Temple Mountain…Old Uranium Mine District

Temple Mountain…Old Uranium Mine District

Temple Mountain is an old uranium mining district near Goblin Valley, Utah in the San Rafael Swell area. It’s one of my favorite places to explore in the area and look for radioactive rocks. The area has miles of old mining trails that are perfect for off-road exploring and camping. All of the mines in the area are sealed up or gated. Most of the mines are abandoned and offer an interesting look into the areas past.

If you are looking for some uranium ore check out uraniumstore.com

#Utah #uranium #radioactive #hiking

32 Comments

  1. T on June 9, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    This was an amazing documentary!

  2. DKA EĞİTİM on June 9, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    Hı from Turkey

  3. Jonas Strømland on June 9, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    oh ok, there are radiation spots everywhere in the Uranium mine. amazing

  4. Jake Deloney on June 9, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    Great content, great aerial shots. Thanks for bringing a Geiger counter 👍

  5. Henry Wede on June 9, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    What type of UV flashlight did you use – or can you suggest a similar one? I was just there last week and had no idea about the UV rocks. Now I want to be equipped to see them next time. Safe travels!

  6. judaspreistvlct on June 9, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    They blocked the entrance to keep people out so they don’t get lung cancer a year down the road from breathing the radon gas inside the mine.

  7. CaptainChar on June 9, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    ok I know this is an older vid, but what does the Kcpm mean vs say normal counts per min, also, im kinda curious to the m/r readings and u/sv readings some of the stuff you’ve found give, given that in my collection I have many Geiger counters

  8. Andrew Rivera on June 9, 2022 at 12:31 pm

    It’s the Chinle formation laid down 207 and 225 million years ago in what is now modern day Costa Rica, it’s all over the Colorado plateau.

  9. Randy Havener on June 9, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    Lucky!!

  10. R on June 9, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    Well done on the great video and keep up the good work!

  11. Mark Rose on June 9, 2022 at 12:39 pm

    This is very cool. If you keep up this quality of video, you’ll get a lot more subscribers soon!

  12. ADRIAN UNKNOWN on June 9, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    This was an awesome video. You earned my subscription. Stay safe

  13. WALLDORF ELECTRON_CO on June 9, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    I tried to go to the old M&M mine south of Phoenix here in Arizona. It looks like they covered it up pretty well as I found nothing outside the mine worth keeping (I’d have to ask for permission likely anyway) and there was NO WAY I was going into that HOLE. I did post a video. Nothing like this adventure of yours, Drew….but it’s a start!
    https://youtu.be/VpZtr3hy6eA

  14. Futurinch on June 9, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    interesting good jon drew

  15. ElijahSeb970 on June 9, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    10:59 that radiation level is the same from the radiation you detected from Am-241 from the video on “Intensely Radioactive Industrial Smoke Detector from the 1950’s”

  16. jwhoward182 on June 9, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    My father was involved in the atomic testing program in Nevada from 1949 to 1955. I have always wondered what the radiation levels are downwind (East) of the Nevada test range on Public land?

  17. Tim P on June 9, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    Excellent video, glad I found you. I will be going to Temple Mountain in October. What side of the mountain did you find the autunite? I would like to take a look as well. Thanks!

  18. Ryder276 on June 9, 2022 at 12:45 pm

    What kind of drone?

  19. ThinkingBetter on June 9, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    A high concentration of radon is escaping these caves, but a few minutes of inhaling it is probably not going to kill you.

  20. Ivica Ružić on June 9, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    Woow! Amazing video like always! Part from 11:30 to 12:30 is outstanding! 😳
    I just imagine what the scene wuld be like if a drone could film canyon at the night in green glow spots. 😁

  21. Chris Markert on June 9, 2022 at 12:49 pm

    Was there recently, someone had knocked down some of the bricks to get in one of them.. The smell coming from it was horrible.

  22. Lawrence Spring on June 9, 2022 at 12:57 pm

    I think you need to find an old miner that can tell you about Uranium mining. Here’s a video for you, at 6:30 you’ll learn about the reason for the big cores. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzMKsYhyRQw

  23. AhtistedAtomic on June 9, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    The shot capturing uranium glowing under UV is stunning.

  24. Haven Ruiz on June 9, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    Do you have the coordinates for the mineshaft structure?

  25. dze n on June 9, 2022 at 1:01 pm

    Oh man… That’s absolutely amazing video. I enjoyed every second of it. Thanks for this work!

  26. Jonas Strømland on June 9, 2022 at 1:02 pm

    oh wow, cool video! I am pretty sure I just say raditation spots on the camera at 10:12

  27. weirdmeister inc. on June 9, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    great scenery and cool video!

  28. David Anderson on June 9, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    When they close off an old mine adit in that area, they are really serious about it.

  29. dakotalapse on June 9, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    Awesome job on the camera work and editing! Looks like a cool area!

  30. Marc Deckard on June 9, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    This was one of my favorite camping grounds. I’ve got some ore from there right next to me. Goblin valley is a trip by moonlight too.

  31. Juliano Vaz de Abreu on June 9, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    Greetings!. I casually discovered your video today, and I say that really are very beautiful and awesome these sites you visited. I have some doubts, maybe you think as silly, but are based on pure curiosity even: let’s say you still enter those places that are sealed, as apparently one of the walls you showed, were invaded by someone, what the greatest risk, or problems, could you face? these sites are closed more for the sake of mine depletion, or the high risk of contamination by the amount of material that could still exist inside? Thanks for the attention!

  32. John on June 9, 2022 at 1:11 pm

    I’d pay money to tour with you. This is history. Amazing work.

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