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Locality Name:
Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 78

mindat Locality ID: 216946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Amax Mine (Southwest Potash Mine; Horizon Potash Mine)
Crescent/North Mine (Duval Sulphur & Potash - Crescent Mine; Mississippi Potash - Crescent/North Mine)
Government Test Well #22
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)
Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine)
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)
National Potash Co. Mine (National Potash Mine; Mississippi Potash North Mine; Intrepid Potash North Mine)
PCA Mine (Potash Company Of America Mine; Lundberg Industries Mine; Eddy Potash Mine; HB Potash Mine; Intrepid Potash - HB Project)
Saunders Mine (Duval Suphur & Potash - Saunders Mine; Potash Producers - Saunders Mine; Western Ag - Saunders Mine)
Snowden & McSweeney McNutt No. 1 Well
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)
Wills-Weaver Mine
WIPP Site (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Site)

Latitude: 32°31'22"N
Longitude: 103°54'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.522777777778,-103.91166666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aphthitalite	Carnallite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Langbeinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*
Leonite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sylvite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Carnallite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Langbeinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	244755	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂			1	244754	77
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	260	78	3	244755,244756,244762	132
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	244755	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	260	78	7	244752,244754,244755,244756,244757,244759,244762	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	244755	14640
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O			1	244755	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	244755	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	260	78	2	244755,244756	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	260	78	5	244755,244756,244757,244760,244762	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	244755	24
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	244755	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	244755	17380
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	260	78	4	244755,244756,244757,244762	102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	244755	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	177	177	11	244752,244753,244755,244756,244757,244758,244759,244760,244761,244762,244763	275

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-06344	183	183	183	Rb-Sr	magnesite	Magnesite	51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06345	78	78	78	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate (hydrated) mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06346	109.6	109.6	109.6	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate (hydrated) mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06347	173	173	173	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06348	205	205	205	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06349	260	260	26	Rb-Sr	hydrated magnesium sulfate mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06351	177	177	177	Rb-Sr	sylvite	Sylvite	51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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