WHIRLWIND URANIUM MINE
Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah
Current Owner -
Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. (EFRI)
U.S. Subsidiary of Energy Fuels Inc., a Canadian company
225 Union Blvd., Suite 600
Lakewood, Colorado, 80228
303-974-2140
Former Owner
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Energy Fuels Resources Corporation
44 Union Blvd, Suite 600
Lakewood, Colorado 80228
303-974-2146
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
Mine Data
Retrieval System
Whirlwind Mine ID: 0504816
Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining
Whirlwind Mine - S0190065 - Mine Records
DOCUMENTS
2022
• Notification of Resumption of Mining Operations; EFRI to Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining. April 20, 2022.
• Notice of Resumption of Operations, Whirlwind Mine, M-2007-044; EFRI to Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. May 19, 2022.
2011
• Whirlwind Mine Construction Approval, 40 C.F.R. Part 61 Subpart B, Background Information for Construction Approval, EPA Region 8. May 7, 2011.
2008
• Decision Record, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Final Environmental Assessment for theWhirlwind Mine Uranium Mining Project; Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Field Office, Colorado, and Moab Field Office, Utah. September 2008. (38 MB)
• Preliminary Environmental Assessment for the Whirlwind Uranium Mining Project; Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Field Office, Colorado, and Moab Field Office, Utah. May 2008
• Whirlwind Mine Plan of Operation, Energy Fuels Resources Corporation
~ Volume I - Revised March 2008
~ Appendix A - Ore and Waste SPLP Sampling and Testing
~ Appendix B - Mine Surface Water Hydrology Design
~ Appendix C - UMETCO Reports on Boring BM00-1 and PR Spring
~ Appendix D - Exploration Drilling Information
~ Appendix E 1 - Baseline Water Data - Tables
~ Appendix E 2 - Mine Water
~ Appendix E 3 - Lumsden Creek and Dolores River
~ Appendix E 4 - Springs
Volume II
~ Appendix F - Spill Control Countermeasure Plan
~ Appendix H - Lyntek Water Treatment Design Report
~ Appendix I - Maps and Figures
~~ Table of Contents
~~ Map C-1A - Existing Terrain Map
~~ Map C-1B – Claims and Mine Area Map
~~ Map C-2 – Mine Facilities Map
~~ Map C-3 – Mine Facilities Cross Section Map
~~ Map C-4 - Packrat Facilities Map
~~ Map C-5 – Packrat Area Cross Sections
~~ Map M-2 – Whirlwind Mine Ore Transport Routes
~~ Figure G2 – Stratigraphic Column
~~ Figure G3 – Geologic Cross Section of Beaver Mesa
~~ Figure G4 – Geologic Map of Beaver Mesa
~~ Figure G5 – Geologic Log of BM00-1 Drill Hole
~~ Figure G6 – Trilinear Diagram
~ Appendix J - Ore Pad Design
~ Appendix K - Ore Transportation Plan
~ Appendix L - Seal Design and Cost Estimate
~ Appendix M - Radiation Study of Wast Rock Pile
~ Appendix N - Water Discharge Permit
Last updated May 27, 2022