- SMDI #
- 2779
- Current Showing Name
- Big Quill Mine
- Historical Showing Names
- Big Quill Mine
- Company Name
- Project Name
- UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
- 546875.0000
- UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
- 5736790.0000
- NTS Sheet
- 072P16
- TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
- 32-17-2
- Primary Commodities
- Potassium Sulphate
- Associated Commodities
- Discovery Type
- Status
- Deposit: Production
- Geological Details
- Post-glacial evaporative lake (Big Quill Lake). Big Quill Resources combines purchased potash with purchased sodium sulphate to produce special agricultural gades of potassium sulphate; and combines potash with dilute sodium sulphate brine from Big Quill Lake to produce high-purity industrial grades of potassium sulphate.
- Geological Domain
- Humboldt
- Host Rocks
- Host Minerals
- Indicators
- Exploration History
- 7/11/2011
- Production History
- Reserves and/or Resources
- 1953-01-01
Historical resource in Big Quill Lake of 7.9 million tons sodium sulphate (Tomkins, 1954) and 2.2 million tons grading 0.56% Mg sulphate (Tomkins, 1953).
Summary:
Big Quill Lake: Historic reserve (unspecified) of 7,900,000.00 ton
- Sodium Sulphate: 7,900,000.00 ton
Big Quill Lake: Historic reserve (unspecified) of 2,200,000.00 ton
- Magnesium Sulphate: 2,200,000.00 ton