South Lisbon Valley East
Highlights
- Project area lies adjacent to one of the highest-yield uranium districts in the U.S.
- Lisbon Valley ranked 2,153 tons of U₃O₈ per mile, placing it among the most productive uranium belts in the country.
- Atomic’s land position captures a meaningful section of the interpreted uranium-bearing trend.
Overview & History
South Lisbon Valley East is located ~35 km northeast of Monticello, 2 km from the power grid, and 65 km from the White Mesa Uranium Mill. The project sits within the Lisbon Valley district, an area historically recognized as one of the most productive uranium belts in the United States, with 80 million pounds of U₃O₈ produced between the 1950s and early 1980s.
Atomic Minerals’ claims cover the southern ±30% of a suspected down-faulted NE arcuate belt identified through historic oil and gas drilling.
Geological Setting
- Hosted in the Triassic Chinle Formation, a major uranium-bearing unit on the Colorado Plateau.
- Historic drilling has defined an arcuate structural belt interpreted as the continuation of the Lisbon Valley trend but displaced to the northeast by faulting.
- The target horizon corresponds to zones where oil and gas wells recorded anomalous gamma activity.
Historical Exploration
- 51 historic oil and gas drill holes outline the down-faulted belt that underlies the project area.
- These gamma anomalies form the basis of the current exploration model.
- The Atomic Minerals claims strategically cover the portion of the belt with the greatest concentration of historic anomalous readings.