Structure: Delaware Basin And Northwest Shelf Of Permian Basin

Deposit type: Potash-bearing bedded salt

Geology: Cyclic sedimentation mudstone, anhydrite, salt

Rock formation(s): Mcnutt Member Of Salado Formation

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Potash (Potassium)

Mineral List

ⓘ Sylvite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Sylvite

Formula: KCl

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘ	Sylvite	3.AA.20	KCl

List of minerals for each chemical element

Cl	Chlorine
Cl	ⓘ Sylvite	KCl
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Sylvite	KCl

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10062691

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Mazatzal DomainDomain
Mazatzal TerraneVolcanic Arc
Permian BasinBasin

USA

New Mexico
- Carlsbad Potash DistrictMining District

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References

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.

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

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