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Natural Resources:

Sample Index Cards

Size and location of the mine.

In what country is the mine located?

What town or city is near the mine?

How big is the mine?

How may diamonds are removed in a year?

In what country is the mine located?

The Diavik Diamond Mine is located in the North

Slave Region of Northwest Territories, Canada,

on an island in Lac de Gras Lake locally called

East Island.

What town or city is near the mine?

The mine is north of the nearest town

of Yellowknife.

How big is the mine?

In order to get the diamonds the owners had

to build large water tight dykes and pump

the water out of the lake catching the fish

and placing them in the new lake. After pumping

out the water there was a small island of about

eight square miles.

How many diamonds are removed in a year?

The mine produces 8 million carats or about

3,500 pounds of diamonds every year.