Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Sylvite Formula: KCl Comments: Formed where water seeping from the ore would collect in the bottoms of old stopes and gradually evaporate leaving the breakdown from the ceiling and the walls and bottoms of the stopes coated with sylvite crystals, that rarely exceeded an inch in size. Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Halite 4 Langbeinite 1 Leonite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Sylvite data Locality Data: Click here to view U. S. Potash Co. Mine (U.S. Potash Mine; U.S. Borax & Chemical Co. Mine; U.S. Potash and Chemical Mine; Continental American Mine; Teledyne Mine; Mississippi Potash West Mine; Intrepid Potash West Mine), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (6 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 240688 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:240688:6 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Sylvite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘ Snowden & McSweeney McNutt no. 1 well, Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘ Saunders Mine (Duval Suphur & Potash - Saunders mine; Potash Producers - Saunders mine; Western Ag - Saunders mine), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘ Mosaic mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. mine; International Agriculture mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. mine; Mosaic Potash mine), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘ Crescent/North Mine (Duval Sulphur & Potash - Crescent Mine; Mississippi Potash - Crescent/North Mine), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘ Kerr McGee Mine (Kermac Mine; Kerr McGee Mine; Vertac Mine; Fermetia Mine; New Mexico Potash Mine; Mississippi Potash East Mine; Intrepid Potash East Mine; Hobbs Potash facility), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘ National Potash Co. mine (National Potash mine; Mississippi Potash North mine; Intrepid Potash North mine), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘ WIPP site (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘ PCA Mine (Potash Company of America mine; Lundberg Industries mine; Eddy Potash mine; HB Potash mine; Intrepid Potash - HB Project), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘ Nash Draw mine (Duval Sulphur & Potash Co. - Nash Draw mine; Potash Producers - Nash Draw; Western Ag - Nash Draw; IMC Potash - Nash Draw; Mosaic Potash - Nash Draw), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘ Hodges Potash Property, Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA References Search for references including Sylvite U. S. Potash Co. Mine (U.S. Potash Mine; U.S. Borax & Chemical Co. Mine; U.S. Potash and Chemical Mine; Continental American Mine; Teledyne Mine; Mississippi Potash West Mine; Intrepid Potash West Mine), Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
U. S. Potash Co. Mine, Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA