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Quill Lake Scurry-Rainbow A

Plant in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodity Potassium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303269
MAS/MILS ID 1220550021
Record type Site
Current site name Quill Lake Scurry-Rainbow A
Alternate or previous names Quill Lakes S-R A

Comments on the site names

  • THE DATA BASE NAME OF THIS DEPOSIT WAS CHANGED FROM "QUILL LAKES (S-R) A" TO "QUILL LAKE (SCURRY-RAINBOW) A", SO THAT THE DATA BASE DEPOSIT NAME WAS CONSISTANT WITH THE PROPERTY NAME USED IN THE BOM POTASH AVAILABILITY BOM IC #9084, OF 1986.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -103.51065, 51.44278 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -103.51065, 51.44278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 07S
    Thickness 4.9M
    Depth to top 1000M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N60W:07S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1000
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 200
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Date of Last Modification 850103

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE PRAIRIE EVAPORITE FORMATION OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. THIS FORMATION IS GENERALLY FLAT LYING, BUT GRADUALLY DIPS TO THE SOUTH. TO THE NORTH THE FORMATION IS APPROXIMATELY 3500 FEET DEEP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED RESOURCES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS DEPOSIT.
  • RESOURCES FOR THE 1982 ECONOMIC EVALUATION WERE ESTIMATED BY BY MAFO PERSONNEL, FROM COMPANY SUPPLIED DRILL HOLE DATA. THEIR IS NO CHANGE IN THE 1982 RESOURCE ESTIMATE.
  • JACOBS PROVIDED DRILL DATA, RESOURCE EVALUATION AND COSTING DONE AT MAFO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 42
    Hardness of Rock NONCOHERENT WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics SEMIPLASTIC OR PLASTIC
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 11765
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 340
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLTER, M.E.,"THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN PRARIE EVAPORITE", RE-

  • Deposit

    PORT NO. 123. DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SCIENCES BRANCH, PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN.

  • Deposit

    FUZESY, ANNE,"POTASH IN SASKATCHEWAN", SASKATCHEWAN

  • Deposit

    ENERGY AND MINES, REPORT 181. 1982.

  • Deposit

    SHELDRIK, WILLIAM F., STIER, HARALD,"WORLD POTASH SURVEY"

  • Deposit

    WORLD BANK STAFF ORKING PAPER, NO. 293, SEPTEMBER 1978.

  • Deposit

    SUBSURFACE MINERALS DISPOSITION MRP OF SASKATCHEWAN, DEPT

  • Deposit

    OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REGINA,SASKATCHEWAN, SCALE 1 INCH =8

  • Deposit

    MILES

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL INDIVIDUAL COMPANY DRILL HOLE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS ONE OF 14 ADDITIONAL SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA, POTASH DEPOSITS ADDED TO THE 1982 ECONOMIC EVALUATION, BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED BY MAFO PERSONNEL. THESE RESOURCES REPRESENT DEPOSITS THAT WERE OWNED BY MINING COMPANIES IN THE PAST, BUT BECAME UNECONOMICAL TO HOLD. THE LEASES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Michael, Mark R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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