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New Mexico · Eddy County
Producer

New Mexico Potash Corp.

Eddy County, New Mexico, United States
Potassium Salt
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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
TertiarySalt
Commodity typeNonmetallic

Deposit

WorkingsUnderground

Materials

Other materialsHalite, Polyhalite, Sylvite

Economic & production

Development statusProducer
First production1965
Discovery year1930

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References

CONLEY, J. E., AND E. P. PARTRIDGE. POTASH SALTS FROM TEX-AS-NEW MEXICO POLYHALITE DEPOSITS. BUMINES BULL. 459,1944, 251 PP.HAYES, E. P. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON CORE DRILLING IN THESALT BEDS OF WESTERN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: TESTS 13 TO24. BUMINES IC 6679, JANUARY 1933, 11 PP.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY,INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS1965 THROUGH 1980).AUSTIN, G. S. POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO. UNPUB-LISHED REPORT, CONTAINING COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFO., FORTHE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, PREP. BY N. MEX. BUR. OF MINESAND MINERAL RES. (GRANT G0264007), NOV. 8, 1976, 94 PP.HILLS, J. M. PERMIAN BASIN FIELD AREA, WEST TEXAS ANDSOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, IN SALINE DEPOSITS, ED. BY R. B.MATTOX. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 88,1968, PP. 17-27.LIDDELL, B. KERMAC'S MAN SHAFT BORED IN A HURRY. METALMINING & PROCESSING, JANUARY 1964, PP. 42-47 AND 50.MINING ENGINEERING. CONTINUOUS MINERS ADDED AT HOBBS. FEB-RUARY 1979, P. 114.MINING WORLD. KERR-MCGEE'S 1,500 TON K20 MILL CONTRACT HELDBY WKE, IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MINING WORLD--NEW MEX-ICO. JANUARY 1963, P. 42.-----. NEW MEXICO, IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINING WORLD (CON-TAINS ONE PARAGRAPH CONCERNING KERMAC POTASH COMPANY).MAY 1963, P. 45.NEW MEXICO BUSINESS. KERMAC, IN MINING--POTASH. MARCH1966, P. 23.SANDIA LABORATORIES. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION REPORT,WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP) SITE, SOUTHEASTERN NEWMEXICO, ED. BY D. W. POWERS, S. J. LAMBERT, S. E. SHAF-FER, L. R. HILL, AND W. D. WEART. REPORT FOR THE U. S.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AUGUST 1978, 2 V.SINGLETON, R. H. POTASH. BUMINES MCP-11, FEBRUARY 1978,27 PP.SWALES, J. M. SHAFT SINKING AND UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT ATTHE KERMAC POTASH MINE. MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER1966, PP. 69-72.THOMASON, J. C. POTASH MARKETS DURING THE SEVENTIES. MI-NING YEAR BOOK, COLO. MINING ASSOC., 1971, PP. 27-37.U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. POTASH LEASING IN SOUTH-EASTERN NEW MEXICO. PRELIMINARY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTALANALYSIS RECORD, OCTOBER 1975.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE UNITED STATES POSITION AND OUT-LOOK IN POTASH. IC 8487, 1970, 47 PP.-----. VALUATION OF POTASH OCCURRENCES WITHIN THE WASTEISOLATION PILOT PLANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.UNPUBLISHED REPORT, CONTAINING COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFO.,FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NOVEMBER 1977, 241 PP.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. CLAYTON BASIN QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRA-PHIC MAP), NEW MEXICO. 15-MINUTE SERIES, 1965 PHOTOREV.,SCALE 1:62,500.-----. HOBBS QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), NEW MEXICO--TEX-AS. 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. SERIES, 1973 REV., SCALE 1:250,000.-----. NASH DRAW QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), NEW MEXICO--EDDY CO. 15-MINUTE SERIES, 1965 PHOTOREV., SCALE 1:62,RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996-97, P.283.

Identification

Deposit ID10126242
Alternate namesKermac Potash Co. Operation, Hobbs Potash Facility
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.50434, -103.78239
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.