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Gunnar is a town located on the shore of Lake Athabasca. The town is known because of the uranium mine near the town.
The Gunnar mine is the major historic open
pit uranium producer in the Uranium City
area, and the only intrusive-hosted uranium
mine in the Athabasca.
During operation, the Gunnar Mining Ltd site consisted of:
Open pit mine from 1955 to 1961
Underground mine from 1957 to 1963
Mill
Acid Plant
Tailings disposal facility
Community which included a school, residences, maintenance, shops and recreation centre.
www.canalaska.com/i/pdf/022708CVV.pdf
www.saskcleans.ca/html/mine_sites/Gunnar/index.cfm
The Gunnar mine is the major historic open
pit uranium producer in the Uranium City
area, and the only intrusive-hosted uranium
mine in the Athabasca.
During operation, the Gunnar Mining Ltd site consisted of:
Open pit mine from 1955 to 1961
Underground mine from 1957 to 1963
Mill
Acid Plant
Tailings disposal facility
Community which included a school, residences, maintenance, shops and recreation centre.
www.canalaska.com/i/pdf/022708CVV.pdf
www.saskcleans.ca/html/mine_sites/Gunnar/index.cfm
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Mine
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°23'20"N 108°53'1"W
- Fort Smith, Northwest Territories 185 km
- Fort MacKay 294 km
- Wollaston Lake 358 km
- Lac Brochet 431 km
- Lynn Lake 539 km
- Churchill 840 km
- Sundance, Manitoba 927 km
- former Open Pit Uranium Mine 0.4 km
- Tailings Pond 0.6 km
- Langley Bay Tailings 1.9 km
- Gunnar Air Strip 2.8 km
- Peebles Lake 15 km
- Island 15 km
- Lorado Tailings Site 18 km
- Goldfields, Saskatchewan 24 km
- Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park 35 km
- Athabasca Sand Dunes 47 km