Mine detail: Suncor

Previously called 'Great Canadian Oil Sands'

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Location

Lat / long: 57.00418, -111.47887

Resource(M)

Primary: Zirconium
Ore: Zircon
Discovery year: 1778

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1967
Last production ended: 1987

Geology

Host rock:Mcmurray Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Tectonic:Stable Basin (Alberta Basin)

References

MRDSISM0578
DEP10024826
Reference{Deposit:: COTTER, N.P., 1977, CANAD* FIRST ZIRCON PLANT PLANNED FOR ALBERTA: THE NORTHERN MINER P. 24.}{Deposit:: KRAMERS, J.W., AND BROWN, R.A.S., 1976, SURVEY OF HEAVY MINERALS IN THE SURFACE-MINEABLE AREA OF THE ATHABASCA OIL SAND DEPOSITS: THE CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULLETIN. 69, NO. 776, P. 92-99.}{Deposit:: MCRORY, R.E., 1982, ENERGY HERITAGE: OIL SANDS AND HEAVY OILS OF ALBERTA: ALBERTA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. ENR I/19-1, 94P.}{Deposit:: ROSE, E.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF TITANIUM AND TITANIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT, 27, 177P.}{Deposit:: ZR/33, STAFF., 1985, SUNCO* PLANT IS THE PIONEER IN OIL SANDS: THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 18, P. B-6.}{Deposit:: SUNCOR INC., 1979, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1979, 1986.}{Deposit:: TREVOY, L. W., SCHUTTE, ROB,AND GOFORTH, R.G., 1978, DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEAVY MINERALS POTENTIAL OF THE ATHABASCA TAR SANDS: THE CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULLETIN. 71, NO. 791, P. 175-180.}
ReporterJohnston, A.