EXTECH IV ATHABASCA URANIUM DEPOSIT DATABASE
Geological Survey of Canada, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, and Alberta Geological Survey


DGNO COUNTRY LOCATION ALLNAMES COMMODITIES
40001 Canada (Saskatchewan) 57.12.35 N -- 105.37.59 W Key Lake deposits; Key Lake mines; Key Lake mine-mill complex U; Ni

Database name: Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2007-03-02
   
Deposit group name(s): Key Lake deposits (occurrence name); Key Lake mines (mine name); Key Lake mine-mill complex (mine name)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan; Nearest community: La Ronge (240 km 355°)
NTS map data: 074H04 (Zimmer Lake)
Deposit clan (type): Unconformity-associated
Deposit (sub) types: Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - fracture-bound; Reference: Dahlkamp, F. J., 1978: Geologic Appraisal of the Key Lake U-Ni Deposits, Northern Saskatchewan; Economic Geology, Volume 73, p. 1430 - 1449
Glacially dispersed cobbles
Geologic province: Trans-Hudson Orogen
Geologic subprovince: Wollaston Domain-Athabasca Basin
Geologic district: Wollaston Lake
Deposit object located: Dielmann open pit
Commodities: U; Ni
Metallogenic signatures: U-Ni-Co-Cu-As
References:
Bennett, R. W., 2002
Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Version 5 (2002)
Government of Saskatchewan, CD-ROM

Dahlkamp, F. J., 1978
Geologic Appraisal of the Key Lake U-Ni Deposits, Northern Saskatchewan
Economic Geology, Volume 73, p. 1430 - 1449

de Carle, A. L., 1986
Geology of the Key Lake Deposits
Chapter 4, Section Saskatchewan Unconformity-associated and Sedimentary-hosted Deposits of Helikian Age, In Uranium Deposits of Canada, Edited by Evans, E. L., Special Volume, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 33, 323 p., p. 170 - 177

Gandhi, S. S., 1995
An Overview of the Exploration History and Genesis of Proterozoic Uranium Deposits in the Canadian Shield
Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals, Department of Atomic Energy, India, Volume 8, p. 1 - 48

Gatzweiler, R.; Lehnert-Thiel, K.; Clasen, D.; Tan, B.; Voultsidis, V.; Strnad, J. G.; Rich, J., 1979
The Key Lake U-Ni Deposits
Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 72, p. 73 - 79

Gatzweiler, R.; Schmeling, B.; Tan, B., 1981
Exploration of the Key Lake Uranium Deposits, Saskatchewan
In Uranium Exploration Case Histories: Proceedings of an Advisory Group Meeting, Vienna, 26-29 November 1979, Edited by Anonymous, Proceedings Series (STI/PUB), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 584, 407 p., p. 195 - 220

Höhndorf, A.; Strnad, J. g.; Carl, C., 1989
Age Determination of Basement Units in the Key Lake Uranium Deposit Area
In Uranium Resources and Geology of North America, Edited by Anonymous, TECDOC, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 500, 529 p., p. 381 - 409

Kirchner, G.; Lehnert-Thiel, K.; Rich, J.; Strnad, J. G., 1980
Key Lake and Jabiluka: Models for Lower Proterozoic Uranium Deposition
In The Pine Creek Geosyncline: Proceedings of the International Uranium Symposium, Vienna, Edited by Anonymous, Proceedings of Symposium, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, p. 617 - 629

Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2001
Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index
Government of Saskatchewan, Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Internet

Trocki, L. K.; Curtis, D. B.; Gancarz, A. J.; Banar, J. C., 1984
Ages of Major Uranium Mineralization and Lead Loss in the Key Lake Uranium Deposit, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada
Economic Geology, Volume 79, p. 1378 - 1386

Associated deposit(s): P Patch (40208)

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