Mine detail: Suncor

Previously called 'Great Canadian Oil Sands'

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Location: Alberta, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 57.00418, -111.47887
dep_id: 10024826
mrds_id: ISM0578
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Zircon
Reporter: Johnston, A.
hrock_unit: Mcmurray Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
tectonic: Stable Basin (Alberta Basin)
Year first produced: 1967
yr_lst_prd: 1987
disc_yr: 1778
References:
  • 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.
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