Abstract

The Ni-Co mineralization in the Levo-Seimkan ore cluster has been studied. In xenoliths of gabbro-diorites from of the Levo-Seimkan granite massif, the disseminated sulfoarsenide and sulfoantimonide mineralization with predominant antimonial nickeline and with the gersdorfitekrutovite series minerals has been revealed, with a constant Sb admixture in gersdorfite (from 1.1 to 2.4 wt. %) and nickeline (Sb 3.2-12.2 wt. %) in association with pyrrhotite. In a new ore occurrence (Puglivy Creek, Arman River basin, 2 km from the mouth), in a stockwork of quartz-chlorite veins localized directly in the granites of the Levo-Seymkan massif, the Co-As-Bi-Te-Au mineralization has been established. Ore mineral nests and inclusions are represented by glaucodote (Ni under 3.28 wt. %), associated with native Bi, bismuthine, tellurovismuthite, hedleyite, and native Au. Ni-Co mineralization of disseminated ores from gabbro-diorite xenoliths from the Levo-Seymkan massif and from the stockwork localized in the massif granites (roof outshot in the Puglivy Creek), as well as from veins and veinlets in contact hornfelses (Puglivoye and Obkhod deposits). It has been found that mineral phases are not as characteristic for mineralization in granites and Ni hornfelses, and that the Co/Ni increases with distance from the Levo-Seimkan massif due to the lower migration ability of Ni relative to that of Co in the course of successive geochemical differentiation.

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