The Quivira Mining Corporation (sometimes spelled Quivera) was a

uranium Uranium is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Ura ...

mining company owned by

Kerr-McGee The Kerr-McGee Corporation, founded in 1929, was an American energy company involved in oil exploration, production of crude oil, natural gas, perchlorate and uranium mining and milling in various countries. On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleu ...

. It was established in 1983. In 1983 Quivira became operator of Kerr-McGee's old 1958 uranium mill at

Ambrosia Lake Ambrosia Lake is a uranium mining district in McKinley and Cibola counties in New Mexico north of Grants that was heavily mined for uranium starting in the 1950s. It is in an anticlinal dome. History Kerr-McGee first learned about rich ...

, New Mexico. The mill operated until 2002. From 1966 to 2002, the mill processed uranium ore and recovered

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from mines in the area. Tailings disposal cells and evaporation ponds constructed in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 00s were used for byproduct materials, process water, uranium tailings, and rad waste while maintaining environmental safety and regulatory compliance. In 1989 Quivira was bought by Rio Algom Mining, which was then bought by Billiton in 2000. Billiton then merged with BHP to form

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in 2001. Rio Algom was then bought from BHP Billiton by Uranium Resources in 2007. In June, 2008 Uranium Resources announced it would terminate the agreement to purchase Rio Algom Mining from BHP Billiton.http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uranium-resources-pulls-out-of-deal-to-buy-rio-algom

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