In 1996, the IAEA published the Guidebook to Accompany IAEA Map: World distribution of Uranium Deposits (the ‘Guidebook’). This publication, which was the culmination of a process that began in 1990, introduced a descriptive deposit classification that expanded upon the classification used in the OECD/NEA-IAEA Red Book.
Experts from six countries and from the IAEA collaborated on establishing the deposit classification. They also contributed information on a total of 582 deposits worldwide, and provided summary information on these deposits that became part of the Guidebook including their location, status (operating, dormant, depleted, etc.), resources (within a specific resource range — e.g. 1,500 to 5,000 tU), average grade (within a grade range — e.g. 0.03–0.10% U), geologic age, host rocks and tectonic setting.
This web application was developed and made available to the public in 2004 and is updated from time to time.
Other summaries of world uranium deposits (here).
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