The paper analyses geological position of the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit which is untypical for the Urals folded belt. This deposit is a part of the ore-magmatic system formed in connection with the Auerbakhovsky massif at the North Urals. There are displayed data on mineralogical-geochemical and petrographic characteristics of studied gold-bearing breccias with detail description of their cement. It contains realgar and orpiment, and, in subordinate quantity, Hg-bearing sphalerite, dimorphite, routhierite and minerals of the gruzdevite-aktashite isomorphous series. Obtained data allow to attribute these gold-bearing breccias, with realgar-orpiment cement, to fluid-explosive formations. This is one of numerous evidences to consider ore deposits connected with Auerbakhovsky massif as parts of a uniform ore-magmatic system with distinct lateral zoning.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-43
Number of pages15
JournalZapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva
Volume146
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

    Research areas

  • Auerbakhovsky massif, Copper-porphyry ore system, Fluid-explosive breccias, Orpiment-realgar association, The North Ural, Vorontsovskoe gold-ore deposit

    Scopus subject areas

  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Geology
  • Economic Geology
  • Materials Chemistry

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