[en] The paper proposes a new type of geochemical map, named the 'Critical Element Ratio Map', involving K/Rb, Ba/Rb, and Rb/Sr ratios, to aid exploration programmes for atomic minerals in granitic terrains. Granitic rocks formed from highly evolved melts are favourable for hosting ore deposits of U, Th, Li, Be, Nb, Ta, Y, the rare-earth elements (REEs), Sn, W, and Cs. The characteristic geochemical features of this type of granite are low K/Rb and Ba/Rb ratios and high Rb/Sr ratios. The average K/Rb, Ba/Rb, and Rb/Sr ratios of high-calcium granitic rocks (tonalites, granodiorites, and leucogranodiorites) are 229, 8.18, and 0.25, and those for low-calcium granitic rocks (adamellites, granites, leucogranites, and alaskites) are 247, 2.35, and 1.70, respectively. In sharp contrast, the K/Rb, Ba/Rb, and Rb/Sr ratios of granitic rocks formed from highly evolved melts will be less than 100, less than 0.25, and more than 5, respectively. The paper also describes a simple, accurate, precise, rapid, and non-destructive method for determining K, Rb, Sr, and in granitic rocks by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRFS) and outlines the methodology for preparing 'Critical Element Ratio Maps' of granitic terrains. granite-hosted 'Rossing-Type' of uranium ore deposits are to be discovered in India, it will be possible only by launching an intensive programme for preparing 'Critical Element Ratio Maps' to identify granitic bodies characterized anomalously low K/Rb and Ba/Rb ratios and high Rb/Sr ratios within the large granitic terrains of Peninsular and Extra-Peninsular India. (author)