- SMDI #
- 2767
- Current Showing Name
- Poplar River Mine
- Historical Showing Names
- Poplar River Mine
- Company Name
- Westmoreland Mining LLC
- Project Name
- UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
- 464575.0000
- UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
- 5434010.0000
- NTS Sheet
- 072H03
- TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
- 02-26-2
- Primary Commodities
- Coal
- Associated Commodities
- Discovery Type
- Status
- Deposit: Production
- Geological Details
- Willow Bunch Coal Basin. Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation. Core location: 5,6-2-27-W2. 3.5 million tonnes produced in 2011. Surface drag-line stripping operation. Contract with Saskatchewan Power Corporation.
- Geological Domain
- Assiniboia
- Host Rocks
- Host Minerals
- Indicators
- Exploration History
- 5/27/2024
The Poplar River Mine is a 7,488 Ha. surface strip mine located in South Central Saskatchewan near the town of Coronach. The mine operates two active pits and supplies lignite coal to the two generating units at the Poplar River Power Station which is owned and operated by the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. The mine has been supplying coal to the station since 1978.
Coal is uncovered using two draglines (model: BE2570-W). The exposed coal is hauled from the pits to a loadout facility, where it is loaded into rail cars and hauled by rail to the power station, about 20 kilometers away. Annual coal production at the Poplar River Mine varies from 2.3 to 3.4 million tonnes. The current coal supply agreement for the mine expires in 2029.
Poplar River Mine owns and operates the railway from the mine to the generating station, which happens to be the longest privately-owned short-line rail in Western Canada.
(From Poplar River Mine website, accessed 2024-05-27, https://www.poplarrivermine.com/)
- Production History
- Production Period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
3,500,000.00 tonnes
Willow Bunch Coal Basin. Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation. Core location: 5-6-2-27-W2. 3.5 million tonnes producted in 2011. Surface drag line stripping operation. Contract with Saskatchewan Power Corporation.
Summary:
- Coal: 3,500,000.00 tonnes
- Reserves and/or Resources
- 1978-01-01
Historical coal resources for the Willow Bunch Coal Basin documented in Irvine et al. (1978).
Summary:
Willow Bunch Coal Basin: Historic reserve (unspecified)
- Coal