Bredenbury

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 10133492
MAS/MILS ID 1220550019
Record type Site
Current site name Bredenbury

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -102.16729, 50.99999 (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) -102.16729, 50.99999

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 07S
    Thickness 4.9M
    Depth to top 960M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 200
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Date of Last Modification 841116
  • Area 15150HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15150
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

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

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 Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan (Pcs)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSITU ORE RESOURCES ESTIMATE USED IN 1984 EVALUATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 37
    Hardness of Rock NONCOHERENT WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics SEMIPLASTIC OR PLASTIC
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 31221
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.84
    Operating Days per Year 340
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON., SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT PREPARING NEW INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    POLICY FOR RESOURCES; GREEN MARKETS, OCT. 18, 1982, P.7.

  • Deposit

    ANON., THE SASKATCHEWAN POTASH INDUSTRY; PHOSPHORUS AND

  • Deposit

    POTASSIUM NO. 112, MARCH/APRIL, 1981, P. 22-26.

  • Deposit

    ANON., CONSERVATIVES ROW CHANGES AT PCS IN WAKE OF VICT-

  • Deposit

    ORY; GREEN MARKETS, MAY 3, 1982, P.1.

  • Deposit

    ANON., PCS MAINTAINS PRODUCTION LEVELS, BUT MARKET UPTURN

  • Deposit

    AWAITED; MINING MAGAZINE, FEB. 1982, P.123.

  • Deposit

    ANON., PCS MINING PLANS $2.5 BILLION, TEN YEAR EXPANSION;

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1980, P.10.

  • Deposit

    ANON., POTASH STUDY UNDERWAY; WFNS, NOV. 1981, ITEM 315,

  • Deposit

    P.20.

  • Deposit

    ANON., NEW SASKATCHEWAN POTASH PRODUCER TO COST $600

  • Deposit

    MILLION; THE NORTHERN MINER, OCT. 23, 1980, P.32.

  • Deposit

    ANON., PCS TO DEVELOP MINE AT BREDENBURY; CANADIAN MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL, NOV. 1980, P. 11,12.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1981 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING; ENGINEER-

  • Deposit

    ING AND MINING JOURNAL, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    EATOCK, W.H., POTASH REFINING IN SASKATCHEWAN; MINING

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING, SEPTEMBER, 1982, P.1350.

  • Deposit

    JONES, P.R. AND PRUGGER, F.F., UNDERGROUND MINING IN SAS-

  • Deposit

    KATCHEWAN POTASH; MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER, 1982, P.1677

  • Deposit

    LYON, FRED D., MAJOR EXPANSIONS PROGRAMMED AT CANADIAN

  • Deposit

    MINES AND PLANTS; E&MJ, MARCH 1981, P. 95, 97, 98.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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