Belle Plaine

Plant in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodity Potassium
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278764
MAS/MILS ID 1220550012
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Plaine
Alternate or previous names Kalium

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.2174, 50.44996 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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

Ore Body (1) -105.2174, 50.44996

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 07S
    Thickness 31M
    Area 45500HA
    Depth to top 1550M
    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
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:07S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1000
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 200
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Total Surface Area (HA) 45500
    Date of Last Modification 910711

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRAIRIE EVAPORITE FORMATION IS GENERALLY FLAT-LYING, BUT BUT GRADUALLY DIPS TO THE SOUTH. THE FORMATION IS IS APPROXIMATELY 3500 FEET DEEP AT ITS NORTHERN END AND 5000 FEET DEEP AT ITS SOUTHERN END.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1963
Mining method Auger Mining - Solution Mining
Year of first production 1964
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crystallization
Milling method Crystallization

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kalium Canada Ltd. (Sub. Of Ppg Canada Inc.)
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ppg Canada Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • KALIUM CANADA LTD IS A SUBSIDIARY OF PPG CANADA INC. THIS PROPERTY WAS CALLED KALIUM, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO REFLECT CANADIAN USAGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE ESTIMATE USED IN THE PROPERTY EVALUATION OF 1984.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SOLUTION MINING 10-89
    Percent Recovery 67
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics SEMIPLASTIC OR PLASTIC
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. OTHER
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 16849
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULFUR CORP.,"WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES,"

  • Deposit

    3RD EDITION, 1979.

  • Deposit

    "DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF POTASH IN CANADA," ADOLF V.

  • Deposit

    MITTERER.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER,"PRODUCTION CAPACITY EXPLODES," JULY

  • Deposit

    14, 1966.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM NO. 120, JULY/AUGUST, 1982.

  • Deposit

    "POTASH IN CANADA," ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW "KALIUM CHEMICALS," 1981, PAGE 339.

  • Deposit

    SME MINING ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, VOL.2,"SOLUTION MINING

  • Deposit

    OF POTASH,"W.H.W. HUSBAND.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM NO. 37, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, 1968,

  • Deposit

    PG. 33.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM NO. 118, MARCH/APRIL, 1982 PG.16

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM NO. 94 "SASKATCHEWAN, PARTS I

  • Deposit

    AND II," MARCH/APRIL 1978.

  • Deposit

    POTASH AND POTASSIUM FERTILIZERS, ROBERT NOYES.

  • Deposit

    U.S. PATENT NO. 3096969 DATED JULY 9, 1963.

  • Deposit

    WORLD POTASH SURVEY, VOL. I, JACOBS ENGINEERING CO.,

  • Deposit

    ION DE LOS E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.