Geochemistry of uranium-bearing rocks in the regions of Oued El Foula and Ain Sder.

Exploration in the mining sector results in the accumulation of extensive databases encompassing diverse geochemical datasets. The efficient processing of this multivariate data necessitates the application of advanced Python data analysis tools. Such an approach is essential for the extraction of criteria that will inform and optimize future exploration and mining operations. In this study, we utilize the Python language to explore the database of Aura Energy Company established within the uranium exploration project in the regions of Oued El Foula and Aïn Sder, where a total of 1065 drilling wells have been executed. The uranium deposit in Oued El Foula and Aïn Sder is of a surficial type and results from alteration and erosion of granites. Overall, economic concentrations of uranium are near the surface (with a depth of less than 10 m) and hosted in unconsolidated rock (mainly in colluviums) and igneous rocks (mainly granites). The uranium deposit exhibits an economic association with vanadium and thorium. The granites in the regions of Oued El Foula and Aïn Sder form from the melt at the upper continental crust. In addition, these granites show enrichment in LILE and depletion in HFSE which is a characteristic of alkaline granites resulting from wet melting and evolved melt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]