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