| Deposit ID | 10278789 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 1220550008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vanskoy Vade |
| Alternate or previous names | Vanscoy, Vade |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.2508, 51.99997 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Saskatchewan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halite | Unknown |
| Sylvanite | Unknown |
| Sylvite | Unknown |
| Strike | N60W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 07S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 4.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1005M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 19400HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Room and Pillar |
| Year of first production | 1968 |
| Plant type | Beneficiation (Mill) |
| Plant subcategory | Flotation |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1982 |
| First year | 1993 |
| Last year | 1994 |
| Year | 1969 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 527000 Mt. Of Ore Treated | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 290000 Mt. Of Ore Treated | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 2028000 Mt. Of Ore Treated | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 2194000 Mt. Of Ore Treated | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 2669999 Mt. Of Ore Treated | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 2880999 Mt. Of Ore Treated | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Potash Ore 810000 Mt. Or Ore Treated. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 1000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220550008 |
"COMINCO ADDING POTASH TO ITS OUTPUT OF FERTILIZERS", THE
NORTHERN MINER, JULY 14, 1966, PP 60FF.
"PRODUCTION CAPACITY EXPLODES;" THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY,
14, 1966, PAGE 36.
"VADE: COMINCO'S POTASH PRODUCER," ENGINEERING AND MINING
JOURNAL (E&MJ), SEPTEMBER 1973, PP 136-138.
BRITISH SULFUR, WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, 3RD ED.
1979.
CAMPBELL, B.,"VADE POTASH MINE SUBJECT OF $30 MILLION
EXPANSION," CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1981, PAGE 153.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY
OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1980 ED.
JONES, P.R. ET AL.,"UNDERGROUND MINING IN SASKATCHEWAN
POTASH," MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER 1982, PP 1677-1683.
PRUGGER, F.F.,"THE FLOODING OF THE COMINCO POTASH MINE AND
ITS REHABILITATION," CIM BULLETIN, JULY 1979, PP 86-90.
A.U. MRACEK, GENERAL SUPT./MANAGER, PATIENCE LAKE MINE.
WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPER NO.293; "WORLD POTASH
SURVEY," SEPTEMBER, 1978.
COST ESTIMATING NOTEBOOK, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR,
1982.
ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERAL BULLETIN MR 224,
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS IN CANADA, 1989
PAGE 39.
PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO 187, SEPT-OCT, 1993, PAGE 7.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1990-91, PAGE 120.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-JAN-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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