Saskatchewan
Plant

Esterhazy K1

Saskatchewan, Canada
Potassium
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Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsHalite, Sylvanite, Sylvite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Identification
Deposit ID10181574
Alternate namesInternational Minerals & Chemicals
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates50.74998, -101.95058
References
ANON., INTERNATIONAL MINERALS HAS WORLDS LARGEST PLANT;THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 14, 1966, P.40.ANON., INTERNATIONAL MINERALS BUILDS A SECOND MAJOR PRO-DUCTION UNIT; THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 14, 1966, P.56.ANON., IMC HITS POTASH AT ITS K2 MINE...; E/MJ, FEB. 1966P.162.ANON., NORTH AMERICA, CANADA, INTERNATIONAL MINERALS ANDCHEMICAL CORPORATION (CANADA) LTD...; PHOSPHOROUS ANDF FONADE). 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 ECAFE MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTSERIES NO.32.NIGHTINGALE, JOHN,(VICE PRESIDENT, IMC SASKATCHEWAN);PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH DEPOSIT INVESTIGATOR GLENGRUBER.KYLE, A.J., MINING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT USED AT IMC'SESTERHAZY OPERATIONS; THE CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL(CIM) BULLETIN, MAY, 1964, P. 497.SADLER, J.F. AND BERTHELSON, E.M., THE TUNNEL CONNECTIONOF TWO SHAFTS USING CONTINUOUS BORING MACHINES; CIM BULLETINNOV. 1969, P. 1186.ENERGY MINES AND RESOUCES CANADA, MINING AND MINERALPROCESSING OPERATIONS IN CANADA 1989, MINERALS BULLETIN,MR 224, P 39.CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK, 1990-91, PP. 239, 240.