The world's second largest uranium deposit, discovered in 1983 and operated by a joint venture of Cameco, COGEMA, TEPCO and Idemitsu. Planned production start in 2007.
The deposit has also been studied as a natural analogue for nuclear waste disposal, with a very concentrated uranium oxide core isolated by a clay mineral halo.
Located about 660 km north of Saskatoon.
Ref.: Mining Annual Review(1985):312; http://www.cri.ca/uranium/cigarlake.html
http://www.ir.gov.sk.ca/dbsearch/MinDepositQuery/Default.asp?ID=1856
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