Mine detail: National Potash Company Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.55514, -103.6452

Resource(N)

Primary: Potassium
Ore: Sylvite
Gangue: Halite, Polyhalite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1957

Geology

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

References

MRDSTC36239
DEP10062694
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.}{Production:: GRISWOLD (1982).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.