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Orogenic Gold Mineralization of the Adycha Ore Region (East Yakutia, Russia): Geological Setting and Geochemical Features of Gold–Quartz Ores

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The analysis of features of the geological structure of the Adycha gold placer region shows that flat structures of the early collision stage control the setting of the ore fields. The ores are similar to host rocks in the main components, lithofile trace elements, and REEs. The features of the trace-element pattern and indicative ratios agree with the suggested metamorphic origin of the main volume of fluids, their weakly reduced and almost neutral conditions, and sorption rock–fluid interaction. A group of elements, the distribution of which is significantly distinct from those of the host rocks, is determined. The geochemical type of the ore region is caused by Mo, Au, Bi, and Sb, the contents of which are higher in all studied ore objects. Chromium, As, Pb, and Te are present in all ore fields, but not in all objects. The Co–Ni–W–Zn–Cd–Ag, Co–Ni–W–In–Mn–Cu–Sr, and Sn–In–Mn–Cu–Zn–Cd–Sr–Ag associations supplement the geochemical type of the Delyuvial’ny, Lazo, and Sentachan ore fields, respectively. Our studies along with thermobarogeochemical data refine the metamorphic–magmatic model of the formation of the gold–quartz deposits of the Kular–Nera belt and outline approaches for the practical application of these features.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 14-17-00170) and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (programs nos. 48 and 55).

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  1. Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Aristov, A. A. Volfson & N. V. Sidorova

  2. Institute of Diamond and Precious Metal Geology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 677000, Yakutsk, Russia

    V. V. Aristov

  3. Central Research Institute of Geological Prospecting for Base and Precious Metals (TsNIGRI), 125373, Moscow, Russia

    O. B. Ryzhov & A. V. Kurmayev

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Aristov, V.V., Ryzhov, O.B., Volfson, A.A. et al. Orogenic Gold Mineralization of the Adycha Ore Region (East Yakutia, Russia): Geological Setting and Geochemical Features of Gold–Quartz Ores. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 13, 446–463 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714019050026

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