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Key Lake Uranium Mine

Occurrence in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303407
MAS/MILS ID 1220550016
Record type Site
Current site name Key Lake Uranium Mine
Alternate or previous names Key Lake, Gaertner Orebody, Deilman Orebody

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.56754, 57.18335 (WGS84)
Elevation 534
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bravoite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Cordierite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gedrite Unknown
Gersdorffite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Millerite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.56754, 57.18335
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 6000HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6000
    Date of Last Modification 830627

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COBBLE ORE CONSISTS OF UP TO 1@ METERS OF MINERALIZED MATERIAL IN TILL OVER THE GAERTNER DEPOSIT. THE GAERTNER OREBODY HAS A STRIKE LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 1500 METERS, A WIDTH OF 80 METERS AND A VERTICAL THICKNESS OF 70 METERS. THE DEILMANN OREBODY IS 1200 BY 200 BY 90 METERS.
  • OTHER ORE MINERALS ARE COFFINITE AND RAMMELSBERGITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Mining district

District name Key Lake Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1987

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 895000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 2.7899 wt-pct Uranium Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 2328000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 2.11 wt-pct Uranium Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 645000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.46 wt-pct Uranium Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4:M1C2=M9C5: M1C1=ORE BEARING SANDSTONE M1C2=COBBLE ORE ZONE WHICH WILL BE MINED AND STOCKPILED FOR LATER MILLING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 9756HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 93.8
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 40
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 8
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 42
    Capacity 680
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 28700
    Unit Production Cost 78.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Capacity 680
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 2
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TURNBULL, ANDY, CRUSHER ISOLATION TO KEEP KEY LAKE MILL

  • Reserve-Resource

    DUST FREE, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 1982, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    DAHLKAMP, FRANZ J., AND B. TAN. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF

  • Deposit

    THE KEY LAKE U-NI DEPOSITS, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN,

  • Deposit

    CANADA. URANEZBERGHAN GMBHLCO. BROM, GERMANY.

  • Deposit

    FISH, RICHARD. THE KEY LAKE DEVELOPMENT: BATTLING SAND AND

  • Deposit

    WATER. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    KEY LAKE MINING CORPORATION. A SUMMARY OF "THE KEY LAKE

  • Deposit

    PROJEFCT."

  • Deposit

    KEY LAKE MINING CORPORATION. KEY LAKE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    IMMPACT STATEMENT. 1974.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS. 1980.

  • Deposit

    UNLAND, WERNER AND NICK HOLL. DEWATERING OF PLANNED KEY LAKE

  • Deposit

    OPEN PITS IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. CIM BULLETIN. JUNE

  • Deposit

    1980.

  • Deposit

    DAHLKAMP, F. J., GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF THE KEY LAKE U-NI

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 73,

  • Deposit

    NO. 8, DEC. 1978, P. 1430-1449.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A REPRESENTATIVE OF S.M.D.C. HAS INDICATED THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DEPOSIT FOR NICKEL PRODUCTION WOULD BE DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF HIGH OPERATING COSTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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