Borehole No. | W1 | W2 | W3 |
Rock types | · 0 - 12 m: wadi deposits. · 12 - 63 m: biotite ± muscovite granite. | · 0 - 44 m: biotite ± muscovite granite. | · 0 - 43 m: biotite ± muscovitegranite. |
Hydrothermal alteration | biotite highly altered into ferrichlorite pennite), muscovitization, albitization, sericitization, kaolinization and argillization. | ||
Sulfides | Pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite | ||
Nb-Ti-, Zr-Hf-, F-minerals | Columbite, betafite, rutile, zircon | Columbite, rutile, zircon | Columbite, betafite, rutile, zircon, fluorite |
REE-minerals | Allanite, LREE carbonate | Allanite | Allanite |
Th-minerals | Thorite | Thorite, phosphothorite with apatite | Thorite |
U-Th-minerals | uranothorite | ||
U-minerals | · Brannerite, coffinite, uraninite and pitchblende · W1-4 and W1-7 samples at depth 53 and 62 m , respectively. |
| · Brannerite, coffinite, uraninite and pitchblende · W3-2 and W3-3 samples at depth 30 and 43 m , respectively. |