Australia[1] |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Olympic Dam |
550 km NNW of Adelaide the capital city of South Australia, near Roxby Downs |
BHP Billiton |
1975 |
1988 |
0.05 |
91,100,000 |
4,356 |
UG |
Ranger |
230 kilometres east of Darwin, in Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia |
ERA |
1969 |
1981 |
0.2 |
2,000,000 |
5,544 |
OC |
Beverley |
520 kilometres north of Adelaide, on the plains north-west of Lake Frome and 25 kilometres north east of the Arkaroola Resort in the northern Flinders Ranges |
Heathgate Resources |
1969 |
1999 |
0.18 |
N.A.[3] |
1064 |
ISL |
Canada |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
McArthur River |
620 air kilometres north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and 80 kilometres northeast of the Key Lake mill complex |
Cameco |
1988 |
1999 |
20.66 |
212,285 (diluted tonnage) |
8,491 |
UG |
McClean Lake |
West of Wollaston Lake, about 700 kilometres north of Saskatoon in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan, Canada |
AREVA |
1979 |
1999 |
2.4 |
|
2490 |
UG |
Rabbit Lake |
Closest community is Wollaston Lake, about 40 kilometers by lake or air |
Cameco |
1968 |
1975 |
0.88 |
311,908 |
2,4 |
OC |
Namibia |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Rössing |
Namib Desert 65 kilometres from Swakopmund |
Rio Tinto/RTZ |
1928 |
1976 |
0.03 – 0.05 |
12,030,000 |
3,711 |
OC |
Langer Heinrich |
Namib Desert 80 kilometres from Swakopmund |
Paladin Energy PDN.TO |
early 1970’s |
2007 |
0.06 – 0.07 |
|
|
ISL |
USA (See Uranium mining in the United States) |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Crow Butte |
Nebraska |
Cameco |
1980 |
1991 |
|
_ |
363 |
ISL |
Smith Ranch-Highland |
Located near Douglas, Wyoming |
Cameco |
1972/1988* *ISL operations |
|
_ |
590 |
|
ISL |
Vasquez |
South Texas |
Uranium Resources Inc |
2004 |
|
_ |
360 |
|
ISL |
Alta Mesa |
Texas, Brooks County |
Mesteña Uranium |
|
|
|
|
385* *annual capacity |
ISL |
Russia |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Krazbokamensk |
Eastern Siberia |
TVEL |
|
|
|
|
3431(est) |
UG |
Niger |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Akouta.[4] |
|
Areva/Onarem |
1967 |
1974 |
0.46 |
|
1778 |
UG |
Arlit(Arlette)[4] |
|
Areva/Onarem |
1965 |
1971 |
0.3 |
|
1315 |
OC |
Ukraine |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Vatutininski and Ingulskyi |
|
VostGOK |
|
|
|
|
800(est) |
UG |
Kazakhstan |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Stepnoye |
|
Kazatomprom |
|
|
|
|
1570 |
ISL |
Tsentralnoye |
|
Kazatomprom |
|
|
|
|
1000 |
ISL |
Western mining group |
|
Kazatomprom |
|
|
|
|
900 |
ISL |
Czech Republic |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Dolni Rozinka |
|
|
|
|
|
|
408 |
UG |
Brazil |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Lagoa Real / Caetité (Bahia) |
|
Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil |
|
1982 |
0.25 |
|
_ |
UG |
India |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Jaduguda |
|
UCIL |
|
1967 |
|
|
230 (est) |
UG |
Bhatin |
|
UCIL |
|
1967 |
|
|
|
UG |
Narwapahar |
|
UCIL |
|
1995 |
|
|
|
UG |
Turamdih |
|
UCIL |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
UG |
Tummalapalle |
Pulivendula |
UCIL |
1989 (?) |
2008 (?) |
0.05 |
|
|
UG |
South Africa |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
|
|
AngloGold Ltd |
|
|
|
|
674 |
UG |
China |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 (est) |
|
Chenxian |
Hunan Province |
China National Nuclear Corp. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
712 Uranium Mine Hunan Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fuzhou Hangjian Fujian Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tengchong |
Yunnan Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISL |
Yining |
Xinjiang Autonomous Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISL |
Chongyi |
Shaanxi Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lantian |
Shaanxi Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quinglong field |
Liaoning Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benxi |
Liaoning Province |
|
|
|
0.34 |
|
|
|
Uzbekistan |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2300 |
|
Romania |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70(est) |
|
Germany |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77 |
|
Pakistan |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Dera Ghazi Khan |
|
PAEC |
|
|
|
|
45(est) |
|
Issa Khel / Kubul Kel |
Miniawali District |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumman Leghari |
South Punjab |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
France |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
Iran |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Akashat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Argentina |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Type of Mine[2] |
Don Otto |
Salta |
Globe Uranium Ltd |
1958 |
|
30 |
|
|
Presently Shut down |
Cachocira (Cactite) |
|
|
1999 |
0.3 |
340 |
|
|
OC |
Engenlio (Cactite) |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
OC |
Australia |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Koongarra |
Alligator Rivers of the Northern Territory, 30 km south of Ranger and 3 kilometres east of Nourlangie Rock |
Denison |
1970 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
Mount Fitch / Browns |
Part of the old Rum Jungle workings near Batchelor, 64 km south of Darwin |
Compass Resources NL |
1965 |
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
Angela |
25 km south of Alice Springs |
Black Range Minerals |
1973 |
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
Bigrlyi |
Northern edge of the Ngalia Basin in NT |
Energy Metals Ltd |
1982 |
|
0.14 |
|
|
Mt Gee |
North Flinders Ranges |
