Uranium Mine Ownership - USA 
(last updated 8 Nov 2008)
Contents
> for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - USA
Note: "tonnes" stands for metric tonnes. Explanation of Signs and Symbols
Site Index
Acadia ·
Allemand-Ross ·
Alta Mesa ·
Ambrosia Lake (Quivira) ·
Ambrosia Lake (NEI) ·
Anderson ·
Andria ·
Antelope ·
Apex-Lowboy ·
Arizona 1 ·
Aurora ·
Bear Creek ·
Big Red ·
Bison Basin ·
Bokan Mountain ·
Bootheel ·
Brown Ranch ·
Bullfrog ·
Bullrush ·
Cañon City (CO) ·
Canyon (AZ) ·
Cebolleta ·
Cedar Mountain ·
Cedar Rim ·
Centennial ·
Charlie ·
Chord ·
Christensen Ranch ·
Churchrock (HRI) ·
Churchrock (Strathmore) ·
Clarkson Hill ·
Coles Hill ·
Collins Draw ·
Copper Mountain ·
Coyote Basin ·
Crow Butte ·
Crownpoint ·
Crownpoint Section 19/29 ·
Crownpoint Section 24 ·
Cyclone ·
Dalton Pass ·
Deep Gold ·
Dewey/Burdock ·
Down Yonder ·
East Day Loma ·
East Shirley Basin ·
Elkhorn ·
Ella ·
El Mesquite ·
Energy Queen ·
Farmer Girl ·
Firefly ·
Ford ·
Gas Hills (PRI) ·
Gas Hills (STM) ·
George-Ver ·
Goliad ·
Graysill ·
Green River North ·
Green River South ·
Hank Unit ·
Hansen ·
Highland (PRI) ·
High Park ·
Hobson ·
Holiday ·
Hosta Butte ·
Hot Rock ·
Irigaray ·
JAB ·
Jackpot ·
J-Bird ·
Jeep ·
Juniper (CA) ·
Juniper Ridge (WY) ·
Kings Valley ·
Kingsville Dome ·
La Jara Mesa ·
Lisbon ·
Loco-Lee ·
Lost Creek ·
Lost Soldier ·
Lye ·
Marquez ·
Mindy ·
Moore Ranch ·
Mountain West ·
Mt. Taylor ·
New River ·
Nichols Ranch ·
Nine Mile Lake ·
North Butte ·
North Hansen ·
Northwest Unit ·
Nose Rock ·
Palangana ·
Pandora ·
Peach ·
Peterson ·
Picnic Tree ·
Pinenut ·
Pine Tree ·
Piñon Ridge ·
Ram Claims ·
Red Creek ·
Red Desert Basin ·
Red Rim ·
Reno Creek ·
Reynolds Ranch ·
Rim ·
Rio Puerco ·
Roca Honda ·
Rosita ·
Ruby Ranch ·
Ruth ·
San Rafael ·
Sapphire ·
Schwartzwalder ·
Sheep Mountain ·
Shootaring Canyon ·
Sky ·
Smith Ranch ·
Sunday Mine ·
Sweetwater ·
Taylor Ranch (CO) ·
Taylor Ranch (WY) ·
Tenderfoot Mesa ·
Tony M ·
Torbyn ·
Treeline ·
Vasquez ·
Velvet ·
Wate ·
West Alkali Creek ·
Whirlwind ·
White Mesa ·
Willhunt ·
Workman Creek
Uranium Location Database 
, US EPA [downloadable database of uranium mine and mill locations designed for use with geographic information system (GIS) software]
Uranium Marketing Annual Report , US DOE EIA [previously part of Uranium Industry Annual]
Domestic Uranium Production Report , US DOE EIA [previously part of Uranium Industry Annual]
> See also Uranium Mill Tailings Management - USA
Size: 4231 tonnes U (historic resource estimate)
Ore grade:
Aerial view: Google Maps 
· Terraserver
NRC License No.
