Country | Canada | ||||
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Location: | -65.5708, 45.56 | ||||
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Site type | mine | ||||
Deposit type | halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
Evaporite basin | Maritimes | ||||
Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
Geologic unit | Windsor Group-Cassidy Lake Fm | ||||
Age | Paleozoic Carboniferous-Mississippian Middle Mississippian Visean
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Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
Geologic map unit | -65.5708, 45.56 | ||||
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Thickness | 1-25 (ave 12)m |
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Depth | 600-1000m |
Average grade | 28% K2O |
Production | |
Status | Past Production |
First year | 1985 |
Estimates of reserves or resources | |
Ore tonnage | >230 prov+prob+possMillion tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 28% of ore |
Data years | 1986 |
Data source | Webb (2009) |
2 years production.