Uranium from the Chattanooga Shale. Some Problems Involved in Development

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hill JJ ; Mutschler PH ; Williams BB
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines studied the Chattanooga Shale to determine the quantity and quality of the uranium resources present and to assess specific environmental effects of mining the shale. Geologic data and chemical analyses, mainly concerning a 12-county area of Tennessee, were compiled from previous published and unpublished reports. Uranium resources in the gassaway member of the Chattanooga Shale in this 12-county area were estimated to be between 4.2 and 5.1 million tons, contained in 76 to 91 billion tons of shale. These figures represent inground tonnages and do not allow for mining or processing losses. Depending upon efficiency of mining and processing systems, enough uranium could be available to satisfy a large part of the cumulative domestic and world demand through the year 2000. A model was developed which assesses the total tons or acres of shale to be mined if the gassaway member were to safisfy 1 percent of the United States demand for uranium in 1991. This partially demonstrates the environmental impact of mining the shale and is easily factorable to any specified demand. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Metals Mining Occupational Health Safety Uranium
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Metal-mining; Uranium-ore; Uranium-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EFOC - Eastern Field Operations Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-85
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007860
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-251986
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8700, 1976 Feb; :1-85
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8700
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:16ef3db127da3ce83f685f5f4dd785e1c1d1524dbdb7473b2013e735105d9873a18f0d8d349cc9b2f186497ca6cdb86d5fa63adb99925e3943fa4141514468b4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/236168/cdc_236168_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.38 MB ]