- SMDI #
- 2772
- Current Showing Name
- Colonsay Mine
- Historical Showing Names
- Colonsay Mine, Colonsay Potash and Byproduct Salt Mine
- Company Name
- The Mosaic Company
- Project Name
- Colonsay Potash
- UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
- 447420.0000
- UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
- 5754045.0000
- NTS Sheet
- 072P13
- TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
- 34-27-2
- Primary Commodities
- Potash
- Associated Commodities
- Discovery Type
- Status
- Deposit: Production
- Geological Details
- Middle Devonian Prairie Evaporite Formation. Production was 1.1 million tonnes KCl in 2011. Highest production in recent years was 1.5 million tonnes in 2005.
- Geological Domain
- Humboldt
- Host Rocks
- Host Minerals
- Indicators
- Exploration History
- 12/1/2023
The Mosaic Co. re-opened its previously idled Colonsay potash mine during the third quarter of 2021 to help meet increasing market demand.
(Saskatchewan Exploration and Development Highlights 2023, p.14)
5/30/2013
- Production History
- Production Period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
1,100,000.00 tonnes
Middle Devonian Prairie Evaporite Fromation was 1.1 million tonnes KCl in 2011.
Summary:
- Potash: 1,100,000.00 tonnes
Production Period: 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31
1,500,000.00 tonnes
Highest production in recent years was 1.5 million tonnes in 2005
Summary:
- Potash: 1,500,000.00 tonnes
- Reserves and/or Resources