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Uraniumdeposits
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EARFAMVol71994

Uraniumdeposits
URAMIUMDEPOSITSOFTURAMDIHNANDUPAREA,SINGHBHUMDISTRICT,BIHARANDTHEIRSPATIAL
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Pradeeppandey1,PromodKumar2,andL.D.Upadhyay3
AtomicMineralsDivision
DepartmentofAtomicEnergy,
1NewDelhi110066,2Bangalore560072,and

3Nagpur440001
Abstract
TheTuramdihNandupclusterofuraniumdepositscoveringanareaof3.5km2inthewesternpartofthe
Singhbhum shear zone includes low grade deposits of Turamdih (East, South, and West), Keruadungri
West, Central Keruadungri, and Nandup, holding a substantial part of the estimated uranium reserves of
India. Chloritequartz schist with magnetite and apatite is the most common host for mineralisation,
besides chloritesericitequartz schist and to a lesser extent feldspathic schist, all belonging to the
Dhalbhum Formation of Lower Proterozoic late Archaean age. Surface structures indicate that the
superimposition of at least three deformational episodes have resulted in transposing the ore body at
differentlevelsandshapesinthedifferentsectorsofthedeposits.Theoverallstructuredecipheredinthe
area is a major asymmetrical synform, trending NWSE. The uranium lodes are essentially parallel or
subparallel to the schistosity. Sericite schists mark the lower part of the mineralised horizon in the
subsurface.
Evaluation and synthesis of surface and subsurface data on lithological controls, geometry of the ore
horizons,andnatureofmineralisationfromover500boreholeshaverevealedthatthemineralisationin
different blocks is in fact the manifestation of single ore body. Uranium mineralisation is of low grade
(0.030.04%U3O8),butiscompensatedbylargethicknessoforehorizons,somemeasuringupto120m.
Further,orehorizonsatplaces,occurveryneartothesurfacemakingthemeasilyamenableforopencast
mining.
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