NRC Docket No. 04009074
Size: 3885 tonnes U (proven reserves)
Ore grade: 0.068% U
[ISSUES]
Size: 368 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.58% U
> Download Technical Report Feb. 26, 2007: Denison · SEDAR (9.3M PDF)
(on standby)
> Calculate Mine Feasibility
[ISSUES]
Size: 586 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.92% U
> Download Technical Report Feb. 26, 2007: Denison · SEDAR (9.3M PDF)
(partially developed)
[ISSUES]
Size: 4615 tonnes U (historic)
Ore grade: 0.017% U
Size: 336 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.37% U
> Download Technical Report Feb. 26, 2007: Denison · SEDAR (9.3M PDF)
(on standby)
[ISSUES]
Size: 431 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.68% U
Size: 3773 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.093% U
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
Size: 1,545 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.16% U
Colorado Mineral Deposit Database
(executable file for DOS, containing dBASE III file - USGS)
Site map
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver · CDPHE (PDF)
[ISSUES]
Colorado Radioactive Material License No. 369-01
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
Size: 6,150 tonnes U
Ore grade:
(on standby)
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
[ISSUES]
Size: 412 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.2% U
(operation suspended June 1999; resumed June 2006)
[ISSUES]
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
Size: 10,654 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.086% U
Size: 331 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.18% U
> Download Technical Report Mar. 12, 2008 (27.5M PDF) (SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Jan. 3, 2007 (8.5M PDF) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
[ISSUES]
Size: 13.9 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.16% U
[ISSUES]
Size: 18.4 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.14% U
> Download Technical Report Aug. 6, 2008 (27.6MB PDF - that is a record-breaking 0.85 MB/t U!) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Size: 186 tonnes U (measured and indicated - historic)
Ore grade:
> Download Technical Report Aug. 6, 2008 (18.5MB PDF) (SEDAR)
| Aug. 6, 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | 29 t U | |
| Ore grade: | | | | 0.16% U | |
> Download Technical Report Aug. 6, 2008 (12.5MB PDF) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Size: 13,615 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.17% U
| 2007 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | | 3,742 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | | | 0.080% U |
> Download Technical Report March 28, 2007 (1.4M PDF) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
[ISSUES]
Size: 16,192 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.023% U
Size: 1,538 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.031% U
[ISSUES]
Size: 1,423 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.11% U
> Download Technical Report June 6, 2007 (18M PDF) (SEDAR)
Size: 754 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.25% U
> Download Technical Report June 6, 2007 (18M PDF) (SEDAR)
Size: 538 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.13% U
> Download Technical Report June 6, 2007 (18M PDF) (SEDAR)
| End 2006 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | 2,500 t U | | 115 t U | 3,115 t U | 3,885 t U |
| Ore grade: | 0.28% U | | 0.20% U | 0.21% U | 0.14% U |
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES] · [DECOMM. ISSUES] · [DETAILS (CAMECO)]
Cameco Resources (formerly Crow Butte Resources, Inc.)
NRC License No. SUA-1534
NRC Docket No. 40-8943 (FERRET EXPLORATION CO. OF NEBRASKA
DENVER, CO)
- 100% - CAMECO (through Geomex and UUS Inc.)
Size: 2348 tonnes U (end 1999)
Ore grade:
- 100% - CAMECO (through Geomex)
Size: 1861 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.069% U
Size: 595 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.06% U
[ISSUES]
- Uranium King Ltd (trough Uranium King Corporation and Uranium Company of Nevada, LLC)
Size: 457 tonnes U (total "geological reserves")
Ore grade: 0.15% U
New Mexico Mineral Deposit Database
(executable file for DOS, containing dBASE III file - USGS)
Mines, Mills and Quarries in New Mexico (NM EMNRD)
[ISSUES] ·
[MORE ISSUES] ·
[MORE ISSUES]
NRC License No. SUA-1473
NRC Docket No. 40-8905 (QUIVIRA MINING CO., GRANTS, NM)
Frosty Ox deposit
Size: 385 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.14 %U
Elizabeth claims
Size: 1,708 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.20 %U
> Download Technical Document May 30, 2008 (5M PDF) (SEDAR)
(includes former St. Anthony and L-Bar uranium mines)
Size: 8,023 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.11 %U
NRC License No.
NRC Docket No. 04009078
> Download Technical Report Sep. 28, 2007 (2.4M PDF) (SEDAR)
Cibola Resources, LLC
| | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | 1,244 t U | 3,313 t U | 1,356 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | 0.085% U | 0.076% U | 0.076% U |
> Download Technical Report Jan. 3, 2006 (4.2M PDF) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
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Size: 7,350 tonnes U
Ore grade:
NRC License No. SUA-1508
NRC Docket No. 40-8968 (HYDRO RESOURCES, INC., DALLAS, TX)
[ISSUES]
Size: 15,000 tonnes U
Ore grade:
NRC License No. SUA-1508
NRC Docket No. 40-8968 (HYDRO RESOURCES, INC., DALLAS, TX)
Size: 5258 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.075% U
> Download Technical Report April 7, 2006
Size: 3833 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.088% U
> Download Technical Report Mar. 3, 2006 (1.7M PDF) (SEDAR)
| Aug. 27, 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | 323 t U | 858 t U | 588 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | 0.081% U | 0.081% U | 0.071% U |
> Download Technical Report Aug. 2008
[ISSUES]
Size: 5,700 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.095% U
> Download Technical Report Apr. 18, 2006 (1.8M PDF) (SEDAR)
| | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | 2791 t U | 1220 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | | 0.2% U | 0.17% U |
> Download Technical Report Aug. 31, 2006 (revised July 2, 2007) (4.1M PDF - SEDAR)
Size: 2,458 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.14% U
NRC License No. SUA-1474
NRC Docket No. 40-8906 (BOKUM RESOURCES CORP., ALBUQUERQUE,
NM)
Size: 38,500 tonnes U
Ore grade:
NRC License No.