Marathon Resources |
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
Curnamona |
North of Honeymoon- East Kalkaroo |
Curnamona Energy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crocker Well and Mt Victoria |
In the Olary area of SA (Curnamona province) |
PepinNini Minerals Ltd |
1951 |
|
0.05 – 0.48 |
|
|
|
Prominent Hill |
150 km NW of Olympic Dam |
Oxiana Ltd |
2001 |
|
103 ppm |
|
|
|
Kintyre |
Rudall region of Western Australia |
Rio Tinto |
1985 |
|
|
|
|
|
Yeelirrie |
Between Wiluna and Leinster, WA, about 500 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie |
BHP Billiton |
1972 |
|
0.15 |
|
|
|
Mulga Rock |
250 km north east of Kalgoorlie |
Eaglefield Holdings |
1979 |
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
Manyingee |
In the northern part of the Carnarvon Basin, 85 km south of Onslow in Western Australia |
Paladin Energy |
1974 |
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
Oobagooma |
75 kilometres northeast of Derby in Western Australia |
Paladin Energy |
|
|
0.15 |
|
|
|
Lake Way and Centipede |
Close to Wiluna, 750 kilometres north east of Perth |
Nova Energy |
1972 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
Lake Maitland |
At Lake Maitland, 100 km SE of Wiluna |
Mega Uranium |
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
Valhalla |
40 km north of Mount Isa |
Summit |
1954 |
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
Westmoreland |
About 400 kilometres north of Mount Isa, Westmoreland |
Laramide Resources |
1956 |
|
0.04 – 0.2 |
|
|
|
Ben Lomond |
50 kilometres west of Townsville |
Mega Uranium |
1975 |
|
0.25 |
|
|
|
Maureen |
Near Georgetown in north Queensland |
Mega Uranium |
|
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
Deep South zone |
3 km south of Beverley deposit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Kalkaroo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goulds Dam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brooks Dam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belgium |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Mons Basin Phospates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unconventional reserve of 40,000 t U |
Brazil |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Itataia project (Ceará) |
Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil |
|
|
0.085 |
|
|
|
67,246 tonnes U in phosphate |
N.N. (Pará) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pakistan |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Shanawah |
Karak, NWFP |
PAEC |
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
Wahi Pandi |
Sehwan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Karunuk |
Sehwan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rehman Dhora (Aamri) |
Kirthar Range, Sindh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Andrew Lake |
Northwest Territories |
AREVA NC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Baker Lake / Kiggavik |
Northwest Territories |
AREVA NC |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
Sissons Schultz |
Northwest Territories |
AREVA NC |
|
|
0.25 |
|
|
|
Mountain Lake |
Northwest Territories |
Triex Minerals |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
Mazenod Lake |
Northwest Territories |
Moss Resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boomerang Lake |
Northwest Territories |
Cameco |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PEC Uranium Deposit |
Northwest Territories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boulder Train Property |
Northwest Territories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coppermine River |
Northwest Territories |
Unor Inc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asiak River Property |
Northwest Territories |
Unor Inc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blizzard deposit |
British Columbia |
Santoy Resources Ltd. |
|
|
0.21 |
|
|
|
Foghorn deposit |
British Columbia |
International Ranger Corp. |
|
|
0.08 |
|
|
|
Ballistic claims |
British Columbia |
International Montoro Resources Inc |
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
RAE Property |
Alberta |
Red Dragon Resources Corp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Millennium zone(Cree Extension Property) |
Saskatchewan |
Cameco |
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
Shea Creek Property |
COGEMA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas, Erica, Alexandra, Laurie, Mirror River, Nikita and Uchrich Properties |
|
COGEMA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Riou Lake Property |
|
Rio Grande Mines Corp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Riou Lake Property/2 |
|
UEX Corp. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black Lake Property |
|
JNR Resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black Lake Property/2 |
|
UEX Corp. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Serendipity Lakes Property |
|
UEX Corp. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hidden Bay Property |
|
UEX Corp. |
|
|
1.17 |
|
|
|
Cyprian Lake Property |
|
JNR Resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Perch River - Newnham Lake Property |
|
JNR Resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kernaghan Lake Property |
|
Cameco |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Virgin River Property |
|
UEM Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compass Lake Property |
|
Coronation Mines Ltd. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hocking Lake Property |
|
Uranium Holdings Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Henday Lake Property |
|
Uranium Holdings Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hump Lake Property |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crawford, Perpete, Brown, Jasper, Morin Lake, Marean Properties |
