Gold Mineralzation from Calcite-Dolomite Carbonatite of the Guli Massif (Maimecha-Kotui Province, Polar Siberia): First Results

IF 0.7 4区地球科学 Q4 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Doklady Earth Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI:10.1134/s1028334x24603079

K. N. Malitch, G. V. Lipenkov, D. A. Ozornin, M. V. Naumov, I. Yu. Badanina, V. A. Bulatov, A. A. Voitin

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Complex gold-iridium-osmium placer deposits associated with the Guli massif of ultramafic, alkaline rocks and carbonatites are located within the Maimecha-Kotui province in the northern part of the Siberian Platform. Unlike natural Os-Ir alloys, which are genetically related to ultramafic rocks, the bedrock source of gold remains controversial. We report, for the first time, morphological and compositional features of gold mineralization from calcite-dolomite carbonatite of the Guli massif. Gold minerals are represented by natural Au-Ag alloys containing gold (69.64–88.57 wt %) and silver (11.73–30.83 wt %) with low concentrations of copper (up to 0.18 wt %), which predominate over minerals of the system Au–Cu–Ag (e.g., natural alloys Au_0.74Cu_0.14Ag_0.12 and Ag_0.51Au_0.47Cu_0.02, tetra-auricupride (AuCu) and auricupride (Cu₃Au)). Gold minerals are characterized by an early pentlandite-troilite-chalcopyrite association that form polyphase euhedral inclusions. Later galena (PbS) occurring in the form of subhedral monophase inclusions is replaced by cerussite (PbCO₃). The revealed similarity of gold minerals and mineral assemblages in gold from calcite-dolomite carbonatite with those of gold minerals from placer deposits of the Guli massif indicates that derivatives of ijolite-carbonatite magmatism played a significant role in gold ore formation.

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Doklady Earth Sciences 地学-地球科学综合

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1.40

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22.20%

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138

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3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： Doklady Earth Sciences is a journal that publishes new research in Earth science of great significance. Initially the journal was a forum of the Russian Academy of Science and published only best contributions from Russia. Now the journal welcomes submissions from any country in the English or Russian language. Every manuscript must be recommended by Russian or foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.