Devonian Potash Deposits in Manitoba - Government of Manitoba

Sources of information and acknowledgementsThe basic material for this report has been derived from the 33 drill holes listed inthe Appendix. Geological reports for each of the wells contain the chemical analyses of thepotash beds, and are in non-confidential assessment work files. They are available through theGeoscience Data Section, Mineral Resources Division, 993 Century Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3HOW4.Earlier versions of this report were prepared in 1975 and 1982. The writer is indebtedto J.S. Roper, Lyle Skinner, D. Barchyn, and C.H. Wright for assistance and critical commentduring preparation of various manuscripts. The ore reserve calculations, as noted, wereprepared by staff of Manitoba Mineral Resources Ltd., and the maps of the McAuley-Russell areawere prepared as a co-operative effort with their staff. Those maps, and most of the otherfigures, were drafted by Doug Bagwell. Typing of the manuscripts was done mainly by BarbaraThakrar and Leah Chudy.