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Location: 28 km E from Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
5516 Hobs HwyCarlsbadNew Mexico, United States88220
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The Carlsbad potash district is located within the northern New Mexico portion of the Delaware Basin. The Delaware Basin is the western subdivision of the greater Permian Basin, one of the deepest intracratonic basins in North America.Potash mineralization at Carlsbad occurs in the Ochoan Epoch (Upper Permian Age) Salado Formation. The Salado Formation, up to a maximum of 2,200 ft. thick, is an evaporite sequence dominated by 650 to 1,300 ft. of halite and muddy halite. It hosts 12 ore zones, 11 in the middle or McNutt Member and the 12th in the Upper Member. The area underlain by the 12 ore zones is about 1,900 sq. miles. The 400-ft. thick McNutt Member is at a depth of 300 to 1,500 ft. below the surface.
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