Mine detail: New Mexico Potash Corp.

Previously called 'Kermac Potash Co. OperationHobbs Potash Facility'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.50434, -103.78239

Resource(N)

Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Salt
Other material: Halite, Polyhalite, Sylvite
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

References

MAS350150005
DEP10126242
Reference{Deposit:: CONLEY, J. E., AND E. P. PARTRIDGE. POTASH SALTS FROM TEX-}{Deposit:: AS-NEW MEXICO POLYHALITE DEPOSITS. BUMINES BULL. 459,}{Deposit:: 1944, 251 PP.}{Deposit:: HAYES, E. P. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON CORE DRILLING IN THE}{Deposit:: SALT BEDS OF WESTERN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: TESTS 13 TO}{Deposit:: 24. BUMINES IC 6679, JANUARY 1933, 11 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY,}{Deposit:: INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS}{Deposit:: 1965 THROUGH 1980).}{Deposit:: AUSTIN, G. S. POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO. UNPUB-}{Deposit:: LISHED REPORT, CONTAINING COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFO., FOR}{Deposit:: THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, PREP. BY N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES}{Deposit:: AND MINERAL RES. (GRANT G0264007), NOV. 8, 1976, 94 PP.}{Deposit:: HILLS, J. M. PERMIAN BASIN FIELD AREA, WEST TEXAS AND}{Deposit:: SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, IN SALINE DEPOSITS, ED. BY R. B.}{Deposit:: MATTOX. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 88,}{Deposit:: 1968, PP. 17-27.}{Deposit:: LIDDELL, B. KERMA* MAN SHAFT BORED IN A HURRY. METAL}{Deposit:: MINING & PROCESSING, JANUARY 1964, PP. 42-47 AND 50.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING. CONTINUOUS MINERS ADDED AT HOBBS. FEB-}{Deposit:: RUARY 1979, P. 114.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD. KERR-MCGE* 1,500 TON K20 MILL CONTRACT HELD}{Deposit:: BY WKE, IN WHA* GOING ON IN THE MINING WORLD--NEW MEX-}{Deposit:: ICO. JANUARY 1963, P. 42.}{Deposit:: -----. NEW MEXICO, IN WHA* GOING ON IN MINING WORLD (CON-}{Deposit:: TAINS ONE PARAGRAPH CONCERNING KERMAC POTASH COMPANY).}{Deposit:: MAY 1963, P. 45.}{Deposit:: NEW MEXICO BUSINESS. KERMAC, IN MINING--POTASH. MARCH}{Deposit:: 1966, P. 23.}{Deposit:: SANDIA LABORATORIES. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION REPORT,}{Deposit:: WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP) SITE, SOUTHEASTERN NEW}{Deposit:: MEXICO, ED. BY D. W. POWERS, S. J. LAMBERT, S. E. SHAF-}{Deposit:: FER, L. R. HILL, AND W. D. WEART. REPORT FOR THE U. S.}{Deposit:: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AUGUST 1978, 2 V.}{Deposit:: SINGLETON, R. H. POTASH. BUMINES MCP-11, FEBRUARY 1978,}{Deposit:: 27 PP.}{Deposit:: SWALES, J. M. SHAFT SINKING AND UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT AT}{Deposit:: THE KERMAC POTASH MINE. MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER}{Deposit:: 1966, PP. 69-72.}{Deposit:: THOMASON, J. C. POTASH MARKETS DURING THE SEVENTIES. MI-}{Deposit:: NING YEAR BOOK, COLO. MINING ASSOC., 1971, PP. 27-37.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. POTASH LEASING IN SOUTH-}{Deposit:: EASTERN NEW MEXICO. PRELIMINARY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL}{Deposit:: ANALYSIS RECORD, OCTOBER 1975.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE UNITED STATES POSITION AND OUT-}{Deposit:: LOOK IN POTASH. IC 8487, 1970, 47 PP.}{Deposit:: -----. VALUATION OF POTASH OCCURRENCES WITHIN THE WASTE}{Deposit:: ISOLATION PILOT PLANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, CONTAINING COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFO.,}{Deposit:: FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NOVEMBER 1977, 241 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. CLAYTON BASIN QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRA-}{Deposit:: PHIC MAP), NEW MEXICO. 15-MINUTE SERIES, 1965 PHOTOREV.,}{Deposit:: SCALE 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: -----. HOBBS QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), NEW MEXICO--TEX-}{Deposit:: AS. 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. SERIES, 1973 REV., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: -----. NASH DRAW QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), NEW MEXICO--}{Deposit:: EDDY CO. 15-MINUTE SERIES, 1965 PHOTOREV., SCALE 1:62,}{Ownership:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996-97, P.283.}
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