POSSIBLE URANIUM MINING MAKINSK, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: August 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
POSSIBLE URANIUM MINING
MAKINSK, USSR
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NPIC/R-200/63
August 1963
This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within the
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POSSIBLE URANIUM MINING
MAKINSK, USSR
KEYHOLE photography of - re-
vealed a possible uranium mining operation in an
area located approximately 3 nautical miles
southeast of Makinsk (52-38N 70-25E), USSR
(Figure 1). Rock outcroppings occur on a large
peneplain area and are strip-mined. Uranium
is known to be found in the region (see listed
AMS DESPA series map). Due to the small
scale of photography, it is not possible to equate
the possible uranium mining operation at
Makinsk to any known Soviet uranium mining
and ore concentration plant.
The mining is observed at four sites, desig-
nated A, B, C, and D (Figure 2). All sites are
road served, and a rail spur from Makinsk serves
Site B which also has a tipple. Since = a road 25X1 D
has been constructed from the tipple to Site C,
where activities are now concentrated in its
northeast section and tunneling may be in
progress.
A mining camp is located east of the rail
spur serving Site B (Figure 2). The camp con-
sists of 12 single-unit family-type dwellings, one
warehouse-type building (approximately 50 by
25 feet), and several small support-type struc-
tures. Three of the dwellings and the warehouse-
type building have been constructed since
A possible ore-processing facility is located
at the southeast edge of Makinsk (Figure 2). It
consists of a possible mill and six one-story,
rail-served storage buildings. The=photog- 25X1 D
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF POSSIBLE URANIUM MINING.
raphy indicates that several small structures
have been erected in this area since =
South of the possible ore-processing facility are
two waste dump piles of possible ore tailings
(Figure 2). Each pile measures approximately
360 by 100 feet. These possible tailings are
25X1 D
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snow covered on the photography of - 25X1 D
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FIGURE 2. POSSIBLE URANIUM MINING NEAR MAKINSK, USSR
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MAPS OR CHARTS
ACIC. Operational Navigation Chart E-6, 1st ed, Nov 61, scale 1:1,000,000 (CONFIDENTIAL)
AMS. Series DESPA-1, Sheet NN 42-12, 1st ed, Dec 62, scale 1:250,000 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
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