Scholarly record
PLATINUM METAL, GOLD AND SILVER SECONDARY DISPERSION HALOS OF THE SVETLOBORSKY DUNITE-CLINOPYROXENITE MASSIF FROM THE PLATINUM BELT OF THE URALS
Abstract
The Svetloborsky dunite-clinopyroxenite massif of the Platinum belt of the Urals is almost entirely covered by eluvial-deluvial sediments, which makes it difficult to search for platinum metal mineralization in primary dunites. Lithogeochemical survey of soil-forming eluvial-deluvial sediments was conducted to identify and outline of the platinum anomalies. According to the results of lithogeochemical survey secondary dispersion haloes of palladium, gold, chromium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and other rare elements, besides platinum anomalies, were revealed. According to the results of multivariate statistics, the following associations are distinguished: Cr-Co-Ni-Mn, which can be considered as "dunite association", and Ag-Ba-Pb-V-Ti-Cu-P-Sr, which includes elements typical for the dike complex of the massif and can be considered as "dyke association". Platinum demonstrates positive correlation links with elements of "dunite association" and negative relationships with elements of "dike association". Platinum tends to palladium and gold anomalies, as well as to the "dunite" association. Thus, eluvial formations of the Svetloborsky massif have significant practical importance. Their lithogeochemical sampling can serve as an effective search method for platinum metal ore mineralization in primary dunites of the massifs of such type. They can become an additional source of platinum metals during the processing of primary platinum-bearing dunites of these massifs.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References14
Auge T. Maurizot P., Breton J. et al. Magmatic and supergene platinum-group minerals in the New Caledonia ophoilite // Chroniques de la Recherche Miniere. 1995, № 520, P. 3-26
Bowles John F. W. The development of Platinum-Group Minerals in laterites // Economic Geology, 1986, V.81, P. 1278-1285
Cabri L.J. Re-examination of Pt alloys from lode and placer deposits, Ural. / L.J. Cabri, A.D.Genkin // Canad. Mineral. 1991, №29, P. 419-425
Fuchs A.W., Rose A.W. The Geochemical Behavour of Platinum and Palladium in the Weathering Cycle in the Stillwater Complex, Montana. // Economic Geology, 1974, v. 69, № 3, P. 332-346
Ivanov O.K. Concentrically zoned pyroxenite-dunite massifs of the Urals. Ekaterinburg: Publishing House of the Ural University Press, 1997, 488 p.
Lazarenkov V.G. Talovina I.V., Beloglazov, I.N., Volodin V.I. Platinum metals in the supergene nickel deposits and prospects for industrial extraction. St.-Petersburg: Nedra, 2006, 188 p.
Lazarenkov V.G., Talovina I.V. Geochemistry of platinum group elements. St-Petersburg. Galart, 2001, 266 p.
PGE mineralization in geological complexes of the Urals / K.K. Zoloyev, Y.A. Volchenko, V.A. Beguiling et al. Ekaterinburg, 2001, 199 p.
Putikov O.F., Margovich E.G. On the ratio of elements concentrations in the jet dispersion halos, recorded by various geoelectrochemical methods // Notes of the Mining Institute, 2009, T.183, P. 95-100
Salpéteur I. Martel Jantin B., Rakotomanana D. Pt and Pd mobility in ferralitic soils of the West Andriamena area (Madagascar): Evidence of a supergene origin of some Pt and Pd minerals. // Chron. rech. min, 2000, № 520, P. 27-45
Talovina I.V., Lazarenkov V.G., Vorontsova, N.I. Platinum and gold in oxide-silicate nickel ores of the Buruktal and Ufaley deposits, Urals // Lithology and helpful. Resources, 2003, № 5, P. 474-487
Telegin Y.M., Telegina T.V., Tolstykh N.D. Geologic features of platinum occurrences of Svetloborsky and Kamenushinsky massifs of Urals Platinum Belt // Mafic-ultramafic complexes of folded regions and related fields. Ekaterinburg: IGiG UB RAS, 2009, V.2, P. 212-215
Tolstykh N.D., Telegin Y.M., Kozlov A.P. Bedrock platinum mineralization of Svetloborsky and Kamenushinsky massifs of Urals Platinum Belt // Geology and Geophysics, 2011, T.52, № 6, P. 775-793
Traoré D., Augé T. Alteration and supergene evolution of Platinum-Group Minerals in the Pirogues Mineralization, New Caledonia Ophiolite. // Abstr. 10-th Internnational Platimnum Symposium, 2005, P. 588-591.
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
