Patience Lake[1] is a lake in the central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is east of Saskatoon in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. The lake serves as a groundwater discharge region for higher elevations to the east and west.
| Patience Lake | |
|---|---|
 Potash Corp. (now Nutrien) Mine at Patience Lake | |
  Patience Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Patience Lake Patience Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates | 52°7′11″N 106°20′37″W / 52.11972°N 106.34361°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
| Settlements | None |
At the south end of the lake, Nutrien[2] operates a solution mine that produces 331,000 tonnes of potash annually and has an approximately 50 ha (120-acre) region of the lake sectioned off with an earth dyke that is used to store brine tailings and saturated KCl solution.[3] The potash mine was originally established as an underground mine, but due to flooding in 1988 it was converted to a solution mine.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Patience Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Potash Operations". Nutrien. Nutrien Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Dan Born - Thesis Description". University of Alberta - Hydrobiology - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "Letter from Mark Fracchia Potash Corp to Chuck Hantho Chair, Policy Board Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation April 26, 1996" (PDF). Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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