Post by IQ on Jul 15, 2004 23:56:37 GMT -5
Saskatchewan was once filled with mountain ranges and volcanoes, shallow seas swimming with giant reptiles, dinosaurs stomping across the landscape, subtropical forests and sheets of thick ice. It is a place that was once a vast inland sea.
Mt. Blackstrap, south of Saskatoon, is the most visible and well-known extinct volcano in Saskatchewan. Kimberlites were already discovered in the Fort à la Corne area in 1989. With greater than 70 magnetically defined kimberlite bodies identified, the Fort à la Corne Kimberlite Province ranks as one of the largest in the world. Little did they know just how wrong they were since there are currently hundreds of kimberlites that have been identified over just a small area.
Diamonds are formed at a depths of 150km in the earth's mantle. They are transported to surface by kimberlite. We have hundreds of kimberlites. Most of the diamond exploration in Saskatchewan is taking place between latitudes 53° and 56° which includes: the Fort à la Corne, Pasquia Hills, Molanosa Arch, Candle Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Smoothstone Lake, and Wapawekka Lake areas. Fort a la Corne area hosts one of the largest concentrations of kimberlites in the world.
Ever wondered what diamonds are used for:
a) Their looks - the ability to reflect light (bounce light rays back to the eye), ability to refract or bend light rays and disperse light into the colors of the light spectrum and their ability to "twinkle" when it is moved
b). Industry - Diamond is the most important industrial abrasive; hard enough to cut superhard materials with the precision, speed and economy that industry requires.Many industrial diamonds are synthetically produced, but at high costs. Uses include: lapidary for grinding or polishing gems, optics and glass, drill bits, surgical equipment, saws for cutting resistant materials, shaping very fine wires or to dress turning, boring and milling tools
Did you know that Saskatchewan was once covered by an inland sea which left a huge deposit of potash?
Saskatchewan is the largest producer of Potash and Uranium (10.8 million kg/yr) in the world. In 1939 it was discovered that uranium had the ability to release an incredible amount of energy through the process of nuclear fission. It was not until the use of the atomic bomb in World War II that the interest in Saskatchewan's uranium deposit's increased.
High grade uranium is mined at that locations and because of this, Saskatchewan is currently the largest uranium producing region in the world with an annual productive capacity of approximately 30 million pounds U3O8.
Saskatchewan uranium is sold by the uranium producing companies to electrical generating companies in countries that use nuclear energy to produce electricity. Usually, the contracts are on a long term basis. The uranium market depends a great deal on world demand for nuclear generated electricity. Saskatchewan's uranium resources are sufficient for more than 40 years at current rates of production. Energy is the place to be in current times as well, price of oil and electricity is only going up.
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Mt. Blackstrap, south of Saskatoon, is the most visible and well-known extinct volcano in Saskatchewan. Kimberlites were already discovered in the Fort à la Corne area in 1989. With greater than 70 magnetically defined kimberlite bodies identified, the Fort à la Corne Kimberlite Province ranks as one of the largest in the world. Little did they know just how wrong they were since there are currently hundreds of kimberlites that have been identified over just a small area.
Diamonds are formed at a depths of 150km in the earth's mantle. They are transported to surface by kimberlite. We have hundreds of kimberlites. Most of the diamond exploration in Saskatchewan is taking place between latitudes 53° and 56° which includes: the Fort à la Corne, Pasquia Hills, Molanosa Arch, Candle Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Smoothstone Lake, and Wapawekka Lake areas. Fort a la Corne area hosts one of the largest concentrations of kimberlites in the world.
Ever wondered what diamonds are used for:
a) Their looks - the ability to reflect light (bounce light rays back to the eye), ability to refract or bend light rays and disperse light into the colors of the light spectrum and their ability to "twinkle" when it is moved
b). Industry - Diamond is the most important industrial abrasive; hard enough to cut superhard materials with the precision, speed and economy that industry requires.Many industrial diamonds are synthetically produced, but at high costs. Uses include: lapidary for grinding or polishing gems, optics and glass, drill bits, surgical equipment, saws for cutting resistant materials, shaping very fine wires or to dress turning, boring and milling tools
Did you know that Saskatchewan was once covered by an inland sea which left a huge deposit of potash?
Saskatchewan is the largest producer of Potash and Uranium (10.8 million kg/yr) in the world. In 1939 it was discovered that uranium had the ability to release an incredible amount of energy through the process of nuclear fission. It was not until the use of the atomic bomb in World War II that the interest in Saskatchewan's uranium deposit's increased.
High grade uranium is mined at that locations and because of this, Saskatchewan is currently the largest uranium producing region in the world with an annual productive capacity of approximately 30 million pounds U3O8.
Saskatchewan uranium is sold by the uranium producing companies to electrical generating companies in countries that use nuclear energy to produce electricity. Usually, the contracts are on a long term basis. The uranium market depends a great deal on world demand for nuclear generated electricity. Saskatchewan's uranium resources are sufficient for more than 40 years at current rates of production. Energy is the place to be in current times as well, price of oil and electricity is only going up.
;D ;D ;D