Potassium Mines in New Mexico
36Total Sites
25Active
Potassium Mining in New Mexico
New Mexico has 36 potassium-related mine and mineral deposit locations recorded in federal databases. Of these, 25 are currently active operations. Data comes from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration records.
By County
| County | Sites |
|---|---|
| Eddy County | 27 |
| Lea County | 5 |
Potassium Mines
| Mine | County | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amax Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| Amax Potash Corporation | Eddy | Producer | |
| Carlsbad Potash District | Eddy | Producer | |
| Duval Corporation Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| Eddy Potash | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| Eddy Potash Inc. | Eddy | Producer | |
| Flotation Plant | Eddy | Processing Plant | Producer |
| Getty Shaft | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| Hobbs Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| Imcc Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| Imcc Plant | Eddy | Processing Plant | Producer |
| International Minerals & Chemicals | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| International Minerals and Chemical Fertilizer, Inc. | Eddy | Producer | |
| Ker McGee Mine | Producer | ||
| Mississippi Chemical Corp. Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| Mississippi Chemical Mine | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| Nash Draw | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| Nash Draw Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| New Mexico Potash Corp. | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| New Mexico Potash Corporation | Lea | Producer | |
| Pca Mine | Eddy | Producer | |
| Pca Mine | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| Pca Plant | Eddy | Processing Plant | Producer |
| Potash Co. Mine | Producer | ||
| Shafts 1 and 2 | Eddy | Underground | Producer |
| (Facility) Amax Potash Refinery | Eddy | Processing Plant | Plant |
| Hodges Potash Property | Eddy | Underground | Plant |
| Lea Mine | Lea | Past Producer | |
| McC Mine | Eddy | Past Producer | |
| Mississippi Chemical Mine | Past Producer | ||
| National Potash Company Mine | Lea | Past Producer | |
| National Potash Mine | Past Producer | ||
| National Potash Mine | Lea | Underground | Plant |
| Noranda Prospect | Lea | Underground | Plant |
| Permian Potash Lease | Eddy | Underground | Plant |
| Unknown | Eddy | Processing Plant | Past Producer |
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