Radioactive minerals: General status

Abstract

This article presents a brief review on new radioactive mineral occurrences brought to light during the period 2015 to 2019. It is noted that new occurrences are located in extension areas of already known provinces/geological settings, where exploration work is under progress. Uranium mineralization is also intercepted in a new host rock (altered ultramafic suite) in the environs of the Singhbhum shear zone. Uranium oxide reserves have been augmented to more than three lakh tonnes by Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.