RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE RIO TAMBO AREA, PROVINCE OF ISLAY, DEPARTMENT OF AREQUIPA, PERU

Geologic and radiometric investigations were made in 1958 in the Rio Tambo area of southern Peru. No anomalous radioactivity was detected in visibly mineralized rocks, but two very small anomalies were noted in Jurassic-Cretaceous sedimentary rocks that were not visibly mineralized. (auth)