| Country | Canada | ||||
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| Location: | -104.07567, 51.31536 | ||||
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| Site type | deposit | ||||
| Deposit type | stratabound potash-bearing salt | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Elk Point | ||||
| Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
| Geologic unit | Prairie Evaporite-Patience Lake Mbr-Belle Plaine Mbr | ||||
| Age | Paleozoic Devonian Middle Devonian Givetian
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| Commodities | |||||
| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Lithology | |||||
| Notes: | Resources for solution mining include the interbed between the Patience Lake and Belle Plaine members. | ||||
| Geologic map unit | -104.07567, 51.31536 | ||||
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location | ||||
| Production | |
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| Status | None |
| Company | Encanto Potash Corp. (2012) |
| Estimates of reserves or resources | |
| Ore tonnage | meas+ind+inf: Patience Lake 2024, Belle Plaine 1794Million tonnes |
| K2O tonnage | meas+ind+inf: Patience Lake 375, Belle Plaine 319Million tonnes |
| Grade of K2O | 18.5, 17.8% of ore |
| Data years | 2011 |
| Data source | Stirrett (2012) |