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.
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When they close off an old mine adit in that area, they are really serious about it.
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
oh ok, there are radiation spots everywhere in the Uranium mine. amazing
Well done on the great video and keep up the good work!
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”
great scenery and cool video!
I’d pay money to tour with you. This is history. Amazing work.
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.
This is very cool. If you keep up this quality of video, you’ll get a lot more subscribers soon!
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.
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.
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!
This was an awesome video. You earned my subscription. Stay safe
Was there recently, someone had knocked down some of the bricks to get in one of them.. The smell coming from it was horrible.
How I get this instrument.. Dedater.. And how much price
Autunite, not "antunite."
Sheesh….couldn’t there be more sappy, and dreary slow piano be found?
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
oh wow, cool video! I am pretty sure I just say raditation spots on the camera at 10:12
Great content, great aerial shots. Thanks for bringing a Geiger counter 👍
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?
What kind of drone?
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!
Do you have the coordinates for the mineshaft structure?
Oh man… That’s absolutely amazing video. I enjoyed every second of it. Thanks for this work!
Lucky!!
The shot capturing uranium glowing under UV is stunning.
This is so cool, I explored that area awhile ago and Never thought of shining a black light on that entire area, Thanks for sharing that. My grandfather Jess Abernathy is the one who found this mineral and we was referred to it as abernathyite. He found it while working in the uranium mines in at temple mountain. He was an operator there. There is an article about him in one of the time life magazine too. He passed away when my dad was young and my dad has passed too so I love finding more info about things like this.
A high concentration of radon is escaping these caves, but a few minutes of inhaling it is probably not going to kill you.
you are probably the only youtuber I know that takes a practical interest in radioactive things. Thank you so much! I kinda just binged like 80% of your videos lol
This was an amazing documentary!
Hı from Turkey
interesting good jon drew
Awesome job on the camera work and editing! Looks like a cool area!
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!
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
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. 😁