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SMDI #
0212
Current Showing Name
Hanson Lake Silica Sand Quarry
Historical Showing Names
Hanson Lake Silica Sand Deposit, Hanson Lake Silica Sand Quarry
Company Name
Preferred Sands of Canada
Project Name
UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
641840.0000
UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
6057645.0000
NTS Sheet
063L10
TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
65-06-2
Primary Commodities
Silica Sand
Associated Commodities
Zirconium
Discovery Type
Status
Deposit: Post-Production [Institutional Control Program]
Geological Details
The showing consists of Middle Ordovician pure quartz sands which occur at the base of the Paleozoic section in the Hanson Lake area, along the northern border of the area. The Hanson Lake Silica open pit is located slightly east of the south end of McIlvenna Bay on Hanson Lake and approximately 6.0 miles (9.7 km) north of the McIlvenna Lake base metal deposit or SMDI 2169. In the showing area, a series of unconsolidated Winnipeg Formation Black Island Member sands rest unconformably on the Precambrian erosional surface and were likely derived from erosion of Cambrian Deadwood Formation sediments. The sands are capped by the Winnipeg Formation sandstone. which is an unindurated friable marine orthoquartzitic sandstone which formed by the wave weathering of exposed granitic rocks. In the Hanson Lake area, this sandstone either escaped cementation and induration following deposition or had the cement removed by groundwater action in post-Ordovician times. The Winnipeg Formation sandstone is overlain by up to 60 ft (18.3 m) of cliff-forming, greyish orange, locally fossiliferous (Receptaculites), locally mottled and iron-stained, well-bedded and jointed Ordovician Red River Formation dolomite. The dolomite is overlain by Pleistocene to Recent tills, silts, peat deposits, and calcareous tufa. The greyish orange to white, medium-grained, friable, unconsolidated Middle Ordovician sands belong to the Black Island member of the Winnipeg sandstone. Measured sections of Winnipeg Formation sand vary in thickness from 10 to 17 ft (3.1 to 5.2 m). The base of the sand interval conforms to underlying erosional surface and the thickness of this blanket of sand is determined by highs and lows on the erosional surface. C. Chernoff concluded, after completing roundness and sphericity tests, that the sands were super-mature marine orthoquartzites which contained 99.8% frosted quartz grains and 0.2% other grains (feldspars, tourmaline, ferromagnesians and pyrite, zircons, magnetite, and staurolite) with minor clay and iron oxide adhering to the grain surfaces. The average sphericity of 0.84 and roundness of 0.70 led to the conclusion that the sands would make an excellent frac sand. In 2000, Daren Resources Ltd. released the following test results for three samples: SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2 SAMPLE 3 _________________________________________________ Roundness 0.80 0.70 0.83 Sphericity 0.83 0.74 0.84 Acid Solubility 1.65% 1.50% 1.19% Bulk Density 1.65 1.65 1.66 Specific Gravity 2.65 2.64 2.64 Crush Test 6.20% 9.30% 8.60%
Geological Domain
Flin Flon
Host Rocks
Host Minerals
Zircon
Indicators
Exploration History
10/19/2018 ICR - 07 (Hanson Lake Silica Sand Operation) [CR-998] https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/agriculture-natural-resources-and-industry/mineral-exploration-and-mining/institutional-control-program 8/8/1988 The showing was noted by R.L. Johnson in 1968 while mapping the area for the Saskatchewan Geological Survey. In 1978, Holocene Resources Limited. Received a special agreement for silica sand (C.R. No. 636) to cover the Winnipeg sands in the Hanson Lake area. They completed outcrop exploration and sampling and grain size, grain shape, compressive strength, benefaction, and heavy minerals tests (AF 63L11-0030). They concluded the deposit had potential as a smelter flux sand for the nearby Flin Flon smelter, frac sand, or as a glass sand. The special agreement was cancelled on 30 November 1981 due to a lack of work being completed in the agreed area. In 1988, Saskoil acquired Prospecting Permit No. 1 over the