Balancing Natural Resource Use and Extraction of Uranium and Other Elements in the Grand Canyon Region

Fact Sheet 2024-3003
Environmental Health Program
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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  • Document: Report (2.63 MB pdf) , HTML , XML
  • Related Works:
  • Data Releases:
    • USGS data release— Breccia pipe uranium mine bird survey data, Grand Canyon region, 2014-2015
    • USGS data release— Biogeochemical data of water, sediments, periphyton, and macroinvertebrates collected from springs in and near Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (ver. 4.0, October 2022)
    • USGS data release— Geochemical and X-ray diffraction analyses of drill core samples from the Canyon uranium-copper deposit, a solution-collapse breccia pipe, Grand Canyon area, Coconino County, Arizona
    • USGS data release— Vegetation cover and composition data in environments surrounding uranium mines in the Grand Canyon ecosystem, USA
    • USGS data release— Geochemical and mineralogical analyses of uranium ores from the Hack II and Pigeon deposits, solution-collapse breccia pipes, Grand Canyon region, Mohave and Coconino Counties, Arizona, USA
    • USGS data release— Mineralogical analyses of drill core samples from the Canyon uranium-copper deposit, a solution-collapse breccia pipe, Grand Canyon area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
    • USGS data release— Surface Materials Data from Breccia-Pipe Uranium Mine and Reference Sites, Arizona, USA
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Abstract

The Grand Canyon region is an important natural, cultural, and archeological resource known worldwide. The region contains uranium resources that could be used to generate electricity. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, is conducting studies to answer questions about the environmental effects of mining uranium and other associated elements in the region.

Suggested Citation

Walton-Day, K., Siebers, B.J., Hinck, J.E., Campbell, K.M., Croteau, M.-N., 2024, Balancing natural resource use and extraction of uranium and other elements in the Grand Canyon region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2024–3003, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20243003.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Why the Grand Canyon?
  • What are breccia pipes?
  • What are the effects of uranium mining?
  • What have we learned about how mining affects resources that humans use?
  • What questions remain?
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Balancing natural resource use and extraction of uranium and other elements in the Grand Canyon region
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2024-3003
DOI 10.3133/fs20243003
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Colorado Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Description Report: 6 p.; 7 Data Releases
Country United States
State Arizona
Other Geospatial Grand Canyon Region
Online Only (Y/N) N
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