Buckles Mine

The Buckles Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 4.5 km southeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd.[1] The site has been rehabilitated.

Environmental monitoring is ongoing as part of the monitoring for the nearby Nordic Mine.

[2] 1955 reserves were indicated to be 486,500 tons at 0.124% U308 in a 10 feet thick zone located 75 feet underground.

[2] About 500 tons of ore was shipped to the Spanish American mine for processing daily.

[2] The mine was in operation from 1957 to 1958,[3] during which time it produced 276,000 tonnes of ore.[citation needed]

Reclaimed Buckles site. The headframe was on the ledge in the center of the image