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


mindat Locality ID: 225511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "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 District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°30'15"N
Longitude: 103°46'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.504166666667,-103.78194444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CarnalliteClayCorundumGypsumKaoliniteKieseriteLangbeiniteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kainite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)Leonite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O0132
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O050
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O080
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)3043
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O024
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O0102
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275


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