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The Can-Met Mine is an abandoned
uranium mine Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the earth. Over 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia were the top three uranium producers, respectively, and together account for 68% of w ...
located approximately 12.5 km northeast of
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, owned by Denison Mines Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility (shared with the Stanrock Mine) is currently undergoing
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by Denison Environmental Services. The site was in operation from 1957 to 1960, during which time it produced 2.6 million tonnes of ore.


History

The property was staked by Carl Mattaini and owned by Can-Met Explorations Limited. In 1957, eleven holes were diamond drilled, each drilling found ore-bearing conglomerate averaging 16 feet thick. 1958 ore reserves were reported to be 6,642,380 tons with a grade of 1.832 pounds of U308 per ton. The mine had shafts, 500 feet apart, at 2,127 feet and 2,395 feet deep. An ore plant capable of processing 3,000 tons of ore a day was finished in October 1957. Production started December 1957. In 1960, Can-Met Explorations Limited merged with Consolidated Denison Mines Limited into Denison Mines Limited and the mine stopped operating. The production value of the mine by year was: * 1957 $240,000 * 1958 $12.76m * 1959 $17.85m * 1960 $6.74m Total $37.59m


See also

* Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits *
Uranium mining Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the earth. Over 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia were the top three uranium producers, respectively, and together account for 68% of w ...
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List of mines in Ontario This is a list of mines in the Canadian province of Ontario and includes both operating and closed mines. *Adams Mine *Agnew Lake Mine *Amalgamated Larder Mine *Argonaut Mine *Armistice Mine *Associated Goldfields Mine *Barber Larder Mine *Barto ...


References

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