Patience Lake

Patience Lake
Potash Corp. (now Nutrien) Mine at Patience Lake
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Location	Saskatchewan
Coordinates	52°7′11″N106°20′37″W / 52.11972°N 106.34361°W / 52.11972; -106.34361
Part of	Saskatchewan River drainage basin
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

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.

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

• List of lakes of Saskatchewan

References

1. "Patience Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
2. "Potash Operations". Nutrien. Nutrien Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
3. "Dan Born - Thesis Description". University of Alberta - Hydrobiology - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
4. "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.