Tag: Havisupi Reservation
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Uranium mining: A Colorado company pumps out ore, with implications for economy and national security
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Travis Chiotti puts a brass tag bearing his name on a hook on the “in” board before heading 1,400 feet down-shaft. It’s a pair — the other tag goes in his pocket. Just in case. Helmet, headlamp, heavy steel-toed rubber boots, emergency respirator. Check. Mining…
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Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon: A dispute over water and geology
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To critics, the mine poses too much of a risk. To the company, that claim is unsubstantiated. Amber Reimondo, energy director for the Grand Canyon Trust, said the risk of uranium and other minerals migrating out of the mine after mining is completed is too great…
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Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon: 1,470 feet below surface
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Unlike strip mines, the Pinyon Plain mine’s surface impact is only 14 acres. The geological formation containing the uranium ore body, called a “breccia pipe,” is about 250 feet in diameter and extends vertically down some 3,000 feet. To mine the ore, a vertical shaft…