Mine detail: Key Lake - Gaertner Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 57.20005, -105.65084

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Coffinite, Pitchblende, Uraninite
Gangue: Chlorite, Fluorite, Galena, Graphite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1975

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Athabasca Formation, Wolbston Group
Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW700155
DEP10084909
Reference{Deposit:: BYERS, V.P., 1978, PRINCIPAL URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-1008, 312 P.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.}{Deposit:: TROCKI, LINDA K., AND OTHERS, 1984, AGES OF MAJOR URANIUM MINERALIZATION AND LEAD LOSS IN THE KEY LAKE URANIUM DEPOSIT, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 79, NO. 6, P. 1378-1386.}{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.}
ReporterMatt Paidakovich, Bolm, Karen S.