Country | Canada | ||||
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Location: | -105.7664, 51.9331 | ||||
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Site type | mine | ||||
Deposit type | stratabound potash-bearing salt | ||||
Evaporite basin | Elk Point | ||||
Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
Geologic unit | Prairie Evaporite-Patience Lake Mbr | ||||
Age | Paleozoic Devonian Middle Devonian Givetian
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Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
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Geologic map unit | -105.7664, 51.9331 | ||||
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Thickness | 2.9-3.4m |
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Depth | 1030m |
Production | |
Status | Active Production (2009) |
Company | Mosaic (2009) |
First year | 1965(?) |
Ore tonnage | 115Million tonnes |
K2O tonnage | 28.8Million tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 25.1% of ore |
Estimates of reserves or resources | |
Ore tonnage | 228.4 rec, 75 poten recMillion tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 26.5% of ore |
Data source | Mosaic (2009) |