Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model250: Potash-bearing bedded salt
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsSylvite
GanguePolyhalite
Geology
Host rockEvaporite · Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation
StructureDelaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1952
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10062692
MRDS IDTC36236
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates32.6482, -103.82605
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.GRISWOLD (1982).