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stratabound potash-bearing salt in Canada

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Geologic information

CountryCanada
Location:-101.845, 50.6603
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinElk Point
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitPrairie Evaporite-Belle Plaine Mbr-Esterhazy Mbr
Age
Paleozoic
Devonian
Middle Devonian
Givetian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Devonian-Middle Devonian-Givetian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Devonian-Middle Devonian-Givetian
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Geologic map unit-101.845, 50.6603
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Economic information

Depth960m
Production
StatusActive Production (2006)
CompanyMosaic (2006)
First year1967

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Comments

Latitude and longitude are from Alberta Geological Survey; near Esterhazy; mine spans area approximately 20 x 30 km and 945 m below ground with 4,820 km of tunnels.

References

Industrial Minerals, 2006c, Mosaic potash mine fire: Industrial Minerals, no. 62, p. 14.
Barry, G.S., 1989, Canadian potash, 1980-2000: Canada Energy, Mines and Resources, 117 p.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
Kelley, L., 2001, Industrial minerals in Saskatchewan; An overview of geology, production and prospects, in Dunlop, S., and Simandl, G.J., eds., Industrial minerals in Canada: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Special Volume 53, p. 75-83.
Saskatchewan Energy and Mines, 1991, Mineral resources of Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Energy and Mines Miscellaneous Report 91-5, 76 p.
Worsley, Neil, and Fuzesy, Anne, 1979, The potash-bearing members of the Devonian Prairie Evaporite of southeastern Saskatchewan, south of the mining area: Economic Geology, v. 74, no. 2, p. 377-388.