Mining in Utah
Journal Article
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· Our Public Lands; (United States)
OSTI ID:6165737
Sophisticated mining techniques and corporate enterprise have replaced the rugged-individualist prospector as uranium mining has taken over the once-agricultural area of Moab, Utah. Originally thought to be useless, the once-abundant uranium must now be located with scintillator-equipped aircraft. Early mining in the Moab area concentrated on uranium-associated deposits of radium and vanadium in carnotite ore. The uranium component was considered worthless until the Manhattan Project increased demand for the ores and prospecting became a boom industry, peaking in Utah in 1958. Concern for the environment did not affect uranium mining on public lands until the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
- OSTI ID:
- 6165737
- Journal Information:
- Our Public Lands; (United States), Journal Name: Our Public Lands; (United States) Vol. 29:3; ISSN OPLAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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