Eagle Point, Discovery, Definition and Development

Abstract

The combined Eagle Point uranium deposits are currently the third largest in Saskatchewan, after the Cigar Lake and Key lake deposits. Several features of the Eagle Point deposits make them attractive from their mining and metallurgical perspectives, such as their steeply dipping tabular vein morphology, the competence of the host rocks due to a lack of intense alteration, and their simple mineralogy. Since the discovery and definition of the deposits, development has been planned to proceed in three phases: 1. detailed engineering feasibility studies and metallurgical test work; 2. underground test mining and ore reserve confirmation; and


3. production mining. This paper reviews the various aspects of the discovery, definition, and development of the Eagle Point deposits.