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K+S Potash Canada: 2017- Mine in Operation as of June 2017 Bienfait Lignite Lignite: Bienfait: Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. Big Quill Lake Potassium Sulphate: Wynyard: Compass Minerals: Boundary Dam Lignite: Estevan: Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. Chaplin: Sodium sulphate: Chaplin: Saskatchewan Minerals Inc. Cigar Lake Mine: Uranium
The Rocanville mine is a large potash mine located in southern Canada in Saskatchewan. [1] Rocanville represents one of the largest potash reserves in Canada having estimated reserves of 1.13 billion tonnes of ore grading 22.5% potassium oxide equivalent. [2] The mine first opened in 1970 and is one of six mines owned by Nutrien in Saskatchewan ...
The potash mine of Colonsay was first named Noranda Mines Potash Division [14] then separately constituted as Central Canada Potash. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Central Canada Potash was acquired by Imc. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Colonsay, IMC Potash Colonsay [ 18 ] and is now Mosaic Potash Colonsay.
In Saskatchewan, underground mining of potash is conducted to depths of about 1,100 metres (3,610 ft), and solution mining is used at greater depths. Reserves suitable for underground and solution mining have been estimated at 14 billion tonnes (15 billion short tons) and more than 42 billion tonnes (46 billion short tons), respectively.
Rocanville's potash mine produced its first train car load of potash on September 25, 1970. Upon opening, it was owned by the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, which has since merged with Agrium to become Nutrien. It is the largest of Nutrien's six potash mines in Saskatchewan. [9]
Patience Lake [1] is a lake in the central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.The lake is east of Saskatoon in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343.The lake serves as a groundwater discharge region for higher elevations to the east and west.
The following lists of mines in Canada are subsidiaries to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output and province.
Moosomin grew significantly in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the construction of a major potash mine 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the north. Moosomin was undergoing significant growth around 2010. According to Saskatchewan Health, which tracks population based on the number of health cards issued, there were 2,733 people living in Moosomin on ...