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Uranium, Thorium, ore occurrences, Georgia, Caucasus
Abstract:
Georgia is located in the central part of the Caucasus, which is the northern segment of the Eastern Mediterranean orogen system and extends over 1,200 km in a NW-SE direction between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In this study, our goal was to investigate the Th and U ore occurrences in the country. As a result of the research, we have identified 3 uranium and 4 thorium occurrences that need more in-depth investigation. Among them, there should be mentioned the Shkhara uraninite occurrence that we discovered in the pre-Jurassic Shkhara crystal-line massif. This occurrence formed in the Paleozoic biotite plagiomigmatites is in full correlation with uraninite deposits found in different parts of the world.
