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Franceville, Okla, Mounana, Boyindzi, Okelobondo, Bangombe, Mikouloungou, Kiene
Gabon
Main commodities: U




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1989.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Dymkov Y, Holliger P, Pagel M, Gorshkov A, Artyukhina A,  1997 - Characterization of a La-Ce-Sr-Ca aluminous hydroxy phosphate in nuclear zone 13 in the Oklo uranium deposit (Gabon) : in    Mineralium Deposita   v32 pp 617-620
Evins L Z, Jensen K A and Ewing R C,  2005 - Uraninite recrystallization and Pb loss in the Oklo and Bangombe natural fission reactors, Gabon: in    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta   v69 pp 1589-1606
Gauthier-LaFaye F, Weber F  1989 - The Francevillian (Lower Proterozoic) Uranium ore deposits of Gabon: in    Econ. Geol.   v84 pp 2267-2285
Gauthier-LaFaye F, Weber F  1989 - Natural fission reactors of Oklo: in    Econ. Geol.   v84 pp 2286-2295
Mossman D J, Gauthier-Lafaye F and Jackson S E,  2005 - Black shales, organic matter, ore genesis and hydrocarbon generation in the Paleoproterozoic Franceville Series, Gabon: in    Precambrian Research   v.137 pp. 253-272


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