Mine detail: Key Lake - Gaertner Mine

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Location: Saskatchewan, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 57.20005, -105.65084
dep_id: 10084909
mrds_id: W700155
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Coffinite, Pitchblende, Uraninite
gangue: Chlorite, Fluorite, Galena, Graphite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
model: 280: Unconformity U-Au
Reporter: Matt Paidakovich, Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Athabasca Formation, Wolbston Group
hrock_type: Gneiss
disc_yr: 1975
References:
  • 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.
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