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Anaconda Bluewater Uranium Mill Photo New Mexico

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Anaconda Bluewater Uranium Mill Photo New Mexico
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26" by 32" framed. The Bluewater mill was originally constructed by the Anaconda Copper Company as a carbonate-leach mill in 1953 to process uranium ore that was mined nearby. In 1957, an acid-leach mill was constructed to process sandstone uranium ore from the Jackpile-Paguate mine, north of Laguna Pueblo. The carbonate-leach mill closed, and the acid-leach mill reduced production due to economic conditions in 1959, but the acid-leach mill resumed full operations again in 1967. As of 1978, the acid-leach mill’s capacity increased to 6,000 tons of ore per day. In 1977, the Anaconda Copper Company became a subsidiary of the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (DOE-LM) currently manages the site under Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRCA). Title II of UMTRCA authorized the regulation of commercial uranium mills operating on or after 1978.