Visualizing uranium mining, past and present

With a new Land Desk map, plus Piñon Plain visualizations from the feds and the Grand Canyon Trust

⛏️ Mining Monitor ⛏️

This illustration, created by USGS water data specialist Ben Siebers, depicts the Grand Canyon region in northwestern Arizona, highlighting major landholders and the locations of several uranium mines in the area. Mine status and Tribal land names current as of March 2024.

A bunch of factors have collided over the last couple of years…