Listvenite-related gold deposits of the South Urals (Russia): A review
| Autor: | Mariya V. Zabotina, Gennady A. Tret'yakov, E. V. Belogub, V. V. Zaykov, K. A. Novoselov, Anatoly M. Yuminov, Irina Yu. Melekestseva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Arsenopyrite
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Geochemistry Mineralogy Geology engineering.material 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Sericite 01 natural sciences Sphalerite Geochemistry and Petrology Galena visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium engineering Economic Geology Fluid inclusions Fuchsite Pyrite Ankerite 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Ore Geology Reviews. 85:247-270 |
| ISSN: | 0169-1368 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.11.008 |
| Popis: | The Urals is a complex fold belt, which underwent long geological evolution. The formation of most gold deposits in the Urals is related to the collision stage. In this paper, we review some relatively small listvenite-related gold deposits, which are confined to the large Main Uralian fault zone and some smaller faults within the Magnitogorsk zone. The Mechnikovskoe, Altyn-Tash, and Ganeevskoe deposits are studied in detail in this contribution. They comprise the ore clusters along with other numerous small gold deposits, and constituted the sources for the gold placers exploited in historical time. The gold is hosted by metasomatites (listvenites, beresites) and quartz veins with economic gold grades (up to 20 g/t Au). Listvenites are developed after serpentinites and composed of quartz, fuchsite, and carbonates (magnesite, dolomite) ± albite. Volcanic and volcanoclastic rocks are altered to beresites, consisting of sericite, carbonates (dolomite, ankerite), quartz and albite. Pyrite and chalcopyrite are major ore minerals associated with gold; pyrrhotite, Ni sulfides, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite and Au-Ag tellurides are subordinate and rare. Gold in these deposits is mostly high-fineness (>900‰). The lower fineness (∼800‰) is typical of gold in assemblage with polymetallic sulfides and tellurides. The ores have been formed from the NaCl–CO2–H2O ± CH4 fluids of low (∼2 wt% NaCl-equiv.) to moderate (8–16 wt% NaCl-equiv.) salinity at temperatures of 210–330 °C. The oxygen isotopic composition of quartz (δ18O) varies from 14.7 to 15.4‰ (Mechnikovskoe deposit), 13.2 to 13.6‰ (Altyn-Tash deposit) and 12.0 to 12.7‰ (Ganeevskoe deposit). The oxygen isotopic composition of albite from altered rocks of the Ganeevskoe deposit is 10.1‰. The calculated δ18OH2O values of the fluid in equilibrium with quartz are in a range of 5.7–6.3, 4.2–4.6 and 6.3–6.7‰ respectively, and most likely indicate a magmatic fluid source. |
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