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1-6<br />

The results <strong>of</strong> the appraisal are summarized as follows:<br />

".ppraised Fair<br />

Area<br />

farketVarue<br />

East half <strong>of</strong> WIPP area<br />

West half <strong>of</strong> WIPP area, excluding the<br />

S'h sec. 31<br />

Slh sec. 31 T22S R31E<br />

Total WIPP area<br />

$ 818,791<br />

$ 2,845,008<br />

$ 223.400<br />

$ 3,887,199<br />

Sandia National Laboratories, 1977a<br />

Twenty-one holes were drilled by Sandia National Laboratories to test the potash<br />

resources in the WIPP area. This report, edited by G. B. Griswold, supplied initial assay<br />

information on the samples obtained from the drilling program and was superseded by<br />

later information (U.S. Geological Survey, 1977a).<br />

Sandia National Laboratories, 1977b<br />

This report, authored by G. B. Griswold, covers the site selewon and evaluation<br />

studies that include geologic mapping, geophysical surveys, drilling, and resource<br />

appraisal. It provides considerable technical detail <strong>of</strong> the parameters used to select the<br />

present site.<br />

The lithium concentration <strong>of</strong> brines encountered in the ERDA 6 drill hole was 140<br />

ppm. The volume <strong>of</strong> the reservoir was estimated to be in the range <strong>of</strong> 100,000 to 1<br />

million bbls. If the reservoirs were limited to this size, they would not warrant development.<br />

U,S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines, 1977<br />

A number <strong>of</strong> difficulties surround this report. Two different versions were issued<br />

in 1977. One contajned proprietary information and is not available to us. The second<br />

was a public document identified as ·Valuation <strong>of</strong> potash occurrences within the <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Isolation</strong> <strong>Pilot</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> site in southeastern New Mexico,· U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines, Minerals<br />

Availability System Special Project ALO-18, 114 pp. No individual authors are identified<br />

in the literature describing the 1977 reports. In 1980, the public document was published<br />

with some revisions as ·Valuation <strong>of</strong> potash occurrences within the Nuclear <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Isolation</strong> <strong>Pilot</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> site in southeastern New Mexico,· U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines, <strong>Information</strong><br />

Circular 8814, 94 pp. The authors <strong>of</strong> the published report are R. C. Weisner, I. F.<br />

Lemons, Ir., and L. V. Coppa.<br />

The U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines study was to determine the commercial value <strong>of</strong> potash<br />

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