Last Mountain Lake Prime Potash

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  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 10230399
MAS/MILS ID 1220550036
Record type Site
Current site name Last Mountain Lake Prime Potash

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.28071, 51.27997 (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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.28071, 51.27997

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Auger Mining - Solution Mining
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crystallization
Milling method Crystallization

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Current Ownershiop Is Unknown
    Year 1991
    First year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE LAST KNOWN OWNER (LEASE HOLDER) WAS PRIME POTASH OF CANADA AS LISTED IN THE 1972-73 CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. NO NEWER LISTING COULD BE FOUND. POSSIBLE OWNER COULD BE BISON OR POTASSE PREMIERE.

Comments on the production information

  • THE COMMODITY IS POTASH (K2O) THE PRODUCT IS POTASH MURIATE (KCL).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 1999000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1999000000mt ore
    Total resources 1999000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 25.1 wt-pct Potassium Major 1973

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 50
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 26606
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1972-73, PAGE 272.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1966-67, PAGE 262.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CURRENT (1991) PROPERTY STATUS IS UNKNOWN, ASSUME STILL AN EXPLORED DEPOSIT (PROSPECT). SOLUTION MINING WITH CYRSTALIZATION WILL BE USED TO RECOVER THE KCL PRODUCT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-94 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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