- Uranium deposit
- A discrete concentration of uranium mineralization that is of possible economic interest.U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary
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Uranium deposit
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Uranium mining in the United States — declined drastically in the 1980s, but has revived since 2001 due to higher uranium prices. The average spot price of uranium oxide (U3O8) increased from $7.92 per pound in 2001 to $39.48 per pound in 2006. [Department of Energy s [http://www.eia … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Colorado — Uranium mining in Colorado, United States, goes back to 1872, when pitchblende ore was taken from gold mines near Central City, Colorado. The Colorado uranium industry has seen booms and busts, but continues to this day. Not counting byproduct… … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Arizona — has taken place since 1918. Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s, uranium in Arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite.Carrizo MountainsUranium mining started in 1918 in the Carrizo Mountains, as a byproduct of… … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Utah — Uranium mining in Utah, a state of the United States, has a history going back more than 100 years. Uranium started as a byproduct of vanadium mining about 1900, became a byproduct of radium mining about 1910, then back to a byproduct of vanadium … Wikipedia
Uranium mining in Wyoming — Uranium mining in Wyoming, a state of the United States was formerly a much larger industry than it is today. Wyoming once had many operating uranium mines, and still has the largest known uranium ore reserves of any state in the U.S. The Wyoming … Wikipedia
Uranium ore deposits — are ore deposits which constitute economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within the Earth s crust. DistributionThe distribution of uranium ore deposits is widespread, with sizeable deposits and mines in Australia (40% of EDR [cite… … Wikipedia
Uranium — (pronEng|jʊˈreɪniəm) is a silvery gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and … Wikipedia
Uranium mining — The Ranger Uranium Mine in Australia … Wikipedia
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Uranium resource categories — (international) Three categories of uranium resources defined by the international community to reflect differing levels of confidence in the existence of the resources. Reasonably assured resources (RAR), estimated additional resources (EAR),… … Energy terms
