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Compass Minerals: Boundary Dam Lignite: Estevan: Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. Chaplin: Sodium sulphate: Chaplin: Saskatchewan Minerals Inc. Cigar Lake Mine: Uranium Cameco Orano Canada TEPCO. 2005- Partially owned by Idemitsu until 2022. [3] [4] Colonsay Potash
Alternate layers of minerals. Metamorphism where minerals are stretched, mashed and re-arranged in foliated textures. Feldspar and quartz are light layers with ferromagnesian minerals. The geology of Saskatchewan can be divided into two main geological regions, the Precambrian Canadian Shield and the Phanerozoic Western Canadian Sedimentary ...
Hoidas Lake is a remote northern lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. [1] It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Uranium City.Named in honor of Irvin Frank Hoidas, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot officer killed in action during the Second World War when his Stirling W-7520 crashed near the Belgian town of Sint-Truiden, [2] [3] [4] it is the site of Canada's most advanced rare ...
Saskatchewan Minerals Inc. is a privately held company located in Saskatchewan, Canada, that mines and processes sodium sulphate. Originally established as a Crown corporation in 1947. Today the company is one of the largest producers of anhydrous sodium sulphate in North America with production capability of 285,000 tons per year. [ 1 ]
The formation is nowhere exposed in outcrop because its minerals are easily dissolved by water. Intact sequences are usually found at depths of more than 500 metres (1,640 ft) below ground surface, where they are protected by overlying aquitards. The potash deposits of Saskatchewan and North Dakota lie at depths exceeding 950 metres (3,120 ft).
Quantitative mineral-resource assessments are defined as the numerical estimate of the amount, quality, and in some cases, value of undiscovered minerals (that is, metal or industrial mineral) present within a specified area (tract). Their purpose is to provide a framework for making decisions by governments or institutions concerning mineral ...
Chaplin Lake salt. Saskatchewan Mining and Minerals operates a sodium sulphate mine on the northern shore of the lake, next to the village of Chaplin. Construction of the salt mine began in 1947 and it officially opened under the name of Saskatchewan Minerals as a Crown corporation in 1948 with its first shipment of salt cake to Bathhurst Pulp & Paper in New Brunswick.
Mindat claims to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the Internet. [7] [2] It is crowd-sourced and also expert-reviewed and curated for data quality. The database is used by professional mineralogists, geologists, and amateur mineral collectors alike, and is referenced in many publications. [8] [9] [10]