|
CanWest Petroleum Corp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crawford Lake property |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yalowega Lake |
|
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
Russell Lake property |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moore Lake property |
|
International Uranium Corp. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lazy Edward Bay Property |
|
International Uranium Corp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maurice Bay |
|
Cameco |
|
|
0.51 |
|
|
|
Duddridge Lake Property |
|
Strathmore Minerals Corp. |
|
|
0.09 |
|
|
|
Dieter Lake |
Quebec |
Strathmore Resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mont Laurier property |
|
Nova Uranium Corp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Otish Mountain Property |
|
Xemplar Energy Corp |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
Rocky Brook Property |
Deer Lake Basin |
Newfoundland |
Cameco |
|
|
|
|
|
Michelin Deposit |
Labrador |
Aurora Energy Resources Inc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jacques Lake Deposit |
Labrador |
Aurora Energy Resources Inc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post Hill Deposit |
Labrador |
Aurora Energy Resources Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kazakhstan |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Irkol project |
Syr-Darya district |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
China |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Yili |
Xinjiang Autonomous Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shihongtan |
Xinjiang Autonomous Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zaohuohao |
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chanziping |
Guangxi Autonomous Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xiangshan field |
Jiangxi Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xiazhuang field |
Guangdong Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Algeria |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Timgaouine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abankor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
El-Bema |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ait-Oklan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tahaggart |
Southern Tassili |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asseo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Argentina |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Probable Commencement |
Grade %U3O8 |
Probable Annual Production (Ore) tonnes |
Probable Annual Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Probable Type of Mine[2] |
Los Berthos |
|
1954 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Los Adobes |
Patagonia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr Baulier |
|
1968 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cerro Condor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laguna Colorado |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Las Termas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Figueira |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amorinopolis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alcantil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Serrotes Baixos |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lago Real |
|
|
|
|
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Espinharas |
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Camus Belos |
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Quadrilalero Ferrifero |
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Gandarela |
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Serra des Gaivotas |
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Pitinga |
Amazonas |
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Santa Quiteria |
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Czech Republic |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Jáchymov |
North-west Bohemia in Karlovy Vary Region, in the eponymous St. Joachim's valley in the Ore Mountains on the Weseritz. |
Czech Government, 1949-1961 Complex of concentration camps |
1512-Silver, 18th century-Uranium Oxide, 1898-Radium |
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>100000 |
1964 |
UG |
Canada |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
(Key Lake) Gaertner and Deilmann |
570 kilometres north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Cameco |
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OC |
Cluff Lake |
700km from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
COGEMA |
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9979 |
2002 |
UG, OC |
Rayrock Mine |
Northwest Territories |
Rayrock Mines Limited |
1948 |
1955 |
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1959 |
UG |
Agnew Lake, Hyman |
Ontario |
Ursa Major Minerals Inc. |
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0.03 |
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Port Radium |
Northwest Territories |
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2005 |
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Beaverlodge |
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Saskatchewan |
Cameco |
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Gunnar |
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Lorado |
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Nisto |
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Pronto |
Spragge, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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2.3 Million |
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UG |
Quirke |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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44 Million |
