Ore sample
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- OBJECT TYPE
- solid
- DATE
- 2013
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0406.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Agrium
- MODEL
- Potash
- LOCATION
- Saskatchewan, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Samples of Sylvinite (primarily KCl).
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 2.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mining and Metallurgy
- Category
- Mineral exploration
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Agrium
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Saskatchewan
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Saskatchewan
- Period
- Collected ca. 2013.
- Canada
-
A kit prepared by Agrium’s mine in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. - Function
-
To assess potash reserves and demonstrate grades. - Technical
-
The kit includes samples of potash ore and three main grades of potash. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Printed on the front of the card: "POTASH/ This sample bag contains Sylvinite, the ore from which potash is/ refined. The Sylvinite from the Agrium mine at Vanscoy contains/ typically 40% KCl, 55% NaCl and 5% insolubles./ The reddish colour is due to a small percentage of Iron Oxide in the/ ore. Sylvinite is the "official mineral" of Saskatchewan./ The Saskatchewan ore body was formed when an ancient sea/ evaporated approximately 350 million years ago during the middle/ Devonian period./ Agrium"/ Printed on the back: "SASKATCHEWAN POTASH FACTS/ - Saskatchewan has 40% of the world's potash reserves and is the/ top producer./ - The recoverable reserves are estimated to be 130 billion tonnes/ muriate of potash./ - The Agrium potash operation started in 1969. This operation is/ one of ten potash producing facilities in Saskatchewan./ - Agrium has an annual productive capability of 1.73 million tonnes of muriate of potash (KCl)./ - Agrium Potash markets 75% of its production in North America/ with the other 25% marketed offshore./ - Ninety-five percent of potash production is consumed as a/ fertilizer."
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Red-brown samples of ore in a clear synthetic bag with a white card stapled to the top.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Agrium, Ore sample, circa 2013, Artifact no. 2013.0406, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0406.001/
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