Cigar Lake mine
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The Cigar Lake Mine is a large high-grade underground uranium mine, located in the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada, at the south-west corner of Waterbury Lake.[2] The deposit, discovered in 1981, is second in size of high-grade deposits only to the nearby McArthur River mine. Other deposits, such as Olympic Dam in Australia, contain more uranium but at lower grades.[3]
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Location | |
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Location | Athabasca Basin |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 58°04′07″N 104°32′26″W |
Production | |
Products | triuranium octoxide (U 3O 8) |
Production | 4,600 t (10,100,000 lb)[1] |
Financial year | 2020 |
History | |
Discovered | 1981 |
Opened | 2014 |
Owner | |
Company | |
Website | cameco |
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