Show Rich Uranium Beds Located Progress is being made in the I discovery of or uranium ore are and tb tk development of ore finding te tet tec- tec of the Colorado Plateau t io of eastern Utah and western Colorado which is the most impOrtant im im- important im- im uranium producing region region re region re- re gion of the United States Other areas of primary and secondary uranium such as the Colorado Front range the newly discovered Sunshine mine in Idaho the Marysvale Utah area and the Upper Peninsula of ol Michigan show promise of fu future fu- fu future ture production said Phillip L. L Merritt of the Atomic Energy Commission in a recent release The problem of finding ore In the Colorado Plateau is unique and challenging and the experience experience experience ence gained in other mining distrIcts dis dig is of little help Mr Merritt Merritt Merritt Mer- Mer ritt pointed out The Plateau is isa isa isa a province embracing em em- bracing about square miles of eastern Utah northwestern northwest northwest- ern era New Mexico northeastern Arizona and that portion of Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado west of the Rocky moun moun- This vast area is covered almost entirely by a thick generally generally gen gen- gen I lying flat series of sedimentary sedimentary sedi sedi- rocks Owing to the difficulty to date in the development development develop- develop ment of satisfactory ore-finding ore techniques the ABC has felt that thata a dual exploration and arid research effort would provide the best possibility of attaining ultimate success Consequently the Plateau Plateau Pla Pla- exploration program is be- be being ing carried out by two cooperative tive Uve groups one under the direct guidance of f the commission and the other sponsored by the commission commission com corn mission but under the immediate immedi immedi- ate direction of the U. U S. S Geological Geological Geological Geol Geol- Survey each group operating operating operating oper oper- in different areas to avoid duplication of effort Since the inception of this program pro pro- program program gram in 1947 nearly feet of drilling has been accomplished in the combined operations The program for far the current year calls for approximately feet teet of drilling about one-half one of which Is to be carried out by the staff of the Geological Survey and the other half by the staff of the The results of the drilling have been very satisfactory so far as finding ore is concerned and ge geologicAl geological geological ge- ge data that will be helpful helpful help help- ful in further exploration are gradually being developed Many Immense bodies of ore have been located it is reported On some claims previously thought to have been largely worked out new veins have been discovered and some of these newly found deposits are now being worked successfully Although numerous new discoveries discoveries dis- dis of uranium-bearing uranium ores have been reported throughout the country the Colorado Plateau Plateau Pla Pla- remains the source of all of the raw materials being used by the Atomic Energy Energy Ener- Ener gy Commission for research and manufacturing |