Gunnar Mine
The Gunnar Mine was a uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada
located around southwest of the community of Uranium City. The mine was situated on the Crackingstone Peninsula on the north shore of Lake Athabasca in the Beaverlodge Uranium District.
The Gunnar deposit was discovered in July 1952, and the mine operated as both an open pit and underground. The mine ceased production in 1963.
The Gunnar Mine headframe was demolished on August 4, 2011.Geology
The Gunnar uranium deposit occurred in Precambrian altered granitic gneiss. Pitchblende was mined to a depth of 425 m between 1955 and 1963.
