| Show Gives Advice To 10 Prospector tor on Ways To Find O Ore e cordIng According to Phillip L. L Merritt Mer- Mer ritt of rf the United States Atomic Energy Commission the CommIssion commission isbn loo looks s to the private prospector prospector prospector pros pros- and the mining industry to assure the success of the US U.S. uranium exploration program He Ee says that Industry is certain to increase activity in the field rapidly as the economic Importance Import import- ance of uranium is more fully realized The contribution made by educational institutions and by other government agencies in developing and distributing Information Information in information In- In formation is recognized by the commission as an an important phase of the program The Commission suggests Examine Ex Ex- Ex- Ex amine mine mineral 1 collections SPecimen cases of nearby m museums mu mu- mine tailing piles and ore and mine tame workings for ra radioactivity radioactivity ra- ra check cheek and cores from all drilling operations opera opera- lions with a Geiger Gelger counter unter and check all ores or concentrates that funnel through custom mills w Or r smelters The ores of the Colorado Colorado Co Co- Co- Co lorado Plateau western Colorado Colora Cobra do and southeastern Utah represents represents rep rep- T resents our best 1 immediate source of uranium and consequently consequently conse- conse this area has demanded i a large share of our exploration attention The immediate problem proD proD- lain lem of developing mining and skipping Shipping sufficient ore to maintain main main- tai tain n production in five widely tattered plants has seen been left to 10 private prospectors and the mining industry Ample ore cur lr re Uy being toeing shipped to supply these We plants under th the teed wed pi price schedules established by y t the commission The objectives lives tives of our our Plateau exploration Program are as follows To discover ore bodies in areas Were here i It is presently w able to risk private capital to toWn obtain Wn a better und understanding of of the lie ultimate uranium of the Colorado Plateau 10 ore finding cri- cri leti la and techniques including geophysical and ra- ra methods which can be lied le J to the Colorado Plateau u IS a whole Another important Important phase of Wide VIde a reconnaissance program in exploration ion work is a nation nation- oth the staffs of the theon on and the Geological are participating This rP-m rP involves the following lema tic c examination and ap- ap 11 11 Isal sa sai of o the known vein deposits larty 7 thO those which contain metals associated with pr- pr aury uranium such as lead fo ver and cobalt The best test areas or these activities for the pre pre- 1 at least are in base metal meta nr districts systematic ex- ex n of sedimentary rocks e of deposits lI of occurrences caIto cal cab to to our attention by mining t S1 or the public which ear w r to have some promise |
