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Eldorado Mine (Saskatchewan)

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Location
  
Athabasca Basin

Products
  
Uranium

Province
  
Saskatchewan

Country
  
Canada

Closed
  
1982

Opened
  
1953

Company
  
Eldorado Mining and Refining

The Eldorado Mine, also referred to as the Beaverlodge Operation was a uranium mine in the community of Eldorado, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Eldorado was a small community 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the community of Uranium City, Saskatchewan in the Beaverlodge Uranium District built by Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited to house the workforce and families of the mine.

The mine opened in 1953, owned and operated by Eldorado Mining and Refining, a Crown Corporation of the Canadian government. The mine was permanently closed in June 1982.

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Eldorado Mine (Saskatchewan) Wikipedia