Uraninite, Maybe Mine, Red Canyon District, Utah, USA
15”x15” Circular Uranotype from uranium autoradiogram
Unique uranotype available.
The Maybe Uranium Mine is associated with the Red Canyon Mining District, now part of the Bears Ears National Monument, established by the Obama administration in 2016. When active, the mine production was considered to be large, with ore composed of covellite, malachite and uraninite. The ore body is described as tabular shaped at a depth of six meters to twelve meters below the surface in a host rock of sandstone. This unique sample shows dense veins of uraninite, interspersed with sandstone matrix.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Negative: Exposure: 48 hours / Film: Kodak T-MAX 400 / Processing: Pyro-Metol-Kodalk, Normal development
Interpositive: Ilford Cooltone FB 16x20, Ansco 130 paper developer
Internegative: created using Agfa Repromaster 20x24 camera with Arista Lith film, custom hand tray-processing.
Print: Double coating with 24hr maturation, K₃Fe(CN)₆ processing. While this print was made as part of a limited edition series, it is unknown when it may be possible to print any more.
