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The distribution of gold in biogenic apatites from the Ordovician deposits in the northwest of the East European Platform shows that the maximum concentration of gold in apatites is found within the Ladoga-Baltic suture zone. Gold mineralization has a superimposed character, which is confirmed by the dependence of the gold content on the size of apatite particles and a number of isotope geochemical systematics in biogenic apatites. Gold is present in the form of high fineness particles to 20 µm in size on the surface of biogenic apatite fragments (phosphate brachiopod shells and conodont elements) and is easily extracted. In 10 % of samples of biogenic apatites, the total content of rare earth elements is more than 1 wt.%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)470-475
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Mining Institute
Volume255
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Jul 2022

    Research areas

  • Baltic-Ladoga phosphorite basin, biogenic apatites, gold, isotopic systematics, Ordovician

    Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Energy (miscellaneous)
  • Geology
  • Economic Geology

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