Laramide Resources Mine Development - La Jara Mesa

Laramide Resourcess proposes to tunnel two inclined adits from under the west edge of La Jara Mesa to remove 40,000 tons of uranium ore for testing and to begin development of a production mine.

Location Summary

La Jara Mesa north of Grants, NM

District: Mount Taylor Ranger District

Project Documents

• Analysis

  • Notice of Availability of the DEIS (PDF 178kb)
  • Draft Environmental Impact Statement - La Jara Mesa Mine Project (PDF 5883kb)
  • DEIS Comments
    
    • WildEarth Guardians and Center for Biological Diversity Comments (PDF 3982kb)
    • Cibola Communities EDF Comments (PDF 46kb)
    • City of Grants Comments (PDF 206kb)
    • Dept of Interior Comments (PDF 47kb)
    • Don Hyde Comments (PDF 36kb)
    • Eliseo Alcon Comments (PDF 159kb)
    • Elkins Comment (PDF 47kb)
    • EPA Comments (PDF 197kb)
    • Hopi Tribe Comments (PDF 2386kb)
    • Laramide Comments (PDF 1972kb)
    • MASE Comments (PDF 267kb)
    • McKinley County Comments (PDF 51kb)
    • National Trust for Historic Preservation Comments (PDF 98kb)
    • Navajo Nation Dept of Justice Comments (PDF 902kb)
    • NM Historic Preservation Division Comments (PDF 83kb)
    • NM Dept of Game & Fish Comments (PDF 108kb)
    • Pueblo of Acoma Comments (PDF 4593kb)
    • Pueblo of Laguna Comments (PDF 1666kb)
    • Pynes Comment (PDF 28kb)
    • Ramah Navajo Community Comments (PDF 175kb)
    • SHPO Comments (PDF 51kb)
    • Sierra Club EJ Comments (PDF 41kb)
    • Tony Joe comment (PDF 29kb)
    • Ulibarri Comment (PDF 81kb)
    • Simpson Comments (PDF 72kb)
    • Collins Comments (PDF 85kb)
    • Conway Comments (PDF 72kb)

• Scoping

  • Notice Of Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement (PDF 47kb)
    NOI published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2009 initiating public scoping for the proposed La Jara Mesa Mine.
  • Public Invitation Letter to Scoping Open Houses (PDF 539kb)
    Letter from the Forest Supervisor to interested and affected individuals, organizations, and agencies inviting them to attend open houses in Grants and Gallup, New Mexico for the La Jara Mesa Mine.
  • Press Release for Open Houses (PDF 47kb)
    Press release from the Forest Service to area news organizations about open houses being held to obtain the public's comments on the La Jara Mesa Mine as part of scoping.
  • Scoping Open House Project Handout (PDF 896kb)
    Informational handout provided to attendees at open houses.