Uranium potentiality mapping of G-V occurrence at Gabal Gattar area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt, using GIS approach

Publication date: Available online 21 June 2018Source: Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied SciencesAuthor(s): Mohamed A. El ZalakyAbstractDelineation and evaluation of mineral resources are major exploration parameters required for investment decisions. Identifying the best probable sites for uranium mineralization in terrains of lack subsurface penetrations is a challenging task. In northern part of Egyptian Eastern Desert, the uranium occurrences of Gabal Gattar area are among the most important source of uranium mineralization. Gattar-V (G-V) uranium occurrence considered as the most important uranium locality in the northern parts of Gabal Gattar area. The well-known uranium mineralization in this occurrence is restricted to the geological contact zone between the Hammamat sedimentary rocks and the G. Gattar Alkali feldspar granite. The lithological units and their alteration zones that are associated with the uranium mineralization and the ground spectrometric measurements data are identified and delineated throughout the field work of the geological investigation. In addition to the delineation of visible uranium mineralized zones, useful aid for the location of uranium promising zones is provided. Uranium potential (UP) mapping is a systematic tools that considers the main controlling factors which influence the localization of uranium mineralization within their host rocks. The present study aims to highlight, identify, model and map uranium promising zo...
Source: Beni Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences - Category: Science Source Type: research