Question

Why uranium is not mined from ladakh

Answer 1

DELHI: Scientists have claimed to have found uranium deposits in the icy heights of Ladakh but the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has adopted a cautious approach regarding the commercial importance of the find.

Geologists from the Kumaun University have found "exceptionally high concentration" of uranium and thorium in Udmaru, a small village situated on a volcanic rock formation in the Nubra-Shyok valley in northern Ladakh.

A preliminary study of a thick granite dyke showed that it contained abundant, small-to-medium grained euhedral, greenish coloured zircon, Rajeev Upadhyay, a geologist at the Nainital-based Kumaun University said in a communication in the latest issue of Current Science.