Minerals Management
Our chief goals are to restore ecosystems and watersheds affected by past mining practices; to provide the geologic expertise and scientific information necessary for sustained forest management and for watershed health and restoration; to manage and protect paleontological resources; and to manage the vast and diverse mineral resources of the national forest in a fashion that ensures sustained ecosystems and maintains healthy watersheds. Exploration, development, and production of mineral and energy resources and reclamation of activities are part of the Forest Service ecosystem management responsibility. The Forest Service will administer its minerals program to provide commodities for current and future generations commensurate with the need to sustain the long term health and biological diversity of ecosystems.
Pinyon Plain Mine
The Pinyon Plain Mine (formerly Canyon Uranium Mine), is a uranium mine located about 6 miles southeast of the town of Tusayan on the Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest and operated by Energy Fuels Resources.
Drake Pozzolan Exploration
Drake Cement, LLC has submitted a draft plan to explore pozzolan on mining claims northeast of the City of Williams near their existing pozzolan mine at Frenchy Hill. On August 18, 2025, the Kaibab National Forest received Drake’s draft Exploration Plan and will now be moving into the environmental analysis phase of the project.