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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Indian Basin Plant (Producer)Unnamed Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Little Walt Canyon (Unknown)Old Wallace Smith (Occurrence)Lone Eagle (Past Producer)Ozark-Mahoning Co. Brine Wells (Past Producer)Anna B Byrd (Unknown)Empire Abo Sulfur Plant (Producer)Townsite Salt (Unknown)Artesia Plant (Producer)Hobbs Highway + 1 more nearby (Unknown)Flotation Plant (Producer)Getty Shaft + 1 more nearby (Producer)New Mexico Salt (Producer)Pca Mine + 3 more nearby (Producer)Shafts 1 and 2 (Producer)Salt Lake + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Duval Corporation Wills-Weaver Mi (Past Producer)Amax Mine + 2 more nearby (Producer)Duval Corporation Saunders Mine (Past Producer)Mcc Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Imcc Mine + 4 more nearby (Producer)Hodges Potash Property (Plant)Malaga Bend Experimental Salinity Alleviation Project (Past Producer)Duval Corporation North Mine (Prospect)Mississippi Chemical Corp. Mine (Producer)International Minerals and Chemical Fertilizer, Inc. (Producer)Eddy Potash Inc. (Producer)Nash Draw (Producer)Amax Potash Corporation (Producer)Duval Corporation Mine (Producer)Nash Draw Mine (Producer)Hobbs Mine + 1 more nearby (Producer)Energy and Resources Development (Unknown)Permian Potash Lease (Plant)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
35 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Old Wallace Smith

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Gold) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Gold. Approx. location 32.037, -104.451. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

28
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

8
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

7
Unknown

Status not recorded.

4
Plant

A processing plant site.

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Sylvite 11Langbeinite 5Brine 2Halite 2Carnallite 1

Commodities

Potassium 26Salt 6Bromine 4Sulfur 3Copper 2Uranium 2Sodium 1Halite 1Gemstone 1Gold 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Salt LakeBromineBrinePast Producer32.293, -104.000
New Mexico SaltBromine, HaliteBrine, HaliteProducer32.302, -104.046
Imcc MinePotassiumCarnallite, Langbeinite, SylviteProducer32.413, -103.936
Malaga Bend Experimental Salinity Alleviation ProjectBromineHalitePast Producer32.179, -103.945
Duval Corporation MinePotassiumLangbeinite, SylviteProducer32.467, -103.839
Mississippi Chemical Corp. MinePotassiumLangbeinite, SylviteProducer32.482, -103.890
Nash Draw MinePotassiumLangbeinite, SylviteProducer32.337, -103.832
International Minerals and Chemical Fertilizer, Inc.PotassiumLangbeinite, SylviteProducer32.410, -103.890
Amax MinePotassiumSylviteProducer32.671, -103.969
Hobbs MinePotassiumSylviteProducer32.505, -103.780
Amax Potash CorporationPotassiumSylviteProducer32.648, -103.826
Eddy Potash Inc.PotassiumSylviteProducer32.542, -103.879
Mcc MinePotassiumSylvitePast Producer32.490, -103.938
Pca MinePotassiumSylviteProducer32.600, -103.976
Ozark-Mahoning Co. Brine WellsBromine, Sodium—Past Producer32.125, -104.376
Getty ShaftPotassium—Producer32.548, -104.024
Empire Abo Sulfur PlantSulfur—Producer32.780, -104.261
Unnamed ProspectCopper—Occurrence32.436, -104.487
New Mexico Potash Corp.Potassium—Producer32.504, -103.782
Rocky ArroyoUranium—Prospect32.446, -104.466
Imcc PlantPotassium—Producer32.413, -103.937
Nash DrawPotassium—Producer32.350, -103.885
Lepee ClaimsUranium—Prospect32.450, -104.469
Eddy PotashPotassium—Producer32.601, -103.975
Pca PlantPotassium—Producer32.599, -103.976
Hobbs HighwaySalt—Unknown32.455, -104.148
Salt LakeSalt—Unknown32.324, -103.993
Horizon Potash——Plant32.671, -103.970
Anna B ByrdGemstone—Unknown32.218, -104.332
Old Wallace SmithGold—Occurrence32.037, -104.451
Duval Corporation Saunders Mine——Past Producer32.536, -103.934
Shafts 1 and 2Potassium—Producer32.445, -103.990
Permian Potash LeasePotassium—Plant32.290, -103.781
New Mexico Salt CompanySalt—Producer32.448, -104.162
Duval Corporation North Mine——Prospect32.569, -103.919
Flotation PlantPotassium—Producer32.283, -104.098
Duval Corporation Wills-Weaver Mi——Past Producer32.727, -103.962
Little Walt CanyonIron—Unknown32.418, -104.472
Townsite SaltSalt—Unknown32.406, -104.230
Artesia PlantSulfur—Producer32.767, -104.217

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 11 fossil collection records in Eddy County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Lea County · Chaves County · De Baca County · Roosevelt County · Otero County

New Mexico mineral guides

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Related articles

How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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