埃及原子能公司在埃及西部沙漠区北部的渐新世沉积物中发现了铀矿化。矿化以多种形式产出,如含铀磷质砂岩、含铀铁质砂岩、含铀碳质粘土、含铀粘土、含铀灰岩、含铀管状体(tubes)和含铀硅化木。用各种技术在野外和室内对矿化进行了研究,以便解释它的沉淀条件、特征和成因。 Egyptian Atomic Energy discovered uranium mineralization in Oligocene sediments in the northern desert region of western Egypt. Mineralization occurs in a variety of forms, such as uranium-bearing phosphorous sandstones, uranium-bearing iron sandstone, uranium-bearing carbonaceous clays, uranium-bearing clays, uraninite-bearing limestone, uranium-containing tubes and uranium-bearing woods. Mineralization has been studied both in the field and indoors using various techniques to explain its precipitation conditions, characteristics and causes.