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Karroo Basin Uranium - Ryst Kuil, Rietkuil, Beaufort Group
South Africa
Main commodities: U




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1988.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Duane M J, Welke H J, Allsopp H L and Wilsher W A,  1989 - U-Pb isotope systematics, ages and genesis of Karoo uranium deposits, South Africa : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v92 pp 49-64
le Roux J P and Toens P D,  1986 - A review of the uranium occurrences in the Karroo sequence, South Africa: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 2119-2134
le Roux J P,  1991 - Flume experiments on permeability and organic matter as related to the genesis of uranium deposits in the Beaufort Group: in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v94 pp 212-219
le Roux J P,  1990 - Flume study on the concentration of ilmenite in fine-grained sand and implications concerning uranium mineralization in the Beaufort Group: in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v93 pp 785-794
Stuart-Williams V and Taylor C M,  1986 - The Matjieskloof uranium anomaly, Fraserberg District: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 2135-2139
Wadley R G and Hoffmann J,  1986 - A case history of the DR-3 uranium anomaly, Laingsburg District: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 2141-2147


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