World Distribution of Uranium and Thorium Deposits (UDEPO)

Algeria: Abankor

General Information

Deposit Id

Algeria

Country

Tamanrasset Province

Political Province

Abankor

Deposit Name

Synonym Names

Deposit

Site Type

1972

Year of Discovery

7/9/2026

Modified On

LIUYANT

Modified By

Not Applicable

Deposit associated with Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Database

Yes

Deposit is mentioned in Red Book

Drill holes, trenches, underground workings

General Remark

Resource Information

Dormant

Deposit Status

Metamorphite

Deposit Type

Structurally controlled

Deposit Sub Type

Deposit Class

Yes

Conventional Deposit Type?

steeply dipping veins and lenses, weekly dipping l

Deposit Shape

160 m, 200 m, 600 m

Deposit Length

10 to 20 m

Deposit Width

Depth To Deposit Top

200+

Depth To Deposit Bottom

0.15 to 20 m

Deposit Thickness

Deposit Width: 10  to 20 m

Deposit Length: 160 m, 200 m, 600 m

Deposit Depth Top: surface

Deposit Depth Bottom: >300 m

Deposit Thickness: 0,15 to 20 mDeposit Shape: steeply dipping veins and lenses, weekly dipping l

Deposit Dimensions

≥0.20 - <0.50

Grade Range

≥5000 - <10000

Original (Geological) Resource Range

General Description Of Resources

Type of estimate

1979

Date of estimate

Red Book Resource Cost Category

Cumulative Production (t)

Production Grade (%)

Production Period

Commodities Recovered

Geological Information

Precambrian (Pharusian)

Host Rock Stratigraphic Age

Mineralisation Radiometric Age

Precambrian/Proterozoic/Neoproterozoic

Mineralisation Stratigraphic Age

Host Rock Radiometric Age

uraninite, pitchblende, rare sulphides

Major Ore Mineral(s)

Other Ore Minerals

Elemental Association

irregular veins and lenses along fault zone

Description of Mineralization

silicification, albitisation, hematisation transforming the host rocks into a silicified grey quartzite with quartz veins

Alteration

hydrothermal, Na-metasomatism

Metallogenic Aspects

fault zone

Ore Controls

Ore Mineralogy:
uraninite, pitchblende, rare sulphides


Mineralization Description:
irregular veins and lenses along fault zone

Ore Controls:
fault zone

General Description of Mineralization

Tuareg Shield

Geological Region

Mining District

Geological Setting

hydrothermal vein type mineralisation

Geological Remarks

 The hoggar is composed of NS horsts and grabens. Regionally, NS regional fault along a metamorphic basin

Tectonic Setting

metamorphic volcano sedimentary serie of Pharusian age : dominant rhyolites with intercalations of sandstones, volcanic tuffs and breccias, marbles, lavas, ,,,

Lithology

Lithology:
metamorphic volcano sedimentary serie of Pharusian age : dominant rhyolites with intercalations of sandstones, volcanic tuffs and breccias, marbles, lavas, 


Tectonics:
 The hoggar is composed of NS horsts and grabens. Regionally, NS region

General Geological Remarks