Character of the distribution and the form of finding platinum group elements in the chromitites of the Svetloborsky, Veresovoborsky and Kamenushensky clinopyroxenite-dunite intrusions (Middle Urals)

Abstract

The note describes the mineralogical and geochemical features of platinum-bearing vein-disseminated and massive chromitite from the dunites of the Svetloborsky, Veresovoborsky and Kamenushensky clinopyroxenite-dunite intrusions located in the Middle Urals. It was found that platinum in chromitites has an extremely uneven distribution and is concentrated in the form of Pt-Fe intermetallides. The texture-structural features of the chromitites studied, the distribution of platinum group elements and the composition of chromoshpinelides in them are similar to the detailed study of the chromitites of the zonal clinopyroxenite-dunite intrusions of the Urals (Nizhnetagilsky) and Koryakia (Gal’moenan).