Mining of Uranium By: Sandy Smith

 Total amount of uranium mined was 50,572 tons in  Top three producers of uranium are Kazakhstan, Australia and Canada.  Mined uranium from bedrock called ores.  Percents of top uranium miners world wide are Kazakhstan 16%, Australia 22%, Canada 23%, and all other countries produce under 10% of world uranium mining. (2007)

 Sedimentary in the U.S and Canada.  Precambrian in Canada.  And Calcrete which is found in bedrock in western U.S.  Hydrothermal igneous rock called nephline syenite is found in Greenland.  Disseminated deposits/ uranium bearing Pegimates can be found in Namibia western U.S, Alaska and Washington. Types of uranium deposit

 Open pit- A pit is made by removing top soil by blasting and drilling to expose ore body. Then the ores with uranium are mined by again blasting and drilling then taking it out with loaders and dump trucks.  Underground- Only used is the uranium ore is too deep for open pit mining. It’s the process of shaft then dropping down to make tunnels horizontally at intervals meters apart. Very similar to hard rock mining like gold or coal.  ISL- a.k.a in situ leeching is the process in which a solution is made mixing chemicals together and dissolving the earth and the mineral itself then taking it back to the wanted form. But can also be risky because it could pollute any nearby water source Mining Techniques (major)

 What was the total amount of tons of uranium in 2009?  Name one type of uranium deposit in Canada.  How did they mine out the uranium in the ISL technique? Sources Wikipedia