New Mexico Geology — Back-issues
Print ISSN: 0196-948X (prior to 2015)
Online ISSN: 2837-6420
Volume: 38, 2016
Number: 4
Full-Issue (5.57 MB PDF)
Cover Image: Jackpile mine, 1980
— W.L. Chenoweth
Jackpile mine, looking north, around 1980. The Jackpile-Paquate open pit mine was discovered by aerial reconnaissance in 1951 and closed in 1983. It was the largest uranium mine at that time, consisting of 4 coalescing pits. The mine complex produced more than 80 million pounds of U3O8 from the Jackpile Sandstone of the Morrison Formation. The Jackpile-Paquate mine is now an EPA Superfund site. W.L. Chenoweth photo.
Contents:
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In situ recovery of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in New Mexico: past, present, and future issues and potential; Investigation of in situ leach (ISL) mining of uranium in New Mexico and post-mining reclamation (597 KB PDF), pp. 68-85. [View Abstract]
— Virginia T. McLemore, Ted Wilton, and Mark S. Pelizza -
Investigation of in situ leach (ISL) mining of uranium in New Mexico and post-mining reclamation (545 KB PDF), pp. 77-85. [View Abstract]
— Omar Ruiz, Bruce Thomson, and Jose Cerrato