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Abstract

Sweetwater Uranium Mine is located at Wyoming, United States of America. Location coordinates are: Latitude= 42.0542, Longitude= -107.8978. This infrastructure is of TYPE Uranium_Mines and CATEGORY Fuels and Resources. . It is operated by Power Resources Inc..

Identifiers for Uranium Mines

Name
Status of Mine
Mine Efficiency and Impact
Mine Overall Rating State-of-the-artWorth DuplicatingEnvironmentally Responsible
Country Assigned Identification Number
GEO Assigned Identification Number
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Location

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Description

Location
Geological Formation
Type Of Mine Give Brief Description
Date Mining Area Discovered (yyyy-mm-dd)
Date of (anticipated) Depletion (yyyy-mm-dd)
Date Mining Started (yyyy-mm-dd)
Purity of U3O8 in ore (% Range) -
Total Mining Capacity (U3O8 tonnes/year) (U tonnes/year)
Number of Mine Units
Uranium Ore Exported To (Countries)
Uranium Ore Evacuated By To Facility Name
Uranium Mill Processing Capacity (U3O8 Tonnes/year)
Uranium Extraction Methods Used LeachingIn-situ LeachingHeap LeachingTank LeachingCounter Current Decantation (CCD)Ion Exchange (IX)
Source of Water
Waste and Produced Water Management
Disposition of Tailings
Environmental Issues
Capital Cost Of Mine and/or In US Dollars In Year (YYYY)

Unit Information

Unit # Mine Unit Name Date Commissioned (yyyy-mm-dd) Decommission Date (yyyy-mm-dd) Production Capacity (Tonnes U3O8/year) Cost to Develop this Unit U3O8 Concentration (%) Seam Thickness (m) Seam Depth Below Surface (m)
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Environmental Issues

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Past and Future Major Upgrades

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Owner and Operator Information

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Type of Ownership
Construction/EPC Contractor
Operating Company
Regulatory Authority
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Annual Performance

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Notes

* USA: All data under GWh generated in Performance Table is Net Generation (total-consumed by plant)