Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model250: Potash-bearing bedded salt
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsLangbeinite, Sylvite
GangueClay, Halite, Polyhalite
Geology
Host rockEvaporite · Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation
StructureDelaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1966
Identification
Deposit ID10062696
MRDS IDTC36241
Alternate namesWestern Ag-Minerals Company, Saunders Potash Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.33736, -103.83216
References
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