Gold and Base Metals Associated with Uranium Mineralization in Some Lower Carboniferous Rock Units in the Wadi Abu El Mogheirat Area, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt

The Lower Carboniferous sediments at Wadi Abu El Mogheirat consist of four stratigraphic formations, from base upwards: Um Bogma, Hashash, Magharet Maiah and Zarab formations. most-concentrated radioactive anomalies are in the middle member Bogma Formation. gibbsitic marl this formation shows highest uranium contents (around 710 ppm). Gibbsitic black gibbsite Formation show higher enrichment Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, U, V, Ce Th. Black contains total rare earth elements concentration, especially terms LREEs, while content HREEs. Anomalous gold recorded for first time (content: 10.4 ppm), (2.8 ppm) siltstones Hashash (0.6 presence uranothorite, celestite, zircon, atacamite, barite, xenotime rutile. These characteristic demonstrate that constitutes a potential source gold. This conclusion is reinforced by to exploit other metals such as Th by-products.