Country | Canada | ||||
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Location: | -106.8534, 52.093 | ||||
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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 | -106.8534, 52.093 | ||||
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Depth | 1000m |
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Average grade | 26% K2O |
Production | |
Status | Active Production (2009) |
Company | Potash Corp. (2010) |
First year | 1969 |
Ore tonnage | 80.456Million tonnes |
K2O tonnage | 19.9Million tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 24.7% of ore |
Data source | Moore and others (2010b) |
Estimates of reserves or resources | |
Ore tonnage | 217 prov+prob, 4242 meas+ind+infMillion tonnes |
K2O tonnage | 53.6 prov+prob, 9672 meas+ind+infMillion tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 24.7, 22.8% of ore |
Data source | Moore and others (2010b) |