Carlsbad Potash District - Hobbs

Sedimentary mineral deposit in New Mexico, United States containing potash

Geologic information

Country United States
State or province New Mexico
Geographic location: -103.78, 32.505
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Commodity
Type details Marine evaporite deposit - potash
Deposit model Potash-bearing bedded salt (35a.2)
Geologic map unit -103.78, 32.505
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Reference information

Citations Roskill Information Services (1989)
References
Roskill Information Services, 1989, The economics of potash: London, England, 205 p. Safonov, Ju, G., 1997, Hydrothermal gold-ore deposits: Distribution, geological and genetical types, and productivity of ore-forming systems: Geology of Ore Deposits, v. 39, no. 1, p. 25-40 (in Russian).