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Uranium mining in the United States produced 224,331 pounds (101.8 tonnes) of U 3 O 8 in 2023, 15% of the 2018 production of 1,447,945 pounds (656.8 tonnes) of U 3 O 8. The 2023 production represents 0.4% of the uranium fuel requirements of the US's nuclear power reactors for the year.
[3] [7] [10] The uranium ore minerals include uraninite and coffinite. The age of the uranium formation is assumed to be the same as the caldera tuff, which is approximately 16.1 million years. [7] Other deposits in the caldera contain ores of antimony, cesium, and lithium [11] [12] (potentially, one of the biggest mines in the world). [13]
World uranium reserves in 2010. Uranium reserves are reserves of recoverable uranium, regardless of isotope, based on a set market price. The list given here is based on Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand, a joint report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency. [1] Figures are given in metric ...
Wyoming Minerals Corporation operated a pilot in-situ leaching plant from June 1977 to May 1978, successfully extracting uranium from a deposit in the Laramie Formation near the town of Grover. The aquifer was then remediated. [33] Power Resources Corporation began in-situ mining the uranium deposit in the Fox Hills Formation at Keota, Colorado ...
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.
Coles Hill is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.It is the site of the largest uranium deposit in the U.S.; however a 1982 Virginia ban on uranium mining has kept its resources from being used commercially.
The uranium for conventional reactors is enriched up to 5% and HALEU is uranium enriched between 5-20%. Highly enriched uranium is anything more than 20% and is used in weapons or naval submarines.
The site was discovered during uranium prospecting in the 1970s, inspired by the Ambrosia Lake deposit in Canada, with exploration led by the Marline Oil Corporation. Uranium is found within a structural trap, surrounded by biotite gneiss, with staining from hematite overlying the Fork Mountain schist. Hematite staining on the ground surface is ...