showing area. In the following year, they completed prospecting, test pitting, channel sampling, petrographic descriptions, quarry cost projections, and reserves estimates for the silica sand deposit (AF 63L09-0375). On 16 March 1997, Daren Resources Ltd. Acquired a special agreement for silica sand over the property (C.R. 705). In 1998, They joint ventured with International Silica Corporation and completed bulk sampling and testing of the sand (AF 63L10-0131). In 1998, a joint venture between Daren Resources Ltd and International Silica Corporation took a 20 kg bulk sample from Pit 1 and completed silica sand purity, API, spericity, roundness, compressive strength, acid solubility,and conductivity tests (AF 63L10-0131). On 29 February 2000, Daren Resources announced that they agreed jointly with Foran Mining Corporation to build an all weather road to the pit site. Cap limestone removed from a quarry pit would be used for road fill and this operation would expose approximately 25,000 tonnes of sand. The initial road was completed by 12 May 2000. On 17 August 2000, Daren announced the formation of Hanson Lake Sand Corporation to take the deposit to production. On 27 October 2000, Daren announced that they had commenced "mining" the deposit by quarry means (Stockwatch Magazine). On 16 November 2000, Daren announced the operation would close for the winter. At this time, the deposit contained an average 5.5 m thickness of clean, white, silica sand of frac sand quality. On 05 June 2001, Hanson Lake Silica Corporation released (API) RP-56 sample test results for the deposit for sample 20/40. The 1 May 2002 Stockwatch announced that in April of 2002 Daren Industries Ltd. And Hanson Lake Sand Corporation had been placed into receivership. In this year, Daren Resources completed 14 lines of ground penetrating radar and sand sampling and testing for API, sieve analysis, crush resistance, turbidity, acid solubility, soundness/sphericity, and mineralogy (AF 63L10-NW-0140). In the summer of 2003, secured lenders retrieved title on the property and optioned it to Winn Bay Sand. Tri Can Well Services, in turn, optioned the property and returned it to production on a limited basis in 2003. Winn Bay Sand continued production in 2004.
Production History
Production Period: 2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 168,351.00 tons HANSON LAKE SILICA YEARLY PRODUCTION ____________________________________ YEAR TONNES SILICA SAND ______________________ 2000 5,000.00 HANSON LAKE SI SAND 2001 NOT REPORTED HANSON LAKE SI SAND 2002 NO PRODUCTION HANSON LAKE SI SAND 2003 43,774.00 JAMIE PUNT (39711 tonnes) 2004 98,020.15 JAMIE PUNT: Winn Bay Sand 2005 142,790.00 JAMIE PUNT: Winn Bay Sand 2006 168,351.00 JAIME PUNT: Winn Bay Sand ______________________ Summary: - Silica Sand: 168,351.00 tons Production Period: 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31 142,790.00 tons Summary: - Silica Sand: 142,790.00 tons Production Period: 2004-01-01 to 2004-12-31 98,020.00 tons Summary: - Silica Sand: 98,020.00 tons Production Period: 2003-01-01 to 2003-12-31 43,774.00 tons Summary: - Silica Sand: 43,774.00 tons Production Period: 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 2002 NO PRODUCTION HANSON LAKE SI SAND Production Period: 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 2001 NOT REPORTED HANSON LAKE SI SAND
Reserves and/or Resources
Hanson Lake Silica Sand RP 56 test results: roundness=0.82, sphericity=0.81, acid sol=0.9%, bulk density=1.58 g/cubic cm, in-size=95.7%, median diameter=0.532, API crush resistance at 4000 psi=7.9% fines 2000-11-16 Hanson Lake Silica Sand The deposit is estimated to contain 4.2 million tonnes of frac sand. Summary: Historic reserve (unspecified) of 4,200,000.00 tonne - Silica Sand: 4,200,000.00 tonne 2000-05-12 Lease T 7549 contains over 11.0 million tonnes of silica sand and, of this, over 4.0 million tonnes would be good frac sand. Summary: Historic reserve (unspecified) of 11,000,000.00 tonne - Silica Sand: 11,000,000.00 tonne 1995-01-01 C. Chernoff The deposit contains over 1,000,000 tons of sand. Summary: Historic reserve (unspecified) of 1,000,000.00 ton - Silica Sand: 1,000,000.00 ton
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