Forecasting criteria for sulphide PGE-copper-nickel deposits of the Noril’sk province (In English)
https://doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2021-21-5-660-682
Abstract
Research subject. World-class sulphide platinum-group-element (PGE)-Cu-Ni deposits occur within the Noril’sk-Talnakh region of northern Siberia, Russia. The signifcance of these deposits presents opportunities to determine the most effective approaches for the search of similar deposits using commercial PGE-Cu-Ni deposit examples. Materials and methods. Petrological and geochemical analysis of the ultramafc-mafc intrusions of the Noril’sk province ranks them into three types in terms of sulphide mineralization style and economic signifcance: 1) economic intrusions containing unique and large sulphide PGE-Cu-Ni deposits (Oktyabr’sk, Talnakh and Noril’sk-1); 2) subeconomic intrusions that contain small- to medium-sized Cu-Ni sulphide deposits, and medium-sized to large PGE deposits (Chernogorsk, Zub-Marksheider, Vologochan, etc.); 3) uneconomic intrusions that contain low-grade disseminated Cu-Ni ores with ≈0.2 wt % of Cu and Ni, and low Cr and PGE (Nizhny Talnakh, Zelyonaya Griva, etc.). Results and conclusions. Principal sources used in exploration for rich sulphide PGE-Cu-Ni ores include structural, magmatic, stratigraphic-lithological, geochemical, mineralogical, metamorphic and some others. Based on an analysis of isotope-geochemical data, new indicators for locating sulphide PGE-Cu-Ni mineralization are suggested. A restricted range of S-isotope values, and a negative trend for coupled S-Cu isotope compositions can be employed as useful guides to assess the economic potential of a PGE-Cu-Ni sulphide deposit. It is proposed that the Chernogorsk ultramafc-mafc intrusion of the Noril’sk province is the most promising target in a search for rich PGE-Cu-Ni ores. It is suggested that the previously known mineralogical-geochemical and novel isotope-geochemical characteristics of sulphide and silicate minerals are important indicators in assessing the potential ore content of ultramafc-mafc intrusions of the Noril’sk province.
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Supporting agencies: This investigation was supported by Ministry of Science and higher Education of the Russian Federation (state assignment No. AAAA-A18-118052590026-5) and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 18-05-70073-Arctic Resources)
About the Author
K. N. Malitch
A.N. Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, uB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
15 Akad. Vonsovsky st., Ekaterinburg 620110
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