New Mexico Potash Corporation

Lea County, New Mexico, United States

Potassium

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryPotassium

Commodity typeNonmetallic

Deposit

Model250: Potash-bearing bedded salt

Deposit sizeY

Materials

Ore mineralsSylvite

Geology

Host rockEvaporite · Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation

StructureDelaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1965

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References

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.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.

Identification

Deposit ID10062691

MRDS IDTC36235

Alternate namesHobbs Underground Potash Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreD

Coordinates32.61264, -103.7291