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UG |
Denison |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
Denison |
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69 Million |
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UG |
Panel |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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15 Million |
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UG |
Can-Met |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
Denison |
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2.6 Million |
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Stanrock |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
Denison |
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6.4 Million |
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UG |
Stanleigh |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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14 Million |
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Buckles |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
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UG |
Spanish American |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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UG |
Milliken |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
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6.3 Million |
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UG |
Lacnor |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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3.4 Million |
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UG |
Nordic |
Elliot Lake, Ontario |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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13 Million |
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UG |
Agnew Lake |
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ALM-Kerr Addison |
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UG |
Madawaska mine |
Bancroft, Ontario |
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4,000 |
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UG |
Australia |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Rum Jungle |
65 kilometres south of Darwin on the East Finniss River |
AAEC/Rio Tinto |
1949 |
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1971 |
UG |
Gabon |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Mounana[5] |
Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province |
COGEMA |
1956 |
1960 |
0.37[6] |
28000[7][8] |
1999 |
OC/UG |
Oklo[5][9][10] |
Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province |
COGEMA |
1968 |
1956 |
0.37[6] |
14000[7] |
1985 |
OC/UG |
Boyindzi[5] |
Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province |
COGEMA |
|
1980 |
0.37[6] |
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1991 |
UG |
Mikouloungou[5] |
Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province (60 km away from Mounana) |
COGEMA |
|
1997 |
0.37[6] |
|
1999 |
OC |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Shinkolobwe |
In the Katanga province of the , located near Likasi |
Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) |
1911 |
1922 |
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2004 |
UG |
East Germany |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Mining Company |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Johanngeorgenstadt |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 01 / Schachtkombinat 235 |
1945 |
|
3595 |
1958 |
UG |
Oberschlema |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 02 |
1946 |
|
7407 |
1958 |
UG |
Schneeberg |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 03 |
1947 |
|
212 |
1956 |
UG |
Annaberg |
Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 04 |
1947 |
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1590 |
1958 |
UG |
Marienberg |
Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 05 |
1947 |
|
166 |
1955 |
UG |
Gottesberg |
Vogtland |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 06 |
1948 |
|
56,4 |
1955 |
UG |
Schneckenstein |
Vogtland |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 06 |
1948 |
|
959,2 |
1960 |
UG |
Zobes |
Vogtland |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 06 |
1949 |
|
4673,3 |
1964 |
UG |
Bergen |
Vogtland |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 06 |
1949 |
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162,2 |
1957 |
UG |
Bärenhecke |
eastern Ore Mountains near Glashütte |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 06 |
1948 |
|
1 |
1954 |
UG |
Niederpöbel |
eastern Ore Mountains near Dippoldiswalde |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 06 |
1948 |
|
30,3 |
1954 |
UG |
Niederschlag |
Ore Mountains |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 07 |
1947 |
|
222 |
1954 |
UG |
Weißer Hirsch - Antonsthal |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 / Schachtkombinat 235 |
1949 |
|
747,4 |
1959 |
UG |
Tannenbaum - Antonsthal |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1948 |
|
90 |
1954 |
UG |
Mai - Antonsthal |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 / Schachtkombinat 235 |
1949 |
|
50 |
1959 |
UG |
Seifenbach |
western Ore Mountains near Johanngeorgenstadt |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1947 |
|
230 |
1955 |
UG |
Neu-Oberhaus |
western Ore Mountains near Johanngeorgenstadt |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1948 |
|
62 |
1955 |
UG |
Valerian - Rabenberg |
western Ore Mountains near Johanngeorgenstadt |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1949 |
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32 |
1955 |
UG |
Unruhe - Halbmeile |
