Mine detail: Syncrude

Previously called 'Mildred Lake'

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Location: Alberta, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 56.22999, -111.27106
dep_id: 10024827
mrds_id: ISM0579
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: 1978
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:: LOVE, D., 1985, SYNCRUD* EARTH MOVING PANORAMA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 186, NO. 7, P. 26-30.
  • 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, R.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF TITANIUM AND TITANIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT. 27, 177P.
  • Deposit:: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD, ENERG* NEW WORLD. FROM OIL SAND TO SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL, N.P.
  • 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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