Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model250: Potash-bearing bedded salt
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsSylvite
GangueHalite, Polyhalite
Geology
Host rockEvaporite · Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation
StructureDelaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Identification
Deposit ID10062694
MRDS IDTC36239
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.55514, -103.6452
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).