Science for Decision Making on Uranium Mining in Arizona

Kanab North Mine Photo Gallery

Mine and Surrounding Area

  •  Kanab aerial

    Aerial photo of the now-reclaimed Kanab North uranium mine and nearby Kanab Creek draining towards the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. October 2012. Photo credit: Jon Mason , USGS .

  •  Small mammal trapping

    Small mammal trapping at Kanab North Mine (under reclamation). July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, side

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, road

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, building

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, entrance

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, distance

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab sign

    Kanab North mine sign. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, mounds

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Kanab during reclamation, fence

    Kanab North mine during reclamation activities. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

Soil Cores

  •  Soil-profile core sample

    USGS scientists collecting soil-profile core sample at reclaimed Kanab North mine. November 2018. Photo credit: Brian Andraski , USGS .

  •  Measuring collected soil

    Measuring amount of collected soil core in core liner. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Extracting soil core 2

    Extracting soil core from partially reclaimed Kanab North mine site. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Extracting soil core 1

    Extracting soil core in liner from core barrel. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Driving soil corer 2

    Driving soil core barrel during soil core collection. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Retrieving soil core  2

    Retrieving soil core liner from core barrel. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Driving soil corer 1

    Driving soil coring device, Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Depth of soil core

    Measuring depth of penetration of soil coring device at partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Retrieving soil core 1

    Retrieving soil core in core liner at partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil core 2

    Collecting soil core on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil core 1

    Collecting soil core on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

Soil Sampling

  •  Collared lizard

    Collared lizard (Crotaphytus sp.), possibly Great Basin Collared Lizard near Kanab North mine..

  •  Horned toad

    Horny toad (Phrynosoma sp.), near Kanab North mine..

  •  Kanab creek and Kanab Creek Canyon

    View across Kanab Creek Canyon near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Cleaning sampling equipment

    USGS and BLM scientists cleaning sampling equipment, near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 21

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples, near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 20

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples, Kanab North mine, sunrise. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 9

    USGS scientist collecting soil sample at partially reclaimed Kanab North mine, during sunrise. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Kanab Creek Canyon

    View across Kanab Creek Canyon near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 17

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples near Kanab North mine, looking down into Kanab Creek Canyon. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 14

    USGS scientist collecting soil samples near Kanab North mine, looking down into Kanab Creek Canyon. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 12

    USGS scientist collecting soil samples on haul road into Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 11

    USGS scientists processing soil samples near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 10

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 8

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples on partially reclaimed Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 3

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  View across Kanab Creek Canyon

    View across Kanab Creek Canyon, near Kanab North mine. June 2016. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

Vegetation

  •  Experimental seeding

    Conducting experimental seeding experiments at the Kanab North mine using a rangeland drill with help from local NRCS staff. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Testing soil aggregate stability

    Testing soil aggregate stability in water at the Kanab North Mine restoration experiment. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Weather station

    Weather station and field crews collecting vegetation data at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Reclamation site sign

    Kanab North Mine restoration experiment. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Horizontal aeolian sediment collectors

    Horizontal aeolian sediment collectors at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Inoculated soil crust

    Biological soil crust inoculated surviving after one year at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Germinating plants

    Seeded species germinating in connectivity modifier at the Kanab North Mine. October 2018. Photo credit: Mike Duniway .

  •  Saltcedar near Kanab 2

    Saltcedar near the Kanab North mine pond collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.

  •  Needle and thread grass 2

    Needle and thread grass at Kanab North mine collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.

  •  Soil crust treatments

    US Geological Survey staff watering in biological soil crust experimental treatments at the Kanab North Mine. October 2017. Photo credit: Becky Mann .

  •  Saltcedar near Kanab

    Saltcedar near the Kanab North mine pond collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.

  •  Needle and thread grass

    Needle and thread grass at Kanab North mine collected for chemical analysis. June 2013.