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Melville Island oil sands
The
Melville Island
oil sands
are a large
deposit
of
oil
sands
on
Melville
Island
in the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
.
Exploration
for
petroleum
deposits
in the
Canadian Arctic
Archipelago
began, on Melville Island, in
1961
.
Oil sands
deposits were found in the
Marie
Bay region
in
1962
, and other
locations
that are part of the
Bjorne Formation
.