Mississippi Chemical Mine

Eddy 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

WorkingsUnderground

Materials

Other materialsHalite, Sylvite

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1931

Discovery year1925

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References

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, NEW MEXICO STATE OFFICE. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS RECORD. POTASH LEASING IN SOUTHEASTERNNEW MEXICO. OCTOBER 1975. 590 PP.AUSTIN, GEORGE S. POTASH OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO. NEWMEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NOVEMBER 8,1976, 94 PP.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. MODERIZATION AT MISSISSIPPICHEMICAL. MAY 1978, P. 87.WORLD MINING MAGAZINE. LOW GROUND PRESSURE CRAWLER MOVES150,000 TONS OF POTASH EACH YEAR. MAY 1978, P. 49.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, OCTOBER, 1993 PAGE 27. "MISSISSIPPIPOTASH EXPANDS".MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL COMMON STOCK PROSPECTUS, AUG 18, 1994,P. 34.

Identification

Deposit ID10296105

MRDS IDTC36240

Alternate namesTeledyne Potash Co. Mine Formerly

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates32.48984, -103.93859