The approved project authorized the reclamation of four uranium mine sites, including the 40-acre Lisbon Mine site, the 20-acre Titan Mine site, and two 10-acre Horseshoe Mine sites. The State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality - Abandoned Mine Land Division submitted the reclamation project proposal to the Bureau of Land Management. The surface and underground disturbance caused by this mining was never reclaimed, leaving numerous physical and radiological hazards behind. Little Mountain area Four old uranium mines reclaimed in Little Mountain area, Bighorn Mountainsįrom the early 1950s through 1970, the Little Mountain area in the northern Bighorn Mountains experienced a period of uranium exploration and underground mining. > See also: background information on Uranium Mill Tailings Management - USA Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.Decommissioning Projects - Wyoming, USA HOME WISE Uranium Project > Mining & Milling > Issues > Decommissioning USA >
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