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- Title
Character of gold mineralization in the late Cenozoic alluvium of the Bauntov area (Vitim highland, Transbaikal region).
- Authors
Nesterenko, G.; Roslyakov, N.; Zhmodik, S.; Kalinin, Yu.; Morozova, N.; Kirillov, M.; Kolpakov, V.; Belyanin, D.; Osintsev, S.
- Abstract
Study of gold potential of the Late Cenozoic alluvium in the Bauntov area is based on the Taloi basin and Sivo sector (China River basin). Primary placer-forming gold is mainly represented by endogenous varieties. In contrast to alluvium of streams in the Taloi basin, Middle-Upper Quaternary alluvium of the Sivo sector (China River basin) is enriched in fine and tiny gold (smaller than 0.25 mm). The paper presents data testifying to a low Au content in the silt fraction of slimes from boreholes drilled in the Cenozoic alluvium (alluvium-deluvium) from transverse valleys in the Taloi basin and, hence, to an significant manifestation of the chemogenic concentration of this metal therein. Issue of the existence of specific conditions favorable for the formation of hydrogenic gold in the northern high-latitude zones requires further studies. The results show that lithochemical gold aureoles have an important prospecting significance. They also suggest the practical significance of accumulations of fine and tiny gold in the syn-stratal alluvium and alluvium-deluvium of large ore placer areas.
- Subjects
TRANSBAIKALIA (Russia); MINERALIZATION; GOLD; CENOZOIC Era; ALLUVIUM; GEOLOGICAL basins; QUATERNARY Period
- Publication
Lithology & Mineral Resources, 2014, Vol 49, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
0024-4902
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0024490214010027