Mine detail: Nash Draw Mine

Previously called 'Western Ag-Minerals CompanySaunders Potash Mine'

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Location: Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.33736, -103.83216
dep_id: 10062696
mrds_id: TC36241
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Langbeinite, Sylvite
gangue: Clay, Halite, Polyhalite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 250: Potash-bearing bedded salt
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation
hrock_type: Evaporite
Structure: Delaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin
Year first produced: 1966
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.
  • Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G.R., AND LANG, W.B., 1929, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 212, 17 PAGES.
  • Deposit:: JONES, C.L., 1954, NMGS GUIDEBOOK FIFTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-112.
  • Deposit:: ALTO, B.R., AND FULTON, R.S., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 299-309.
  • Deposit:: CHEESEMAN, R.J., 1978, NMBMMR CIRC 159, P. 7-14.
  • Deposit:: AUSTIN, G.S., 1976, NMBMMR ANNUAL REPORT, P. 23-29.
  • Production:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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