Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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.

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

Anhydrite ()*	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: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	24
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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