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In October 2007, Energy Metals Corp. applied for a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) permit to start an in-situ leach mine at the Moore Ranch deposit in Campbell County in the Powder River Basin. Energy Metals is a subsidiary of Uranium One. The permit application is the first NRC application since 1988 for a new uranium recovery facility.
The uranium-mining boom town of Jeffrey City lost 95% of its population in three years. By 2020, the only active uranium mine in Wyoming was the Smith Ranch-Highland in-situ leaching operation in the Powder River Basin, owned by Cameco. [107] The mine has produced 23 million pounds of uranium since it opened in 1975.
Smith Ranch and Highland are uranium mining operations located in Wyoming, U.S.A. They are separate permits, operated as a single operation, and have one central processing facility. The Smith Ranch-Highland operation is the largest uranium production facility in the United States. Smith Ranch and Highland are roll-front uranium deposits.
Lost Creek station is a historic railroad depot located at Lost Creek, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and is a one-story, Folk Victorian frame building with board-and-batten siding. It measures 44 by 18.5 feet (13.4 m × 5.6 m).
In 2010, Uranium Energy Corp. began an ISL mining operation in the Palangana deposit in Duval County, Texas. The ion exchange facility at Palangana trucks uranium-loaded resin beads to the company's Hobson processing plant, where yellowcake is produced. Uranium Energy Corp. has three additional South Texas deposits permitted or in development. [9]
Martin Lake receives its energy from nearby lignite mines and coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. [2] Martin Lake used to receive lignite from the Oak Hill and Beckville Mines in nearby Rusk and Panola Counties until their closures. [10] One of Martin Lake's units was idled in September 2013 due to low electricity prices. [11]
Lost Padre Mine (southern California) Lost Pegleg Mine; Lost Silver Lead of Monashee Creek; N. Naranjal mine; O. Ophir; P. Pitt Lake's lost gold mine; S. Swift's ...
The reservoir it creates, Lost Creek Reservoir, has a total capacity of 22,510 acre-feet with a surface area of 365 acres (148 ha). [2] Recreation includes fishing (rainbow trout and cutthroat trout) and boating. [3] Lost Creek State Park is nearby. [4]