Madawaska Mine

Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine)
Location
Madawaska Mine
Location in Ontario
Location Bancroft
Province Ontario
Country Canada
Coordinates 45°01′21.5″N 77°55′15.2″W / 45.022639°N 77.920889°W / 45.022639; -77.920889Coordinates: 45°01′21.5″N 77°55′15.2″W / 45.022639°N 77.920889°W / 45.022639; -77.920889
Production
Products Uranium
History
Opened 1954
Closed 1982

The Madawaska Mine is an abandoned underground uranium mine near the town of Bancroft, Ontario which produced 9,492,171 pounds of U3O8 during its two periods of production.[1]

From 1954 to 1964 it operated as the Faraday Mine, and after it reopened as the Madawaska mine in 1975, production continued to 1982. The shaft into the uranium-bearing pegmatite reached a depth of 473 metres (1,552 ft).[2]

The mine is currently decommissioned, and a mass of 4,000,000 tonnes of uranium tailings remains at the surface at the mine site.[3]

See also

References

  1. http://www.canamuranium.com/sites/bce/files/CAUIProfileSept2007.pdf production numbers -- canamuranium.com
  2. http://www.mindat.org/loc.php?loc=542&ob=4 data from Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39 -- mindat.org
  3. http://www.llrwmo.org/en/programs/ongoing/inventory.pdf Inventory of Radioactive Waste in Canada -- llrwmo.org
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