Formation evaluation of Zarzaitine Formation for Uranium mineralization in western part of Murzuk Basin SW Libya

Abstract

Globally, there has been an ever increasing demand for uranium. This generates need to adopt unique methodologies in order to explore the mineral to its full extent. This paper highlights an integrated approach that is adopted to explore uranium occurrences in western part of Murzuk Basin SW of Libya. The process of Uranium mineralization exploration composed of several stages which starts with small scale and develops into larger scale. In every stage, geological and geophysical information are collected, processed and integrated. Then, after finishing every stage produced Uranium mineralization potential map and the study area becomes smaller In this the study Spatial integration of various data sets such as geological map, and airborne radiometric data are applied to show the distribution and intensities of uranium (U) within the studied area. Also, used logging Gamma ray to evaluate Zarzaitine Formation in study area. Geographic Information System (GIS) model has been designed and implemented based on the intersection of the buffering zones of each input layer. The result of the geological map matching the airborne radiometric map by GIS technology, revealed that there are 5 uranium anomalies concentrated on the Zarzaitine Formation , while the results of the logs show that the well D1-155 has recorded the highest values of uranium ranging between 5 to 10 PPM