How was the Macusani Uranium District first discovered?
A. The Macusani district has been well documented to contain numerous uranium showings since the 1970s. While regional prospecting and geological reconnaissance work for uranium actually began in the 1950s by groups such as the United States Atomic Energy Commission, the International Atomic Energy Association and the Peruvian Institute for Nuclear Energy, no economic concentrations of uranium were observed until 1978 when a significant discovery was made near the town of Macusani in the southeastern part of the country. It was in this region that a carborne radiometric survey identified numerous surface uranium anomalies hosted in volcanic rock, an occurence rarely seen elsewhere in the world. After the first 60 uranium showings were discovered in 1978, systematic radiometric prospecting and trenching were carried out over an area of approximately 600 square kilometers, culminating in the discovery of numerous additional uranium showings. • Q. What happened after uranium was discovere
