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<br />'. of;. ..::~'. <br />002164 <br /> <br />"The potential for future uranium mining in northwestern Colorado <br /> <br />is good at present and may get better in the future. . . . Principal <br /> <br />areas of potential interest for uranium are near the Colorado-Utah <br /> <br />border north of Rangely and in the area from the Wyoming Border south to <br /> <br />the vicinity of Craig and Maybel1. "IE> <br /> <br />Uranium interest has escalated significantly since ,the price of <br /> <br />U30S has increased from a high of approximately $21 per pound, in July 1, <br /> <br /> <br />1975, to a January I, 1976, high of over $35 per pound.17 <br /> <br />In the Browns Park Formation, lenticular ore bodies are often <br /> <br />"located in gently dipping sediments and are usually localized along <br /> <br />--. ------ <br /> <br />normal faults. Deposits vary in size from a few tons to several hundred <br /> <br />thousand tons, and usually occur from the surface down to about 350 feet <br /> <br />(110 m).l S <br /> <br />"Uranium reserves near Maybell l1ast of Dinosaur National Honumeni] <br /> <br />. are controlled by private industry and are confidential. Conservative <br /> <br />estimates by Energy Research and Development Administration geologists <br /> <br />have estimated potential resources of uranium i~ the Haybell area (both <br /> <br />Browns Park and Wasatch Formation) at 55,000,000 to~s [[9,900,000 metric <br /> <br />ton~'averaging 0.04 percent U30S and containing 44:000,000 pounds <br /> <br />l!9,958,400 kilograms, k~ U30S' These resources would be in the $30 <br /> <br />16Bureau of Land Hanagement. Northwest Colorado Coal, Draft Environmental <br /> <br />Impact Statement, v. I, Regional Analysis. 1976, p. I-50. <br />17Energy Research & Development Administration. Survey of United States <br /> <br />Uranium Harketing Activities. ERDA 76-46, April 1976, fig. 2, p. 8. <br />ISU.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Guidebook to the Uranium Deposits of the <br /> <br />Western United States. ' Open File Report R}ffi-14l, 1959, pp. 5-7. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.' <br />