Uranium mining in the Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Ariz., Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. / by W.L. Dare.
This report is one of a series published by the Federal Bureau of Mines to describe methods and costs of mining uranium on the Colorado Plateau. The Navajo Uranium Division of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., mines uranium from several deposits of carnotite-type ores, which lie buried in the Lukachu...
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| Other title: | Technical report archive and image library. |
| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines,
1961.
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| Series: | Information circular (United States. Bureau of Mines) ;
8011. |
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| Summary: | This report is one of a series published by the Federal Bureau of Mines to describe methods and costs of mining uranium on the Colorado Plateau. The Navajo Uranium Division of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., mines uranium from several deposits of carnotite-type ores, which lie buried in the Lukachukai Mountains on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, Ariz. the country is rugged and isolated. Constructing and maintaing roads has been a continuous task. The ore bodies occur within the Salt Wash member ofthe Jurassic Morrison formation and are similar to other such deposits on the plateau. The current mining activity in the Lukachukai Mountains is a result of uranium-ore discoveries in 1949, although the Navajos undoubtedly knew of the outcrops of yellow uranium minerals long before that time. The ruggedness of the country and the heavy soil cover over much of the surface hampered prospecting, but probably the main reason the ore was not found sooner is that no one took the trouble to look for it in the Lukachukai Mountains. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: Department of Commerce--Bureau of Mines. No.8000-8016 issued bound together. |
| Physical Description: | 30 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 27 cm. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |