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Table I. Evaluation <strong>of</strong> mineral resources beneath WIPP.<br />

COMMODITY<br />

CALICHE<br />

Quantity present<br />

under WIPP<br />

18S millon st'·'<br />

Present disposition<br />

as a resource<br />

Not considered a<br />

resource<br />

Reference<br />

New Mexico Bureau<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mines & Mineral<br />

Resources (1978)<br />

Other references<br />

Sandia National Laboratories (l9l!3; 1978);<br />

Environmental Evaluation Group (19l!3); U.S.<br />

<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Energy (1980)<br />

GYPSUM<br />

1.3 billion st'·><br />

Not considered a<br />

resource<br />

New Mexico Bureau<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mines & Mineral<br />

Resources (1978)<br />

Sandia National Laboratories (1983; 1978);<br />

Environmental Evaluation Group (1983); U.S.<br />

<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Energy (1980)<br />

HALITE (Salt)<br />

198 billion st'·><br />

Not considered a<br />

resource<br />

New Mexico Bureau<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mines & Mineral<br />

Resources (1978)<br />

Sandia National Laboratories (1983; 1978);<br />

Environmental Evaluation Group (1983); U.S.<br />

<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Energy (1980)<br />

HYDROCARBONS<br />

Crude oil<br />

37. SO million bbls'.'<br />

(as a resource)<br />

Not considered<br />

unless prices rise<br />

substantially, but<br />

more recent reports<br />

suggest <strong>of</strong> major<br />

importance<br />

Sipes, Williamson<br />

& Associates<br />

(I980a)<br />

Environmental Evaluation Group (1994; 1983);<br />

Sandia National Laboratories (1991; 1983;<br />

1978); Agricultural and Industrial Minerals<br />

(1978); Sipes, Williamson & Associates (1979;<br />

1980b; 1980c; 1981); Sipes, Williamson &<br />

Aycock, (l976a; 1976b; 1978; 1979a; 1979b;<br />

1979c); U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Energy (1980);<br />

New Mexico Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines & Mineral<br />

Resources (1974)<br />

'Quantity present in original Los Medaiios site <strong>of</strong> 18,960 acres.<br />

'Data from New Mexico Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines & Mineral Resources (1978).<br />

'Data from New Mexico Bureau <strong>of</strong> Mines & Mineral Resources (1974). ­ ,<br />

IV<br />

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