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

47 Comments

  1. Al Gibson on November 4, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    for comparison…..how many counts per minute are the radium gauges from WWII aircraft?

  2. AhtistedAtomic on November 4, 2022 at 12:45 pm

    The shot capturing uranium glowing under UV is stunning.

  3. dakotalapse on November 4, 2022 at 12:46 pm

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

  4. judaspreistvlct on November 4, 2022 at 12:47 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.

  5. Jake Deloney on November 4, 2022 at 12:49 pm

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

  6. Ryder276 on November 4, 2022 at 12:50 pm

    What kind of drone?

  7. Barry Clarke on November 4, 2022 at 12:50 pm

    That core sample was the biggest ive ever seen there normally 2" that was more like 3ft across, looking into the stope was amazing it just kept going down, with a decent mask you would be OK in there ,thank you

  8. Jonas Strømland on November 4, 2022 at 12:52 pm

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

  9. Ritchie Blackmore on November 4, 2022 at 12:54 pm

    Wow drew my friend everything is glowing at night….thanks and another Great uranium mine video…

  10. Andrew Rivera on November 4, 2022 at 12:58 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.

  11. jwhoward182 on November 4, 2022 at 1:01 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?

  12. Futurinch on November 4, 2022 at 1:03 pm

    interesting good jon drew

  13. Lawrence Spring on November 4, 2022 at 1:03 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

  14. weirdmeister inc. on November 4, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    great scenery and cool video!

  15. Mark Langenfeld on November 4, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    Autunite, not "antunite."

  16. Appa Loosa on November 4, 2022 at 1:07 pm

    Sheesh….couldn’t there be more sappy, and dreary slow piano be found?

  17. R on November 4, 2022 at 1:09 pm

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

  18. Juliano Vaz de Abreu on November 4, 2022 at 1:10 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!

  19. Aerobiesizer on November 4, 2022 at 1:10 pm

    I really need to go there…

  20. ADRIAN UNKNOWN on November 4, 2022 at 1:11 pm

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

  21. WALLDORF ELECTRON_CO on November 4, 2022 at 1:11 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

  22. DKA EĞİTİM on November 4, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    Hı from Turkey

  23. Mark Rose on November 4, 2022 at 1:17 pm

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

  24. Randy Havener on November 4, 2022 at 1:17 pm

    Lucky!!

  25. ThinkingBetter on November 4, 2022 at 1:18 pm

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

  26. Chris Markert on November 4, 2022 at 1:19 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.

  27. IamTwan on November 4, 2022 at 1:19 pm

    This was an amazing documentary!

  28. Henry Wede on November 4, 2022 at 1:19 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!

  29. ElijahSeb970 on November 4, 2022 at 1:19 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”

  30. Holden Matthews-Cochran on November 4, 2022 at 1:21 pm

    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

  31. John on November 4, 2022 at 1:22 pm

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

  32. Jonas Strømland on November 4, 2022 at 1:25 pm

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

  33. Paul S Rohrbaugh on November 4, 2022 at 1:28 pm

    What camera / lens did you use for the nighttime video?

  34. CaptainChar on November 4, 2022 at 1:28 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

  35. Masood Islam on November 4, 2022 at 1:29 pm

    How I get this instrument.. Dedater.. And how much price

  36. Haven Ruiz on November 4, 2022 at 1:30 pm

    Do you have the coordinates for the mineshaft structure?

  37. Just Imagine on November 4, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    It all devolves into "minecraft" in the end. So they saw yellow rock before the invention of the geiger counter?

  38. Ivica Ružić on November 4, 2022 at 1:32 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. 😁

  39. Richard Abernathy on November 4, 2022 at 1:32 pm

    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.

  40. Flying Dutchman on November 4, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    How did the uranium end up in a sediment layer, i’m not seeing any obvious volcanic deposits, maybe through hydrothermal activity?

  41. Tim P on November 4, 2022 at 1:33 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!

  42. Jesse Flynn on November 4, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    Do you know why so much uranium here . They tried to destroy us more than a few of times . Yes we are still here . Now we use the remains for us .

  43. shadab dadkhan on November 4, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    Very excellent VDO
    Night movement so excellent 👍

  44. Marc Deckard on November 4, 2022 at 1:36 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.

  45. dze n on November 4, 2022 at 1:39 pm

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

  46. Jraddd on November 4, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    I live in Gj, CO. I do the same thing if you ever want someone to go with lemme know! We have some good mines on this side of the border also 🤘

  47. David Anderson on November 4, 2022 at 1:40 pm

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

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