- SMDI #
- 2770
- Current Showing Name
- Esterhazy K2 Mine
- Historical Showing Names
- Esterhazy K2 Mine, Esterhazy K2 Potash Mine
- Company Name
- The Mosaic Company
- Project Name
- Esterhazy Potash
- UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
- 723075.0000
- UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
- 5616600.0000
- NTS Sheet
- 062K12
- TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
- 20-32-1
- Primary Commodities
- Potash
- Associated Commodities
- Discovery Type
- Status
- Deposit: Production
- Geological Details
- Middle Devonian Prairie Evaporite Formation. K-1 & K-2 mines produced 3.9 million tonnes KCl in 2011. Recent highest production was 4.1 Mt in 2008.
- Geological Domain
- Duck Mountain
- Host Rocks
- Host Minerals
- Indicators
- Exploration History
- 12/1/2023
The recent completion of Mosaic’s Esterhazy K3 mine shaft marks the first new underground potash mine developed in the province in over 50 years. Mosaic’s accelerated ramp up of the Esterhazy K3 mine shaft will allow the company to expedite the shutdown of its less cost-effective K1 and K2 shafts ahead of schedule. The $3B expansion at K3 should make the Esterhazy operation the single largest potash mining complex in the world.
(Saskatchewan Exploration and Development Highlights 2023, p.14)
12/1/2024
Mosaic Canada's K3 expansion project in Esterhazy, after a decade-long journey and nearly $3B in investment, is now complete. The massive mining complex is the world's largest potash operation, with verified production capacity of 7.8 Mt.
(Saskatchewan Exploration and Development Highlights 2024, p.6)
5/30/2013
- Production History
- Production Period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
K-1 and K-2
Middle Devonian Prairie Evaporite Formation. K-1 & K-2 mines produced 3.9 million tonnes KCl in 2011.
Production Period: 2008-01-01 to 2008-12-31
Recent highest production was 4.1 Mt in 2008
- Reserves and/or Resources