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Gunnar Mine

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Gunnar Mine

The Gunnar Mine was an active uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the community of Uranium City and approximately 600 kilometres (370 mi) north of Saskatoon. This mine is situated on the Crackingstone Peninsula on the north shore of

Lake Athabasca in the Beaverlodge Uranium District. Over its lifetime, this mine produced 5,000,000 t (4,900,000 long tons; 5,500,000 short tons) of uranium ore and around 4,400,000 t (4,300,000 long tons; 4,900,000 short tons) of mining tailings. In 2000, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission first visited the site to begin the remediation project of this abandoned mine.

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