Laserfiche WebLink
s.o sol_u-ru)~ X11\lNG :1;\D I'RrJt)UC7 1'RC)CE:SSINC; <br />St.lotion mining of nahcutite well ~xcur from vertical solution mining :cells. <br />;vlultiple suluti~~n minis}; wells tyili uperah simultattcously; however, each t+'ell <br />wHl be mined indrp~~ndrntly. Mined nahcalite will lx removed from the <br />subsurfaie in soluUun form and :will subsi~uentlt• hr pr.xrs<e:l into final <br />products, including; >odium cartwnate, sodium bicarbonate, and other ,ixiiwn <br />compounds. 1'rocr~sing; :yell rx'cur at h+•u facilities, and pilxlines will provulr <br />intet•nudiate tr:utspurt bettvicen the facilities. <br />fhe solutic~a minis); prug;ram has tarn developed using data from the existing <br />test solution nun~n): .yells (?II-?and 20-3) and rock micchanir~ an.+h'sis conducted <br />by Agapito :lssociutes, Inc. (Agapito ]~ti). The prcxess diKiyn was cnmpletc+i <br />by K:•aerner titeta?~, it,t~'. tiunferrous i)iyisian. <br />Construction details for the solutrvt m:r:n,: •.~•rll> arc detiirti~~•J i^ ~•~ uun'_ 1.-1. <br />fhe wells will provide accccti to the naturally occurt•ing nahcohtir nsource~, :which <br />is grrerally fixated from about 1;{00 to'1,31)ll feet below };round surlnce (baurd <br />on a };round elevation of 6,21A) feet ntslj. 1'he well strings transport f]uids <br />lx•ttvecn the surfam an+i the nahcolite~ resource and also sert•e a. conduits fur <br />instrumentation ryutpntiurtt. As nahcolite is mined, a leached area is irrated at <br />the hotfoot of the t. ell over the approximate inten'al from 1.550 to 2,?fH) fcxa <br />ba~low };mood surlace. when h,talty mined, the leached area will have had ?a to <br />3U pirrccnt of its urihinal volume, i.e., that part +x:cul?ied b~• nalxolite, removed <br />by solutnm minor,;. Althuu};h it is not actually a void, the h:•ached ama is <br />r~frrrc+l to herein as a solution mining cavitti'. <br />Each weH twill contain an in)irtiun well stein}; and a productron well string, lx,th <br />of which may t,e nun~ed up UI ll(,t+'n within thin mtennediate well catiing and <br />:.'hose functions ma+• lx alternated. Ctnc strutg; will extend deeper than thr• other <br />stein}; to mmintizi~ sh~~rt-~irruitinh, i.c., ittjr~tiun fluid tra:'clinh dintitly to the <br />production string ratter than circulating within the cavity. Genre.+Ih•, the <br />injcnuon th~iil t,~ill exit the upper t+•cll string, enter the cavih•, and dissoh•c the <br />nahrolite the tluial, notit• called pro+iurtion Iluid. trill lease the ca:•itc lhn,u};h <br />the lower (prixluction) well strutg and twill exit the well carn•ing the +iissolced <br />nahailite in solution. <br />The solution mining cat•ities twill l;roty in diameter as the t+•ells operate over <br />time. the pmdictrd final a,nfig;uration i,f a sutr,le solution minor); cavity is <br />ruuthly a cylinder with an avcrag;e d~auteter of approximately '_00 Eeet aril a <br />3-1 [Zeyis~d rel,ruan• ~[Hll <br />