Mine detail: Suncor

Previously called 'Great Canadian Oil SandsG.C.O.S.'

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Location: Alberta, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 57.00002, -111.48442
dep_id: 10024993
mrds_id: ISM0745
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Vanadium, Petroleum (Oil), Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Mcmurray Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
tectonic: Stable Basin (Alberta Basin)
Year first produced: 1967
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
disc_yr: 1778
References:
  • Deposit:: ROSE, E.R., 1973, GEOLOGY OF VANADIUM AND VANADIFEROUS OCCURRENCES OF CANADA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT NO. 27, 130 P.
  • Deposit:: STEMEROWICZ, A., BRUCE, R.W., SIRIANNI, C.V. AND VIENS, G.E., 1976, THE RECOVERY OF VANADIUM AND NICKEL FROM ATHABASCA TAR SANDS FLY ASH, C.I.M. BULLETIN, VOL. 69, NO. 768, APRIL 1976, P. 102-108.
  • Deposit:: HODGSON, G.W., PEAKE, E. AND BAKER, B.L., 1963, THE ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM PORPHYRINS: THE POSITION OF THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS IN M.A. CARRIGY (ED.), THE K.A. CLARKE VOLUME, EDMONTON, RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ALBERTA, INFORMATION SERIES NO. 45, P. 75-100.
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1984, RECOVERY OF VANADIUM FROM OIL SANDS PLANT: FIRST IN CANADA, THE NORTHERN MINER, MAR. 15, P. 1.
  • Deposit:: SUNCOR INC., ANNUAL REPORTS 1979-1984.
  • Deposit:: SUNCOR INC., TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING STATEMENT, SUNCOR INC., NO. 2755, SEPT. 4, 1979, 125 P. & APPENDICES.
  • Deposit:: MCROY, R.E., 1982, ENERGY HERITAGE: OIL SANDS AND HEAVY OILS OF ALBERTA, ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, ENR I/19-1, 94 P.
  • Deposit:: CAMP, F.W., 1974, THE TAR SANDS OF ALBERTA, CANADA, SECOND EDITION, DENVER, CAMERON ENGINEERS INC., 77 P.
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, J., COLLINS, G.A. AND HODGSON, G.W., 1954, TRACE METALS IN THE MCMURRAY OIL SANDS AND OTHER CRETACEOUS RESERVOIRS OF ALBERTA, C.I.M. BULLETIN, JANUARY 1954, VOL, 47, NO. 501, P. 36-42.
  • Production:: PA1: SUNCOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1983, P. 18; PA2: SUNCOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1984, P3 SUNCOR INC., TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING STATEMENT NO. 2755.
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