Milliken Mine

Milliken Mine
Location
Milliken Mine Location in Ontario 46°24′12.89″N 082°37′40.10″W / 46.4035806°N 82.627806°W / 46.4035806; -82.627806Coordinates: 46°24′12.89″N 082°37′40.10″W / 46.4035806°N 82.627806°W / 46.4035806; -82.627806
Location	Elliot Lake
Province	Ontario
Country	Canada
Owner
Company	Rio Algom
Production
Products	Uranium
Production	6.3 Mt ore
History
Opened	1958
Closed	1964

The Milliken Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 2.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services as part of the monitoring of the Stanleigh Mine and tailings facility.

The site was in operation from 1958 to 1964,^[1] during which time it produced 6.3 million tonnes of ore^{[citation needed]}

History

Geology

Other mines in the area

• Stanleigh Mine
• Spanish American Mine
• Can-Met Mine
• Panel Mine
• Denison Mine
• Stanrock Mine
• Quirke Mine(s)
• Pronto Mine
• Buckles Mine
• Lacnor Mine
• Nordic Mine

See also

• Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits
• Uranium mining
• List of uranium mines
• List of mines in Ontario

References

1. ^ Rio Algom Ltd (2001) (PDF). Elliot Lake Uranium Mine Site Reclamation: Information Package. http://www.denisonenvironmental.com/en/rehab/Content/PDF%20Folder/Elliot%20Lake%20Info%20Package.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 

External links

• Denison Environmental - Stanleigh Treatment Facility
• MiningWatch Canada - Elliot Lake Uranium Mines
• Ontario Mineral Indusrty Cluster - Milliken Mine. Photos of rehabilitated site and park.