Saskatchewan
Plant

Esterhazy K2

Saskatchewan, Canada
Potassium
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Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsHalite, Sylvanite, Sylvite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Identification
Deposit ID10133496
Alternate namesInternational Mineral & Chemical
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates50.66668, -101.81727
References
ANON., INTERNATIONAL MINERALS HAS WORLD'S LARGEST PLANT ;THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 14, 1966, P.40.ANON., INTERNATIONAL MINERALS BUILDS SECOND MAJOR PRO-DUCTION UNIT; THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 14, 1966, P.56.ANON., IMC HITS POTASH AT ITS K-2 MINE...; E/MJ, FEB.1966P.162.ANON., NORTH AMERICA, CANADA, INTERNATIONAL MINERALS ANDCHEMICALS CORPORATION (CANADA) LTD...; PHOSPHOROUS ANDPOTASSIUM, NO. 104, 1979.BR. SULFUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES,THIRD EDITION, 1979.MITTERER, A.V., DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF POTASH INCANADA; PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR ON SOURCES OF MINERAL RAWMATERIALS FOR THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY IN ASIA AND THE FAREAST, UNITED NATIONS ELAFE MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTSERIES NO. 32, 1968.NIGHTINGALE, JOHN, (VICE PRESIDENT, IMC SASKATCHEWAN);PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH DEPOSIT INVESTIGATOR GLENNGRUBER.KYLE, A.J., MINING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT USED AT IMC'SESTERHAZY OPERATIONS; THE CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL(CIM) BULLETIN, MAY, 1964P497.SADLER, J.F. AND BERTHELSON, E.M., THE TUNNEL CONNECTIONOF TWO SHAFTS USING CONTINUOUS BORING MACHINES; CIM BULLETINNOV.1969, P.1186.CANADIAN MINES HANBOOK, 1990-91, PP. 239, 240.