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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1975
Records and references
DAHLKAMP, FRANZ J., AND B. TAN. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OFTHE KEY LAKE U-NI DEPOSITS, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA. URANEZBERGHAN GMBHLCO. BROM, GERMANY. FISH, RICHARD. THE KEY LAKE DEVELOPMENT: BATTLING SAND ANDWATER. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. AUGUST 1979. KEY LAKE MINING CORPORATION. A SUMMARY OF "THE KEY LAKEPROJEFCT."KEY LAKE MINING CORPORATION. KEY LAKE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTALIMMPACT STATEMENT. 1974. PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS. 1980. UNLAND, WERNER AND NICK HOLL. DEWATERING OF PLANNED KEY LAKEOPEN PITS IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. CIM BULLETIN. JUNEDAHLKAMP, F. J., GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF THE KEY LAKE U-NIDEPOSITS, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 73,NO. 8, DEC. 1978, P. 1430-1449. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. 1987. TURNBULL, ANDY, CRUSHER ISOLATION TO KEEP KEY LAKE MILLDUST FREE, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 1982, P. 20.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10303407 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 57.18335, -105.56754
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Recommended Gear
Estwing E3-22P Rock Pick
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
The classic pocket reference for identifying over 600 rocks and minerals in North America.
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