:	10062691
mrds_id:	TC36235
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Potassium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Sylvite
model:	250: Potash-bearing bedded salt
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation
hrock_type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Delaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin
Year first produced:	1965
References:	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.