Western Region: Fact Sheets

Fact sheets related to the Western Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Region, more than 100 abandoned uranium mine claims located along the Little Colorado River and Highway 89, in the Cameron, Coalmine Canyon, Bodaway/Gap, and Leupp Chapters in Northern Arizona.

• EPA Fact Sheet: Western AUM Region (pdf) (4.69 MB, March 2023)
  EPA Fact Sheet with information about the Western Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Region, more than 100 abandoned uranium mine claims generally located along the Little Colorado River and Highway 89 in the Cameron, Coalmine Canyon, Bodaway/Gap, and Leupp Chapters in Northern Arizona.
• EPA Fact Sheet: Abandoned Uranium Mines - How to Stay Safe (pdf) (354.8 KB, 11/10/2014)
  An EPA Fact Sheet created for the Dzil Libei Elementary School, Cameron Chapter, explaining the history and dangers of uranium mines, as well as precautionary measures that should be taken around mining areas and water impacted by mining. The fact sheet includes a local interactive map for children.
• EPA Fact Sheet: Uranium in the Tuba City Area (pdf) (2.01 MB, April 2014)
  This poster provides information about mine and mill sites and contaminated water sources in the Tuba City area and in the Western Abandoned Uranium Mine region.
• EPA Fact Sheet: Uranium Mines and Mills in the Western Abandoned Uranium Mine Region (pdf) (2.07 MB, April 2014)
  This poster educates about the location of uranium mines and mills on the Navajo Nation and how to reduce exposure.