western Ore Mountains near Johanngeorgenstadt |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1950 |
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47 |
1955 |
UG |
Tellerhäuser-Kaffenberg |
western Ore Mountains near Rittersgrün |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1951 |
|
42 |
1955 |
UG |
Grünstädtel |
western Ore Mountains near Schwarzenberg |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1949 |
|
12,3 |
1954 |
UG |
Erla |
western Ore Mountains near Schwarzenberg |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1949 |
|
22 |
1955 |
UG |
Segen Gottes - Rittersgrün |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1949 |
|
20,4 |
1954 |
UG |
Margarethe - Breitenbrunn |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG Wismut |
Objekt 08 |
1948 |
|
7 |
1951 |
UG |
Niederschlema-Alberoda |
western Ore Mountains |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 09 |
1947 |
|
80545 |
1991 |
UG |
Pöhla |
western Ore Mountains |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 09 |
1957 |
|
1216,4 |
1991 |
UG |
"Willi Agatz" Freital (coal mine) |
Dresden |
SAG Wismut / VVB Steinkohle / SDAG Wismut |
Steinkohlenwerk Freital / Bergbaubetrieb "W.A." |
1947 |
|
3691 |
1989 |
UG |
Königstein |
Elbe Sandstone Mountains |
SDAG Wismut |
Bergbaubetrieb Königstein |
1967 |
|
17810 |
1991 |
UG/ISL |
Dittrichshütte |
Thuringia |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 30 / Objekt 90 |
1950 |
0,032 |
112,62 |
1954 |
UG |
Schleusingen |
Thuringia |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 30 |
1950 |
0,01 |
14 |
1954 |
UG |
Steinach |
Thuringia |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 41 / Objekt 90 |
1951 |
0,094 |
43,55 |
1954 |
OC/UG |
Sorge-Settendorf |
East Thuringia |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 30 / Objekt 90 |
1950 |
|
2292,4 |
1957 |
OC |
Gauern |
East Thuringia |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1953 |
|
427,7 |
1957 |
OC |
Culmitzsch |
East Thuringia |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1955 |
|
9216,6 |
1967 |
OC |
Wolfersdorf - Gera-Süd |
East Thuringia |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1963 |
|
19,4 |
1969 |
UG |
Ronneburg |
East Thuringia |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1952 |
|
4,66 |
1956 |
OC |
Stolzenberg |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1956 |
|
92 |
1960 |
OC |
Lichtenberg |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1958 |
|
13837,64 |
1977 |
OC |
Reust-Lichtenberg |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1951 |
|
20495,16 (up to 1987) |
1991 (from 1987 to 1991 Schmirchau-Mine) |
UG/ISL |
Schmirchau |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SAG / SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1951 |
0,101 |
44769,74 |
1991 |
UG/ISL |
Paitzdorf |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1961 |
0,097 |
22562,5 |
1991 |
UG |
Beerwalde |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1974 |
0,110 |
7141,1 |
1991 |
UG |
Drosen |
East Thuringia near Ronneburg |
SDAG Wismut |
Objekt 90 |
1980 |
0,095 |
3137,7 |
1991 |
UG |
West Germany |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Mining Company |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Ellweiler |
West Germany |
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UG |
Brazil |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Pocos de Caldas |
|
Complexo Minero-Industrial do Planalta de Poços de Caldas (CIPC) |
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1997 |
UG |
Pakistan |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Baghalchur |
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1999 |
UG |
Poland[11] |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Kowáry[12][13] |
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1000[14][15] |
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Radoniów |
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Kopaniec |
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Kletno |
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Rudki |
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Radomice |
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Szklarska Poreba |
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Wojcieszyce |
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Okrzeszyn |
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Mniszków |
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Miedzianka |
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Radzimowice |
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Rochowice |
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Grzmiaca |
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Redziny |
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Argentina |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Sierra Pintada/San Rafael mine |
Mendoza province |
Complejo Minero Fabril San Rafael |
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0.19 |
|
1995 |
2440 t U resources |
Huemul |
Mendoza province |
Energía Mineral S.A |
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Schlagintweit |
Los Giagantes |
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La Estela |
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Los Colorados |
La Rioja Province |
|
|
1993 |
|
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1995 |
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San Rafael |
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Sweden |
Mine |
Location |
Main Owner |
Year of discovery |
Year Commenced |
Grade %U3O8 |
Total Production (U3O8) tonnes |
Year Closed |
Type of Mine[2] |
Ranstadverket |
South of Billingen, between Skövde and Falköping |
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1965 |
|
120t U |
1969 |
OC |