A world map shows uranium mining locations marked by green circles with "U." Some key areas include the U S, Argentina, South Africa, Jordan, India, and Australia. Major clusters are in the western U S, northwestern Argentina, South Africa, and Australia.
Uranium | Areas of serious concern | Areas of some concern | Stable terrain | Nonvegetated land | 240–259 | 220–239 | 200–219 | 180–199 | 160–179 | 140–159 | 120–139 | 100–119 | 80–99 | Less than 80 | |
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Alaska | 0.154% | 28.4% | 69.2% | 2.23% | |||||||||||
Arizona | 7 | 30.7% | 40.9% | 28.4% | 44.2% | 33.7% | 22.1% | ||||||||
Utah | 745 | 13.6% | 86.4% | 70.0% | 8.89% | 2.63% | |||||||||
Yukon | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.06% | 2.63% | 82.4% | 14.9% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Florida | 1 | 99.0% | 32.7% | 67.3% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 6 | 12.7% | 87.3% | 78.1% | 21.9% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 95.0% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 2.39% | 97.6% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 12.5% | 11.9% | 5.51% | 1.22% | 98.8% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 102 | 3.04% | 97.0% | 12.4% | 87.6% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.587% | 1.36% | 33.1% | 65.5% | |||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 5.14% | 83.8% | 14.7% | 85.3% | ||||||||||
Maine | 0.171% | 80.4% | 99.8% | 0.153% | |||||||||||
North Dakota | 92.0% | 8.03% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 1.37% | 98.6% | 46.4% | 53.6% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 18.4% | 52.4% | 47.6% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 25.7% | 74.1% | 2.49% | 97.5% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 99.3% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 96.6% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 1 | 11.6% | 38.7% | 49.7% | 42.7% | 57.2% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 18.4% | 64.8% | 16.8% | 82.1% | 17.9% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 26.7% | 73.3% | 99.2% | 0.827% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 94.5% | 5.51% | 9.53% | 90.5% | |||||||||||
Texas | 73 | 13.8% | 77.2% | 8.74% | 5.26% | 58.9% | 35.9% | ||||||||
Missouri | 53.7% | 46.3% | 66.4% | 33.6% | |||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.161% | 18.9% | 29.5% | 26.8% | 73.2% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 1.16% | 2.67% | 97.3% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 99.4% | 73.0% | 27.0% | ||||||||||||
Oregon | 1 | 0.146% | 13.9% | 59.9% | 96.3% | 3.75% | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 35.3% | 63.9% | 47.2% | 52.8% | |||||||||||
Alabama | 73.2% | 26.7% | 66.2% | 33.8% | |||||||||||
New Mexico | 82 | 5.86% | 92.2% | 1.91% | 15.5% | 33.9% | 49.1% | ||||||||
Kansas | 64.1% | 35.9% | 5.90% | 91.6% | 2.46% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 41.4% | 38.2% | 20.4% | 100% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 3.99% | 0.242% | 21.7% | 31.5% | 46.8% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.7% | 29.5% | 69.1% | 1.36% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 99.1% | 51.6% | 48.4% | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 90.8% | 9.02% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 70.3% | 29.6% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Alberta | 3.89% | 14.0% | 65.8% | 29.7% | 53.1% | 17.2% | |||||||||
Connecticut | 1.86% | 98.1% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 12.1% | 87.9% | 19.4% | 80.6% | |||||||||||
Colorado | 279 | 35.4% | 64.6% | 48.1% | 51.6% | 0.332% | |||||||||
Nevada | 2 | 54.5% | 39.8% | 0.655% | 1.58% | 63.4% | 31.2% | 3.86% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 0.575% | 0.220% | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
Georgia | 64.0% | 35.9% | 48.3% | 51.7% | |||||||||||
New York | 2.49% | 25.0% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Maryland | 23.5% | 74.6% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Québec | 0.218% | 94.2% | 10.4% | 38.5% | 41.0% | 10.1% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 5.67% | 12.3% | 81.9% | 26.0% | 66.7% | 7.35% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 31.0% | 69.0% | 82.2% | 17.8% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 4.84% | 95.2% | 100% | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 7 | 8.22% | 91.7% | 30.4% | 56.0% | 13.7% | |||||||||
California | 24 | 10.6% | 60.7% | 22.9% | 5.57% | 2.69% | 22.7% | 49.4% | 19.9% | 5.25% | |||||
Arkansas | 31.1% | 68.9% | 50.1% | 49.9% | |||||||||||
South Dakota | 15 | 56.9% | 43.1% | 50.1% | 49.9% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 100% | 51.6% | 48.4% | ||||||||||||
Indiana | 2.05% | 97.9% | 0.561% | 79.2% | 20.2% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 26.5% | 61.6% | 11.9% | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Iowa | 99.1% | 0.440% | 77.7% | 22.3% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 96.6% | 3.35% | 11.8% | 73.8% | 14.4% |
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