Uranium mine near Grants, New Mexico

This short video depicts uranium mine dumps in Poison Canyon, near the intersection of Hwy. 605 and Co. Rd. 23, NW of Grants, New Mexico, and shows examples of the radioactive minerals and their effect on a gamma-sensitive scintillation detector. Most of the radioactive rock here is Jurassic Todilto Limestone, containing organic black / brown uraniferous humate minerals and numerous colorful secondary uranium minerals like carnotite and tyuyamunite.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Uranium
• mining
• radiation
• radioactivity
• minerals
• New Mexico

[atrueblood1991]

If its radio active why are you touching it?

[Thallium208]

@atrueblood1991 Uh, because I want to?

[alfaradiation]

Wow. Interesting review indeed. What were the readings on the instrument? Did you build the scintillation probe? How much would you charge to sell a piece of the mineral from Poison Canyon.

[1stEcho]

My father was a chemist at a uranium mill that was at or very near this location. This was more than fifty years ago when I was just starting school in Grants, but I remember the mill and his labratory quite well, as I do the company picnics up on Mt. Taylor and Bluewater. Unfortunately my dad died of cancer...

[DKmhun]

Isn't it harmful to touch?

[Esosphere]

Will those rocks fluoresce in UV light?

[PS2djX]

Alhambra Mine (Blue Bell Mine) ?

Gillerman E. Mineral Deposits of Western Grant County ?

Granada Prospect (Osmer Silver Prospect) ? White Signal District ? Blue Jay Mine ?