NRC Docket No. 40-8908, 40-9070
Ram Claims (Churchrock Mining District) 
Size: 2300 tonnes U
Ore grade:
NRC License No.
NRC Docket No. 40-9071
| | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | 2,321 t U | 4,414 t U | 6,089 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | 0.20% U | 0.20% U | 0.14% U |
> Download Technical Report May 12, 2005 (1M PDF) · Resource Update March 31, 2006 (3.6M PDF -SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
| Aug. 27, 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | 719 t U | 435 t U | 625 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | 0.10% U | 0.10% U | 0.10% U |
> Download Technical Report Aug. 2008
Size: 577 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.11% U
Size: 7038 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.044% U
> Download Technical Report Sep. 19, 2005 (4M PDF) (SEDAR)
NRC License No.
NRC Docket No. 40-9075
Size: 2,923 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.18% U
[ISSUES]
Size: 1,462 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.093% U
| Mar. 4, 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | 1,033 t U | 1,069 t U | 577 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | 0.042% U | 0.042% U | 0.042% U |
> Download Technical Report March 7, 2008: (8.4M PDF - SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Oct. 4, 2007: (7.3M PDF - UEC) · (7.3M PDF - SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
ISSUES · [OLD ISSUES]
TDH Radioactive Material License No. L05360
TCEQ Permit No. UR03060
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES] · [DECOMM. ISSUES]
TNRCC Permit No. WDW-168
South Texas Mining Venture, LLP
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
Size: 2195 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.13% U
> Download Technical Report Nov. 10, 2005 (16.7M PDF - SEDAR)
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
South Texas Mining Venture, LLP
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES]
TNRCC Permit No. UR02156-071, UR02155-071
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES] · [MORE ISSUES]
(placed on stand-by August 1999)
TCEQ Permit UR02827
Size: 122 tonnes U
Ore grade:
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
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Size: 134 tonnes U
Ore grade:
TNRCC Permit No. UR02880-001
(placed on stand-by August 1999)
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES]
Size: 1192 tonnes U
Ore grade:
TNRCC Permit No. UR03050-001
Utah Mineral Deposit Database
(executable file for DOS, containing dBASE III file - USGS)
Utah uranium mills (Utah DEQ - Div. of Radiation Control)
| 2006 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | 2642 t U | 2327 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | | 0.27% U | 0.29% U |
> Download Technical Report Sep. 9, 2006 (2.7M PDF - SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Tony M mine (Henry Mountains Complex), San Juan County 
| 2006 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | 2038 t U | |
| Ore grade: | | | | 0.18% U | |
> Download Technical Report Sep. 9, 2006 (2.7M PDF - SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
| Aug. 6, 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | 236 t U | 231 t U | 168 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | 0.18% U | 0.20% U | 0.19% U |
> Download Technical Report Aug. 6, 2008 (11.6MB PDF) ·
Technical Report July 6, 2007 (10.6M PDF) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES]
NRC License No. SUA-1119
NRC Docket No. 40-8084 (RIO ALGOM MINING CORP., MOAB, UT)
Size: 140 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.15% U
(operation discontinued)
[ISSUES]
Down Yonder deposit
| Mar. 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | 280 t U | 412 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | | 0.16% U | 0.16% U |
> Download Technical Report March 3, 2008 (7.5M PDF) (SEDAR)
Deep Gold deposit
| Sep. 2008 | Reserves | Resources |
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred |
| Size: | | | | 591 t U | 30 t U |
| Ore grade: | | | | 0.23% U | 0.14% U |
> Download Technical Report Mar. 28, 2008 (1.4M PDF) (SEDAR)
Size: 770 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.044% U
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
image (39k, UT DEQ DRC)
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
NRC License No. SUA-1371
NRC Docket No. 40-8698 (PLATEAU RESOURCES, LTD., LAKE POWELL,
UT)
Deeper Gold deposit
Size: 250 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.2% U
Sahara mine
Size: 192 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.2% U
Size: 801 tonnes U (indicated)
Ore grade: 0.29% U
> Download Technical Report March 19, 2007 (1.1M PDF) (SEDAR)
Size: 1350 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.1% U
Aerial view: Google Maps · Terraserver
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES] · [DETAILS (WMA)]
[Glen Canyon Group/Sierra Club Fact Sheet (PDF)] (posted with permission)
NRC License No. SUA-1358
NRC Docket No. 40-8681 (INTERNATIONAL URANIUM USA CORP.)
Virginia imposed a moratorium on uranium mining in 1982.
(previously called the Swanson Uranium Project)
Size: 11,538 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.17% U
> Download Technical Report Nov. 6, 2007 (2M PDF) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
(Marline Uranium Corp. abandoned the mining project in August 1990.)
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[MORE ISSUES]
- Dawn Mining (a subsidiary of Newmont )
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