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The Mineral Composition of Paleoproterozoic Metamorphosed Massive Sulfide Ores in the Kola Region (A Case Study of the Bragino Ore Occurrence, Southern Pechenga)

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Many massive sulfide ore occurrences and deposits in the Kola region are located within the Paleoproterozoic Pechenga–Imandra–Varzuga rift belt (2.5–1.7 Ga). They are hosted by volcanosedimentary complexes of the South Pechenga (Bragino ore occurrence) and western Imandra–Varzuga structural zones (Pirrotinovoe Ushchel’e deposit, Tahtarvumchorr ore occurrence, etc.). The age of the massive sulfide ore was estimated at ca. 1.9 Ga. The ores and their host complexes underwent amphibolite-facies metamorphism, which accounts for their specific mineral composition. The types of ores in the Bragino ore occurrence are discussed, the mineral assemblages are listed, and the major ore minerals, that is, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, marcasite, etc., are characterized.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the analysts of the Geological Institute, L.I. Konstantinova for the analyses of the chemical composition of the ores and A.V. Chernyavskii, for the photographs of the samples. Also, we thank V.V. Shilovskikh and N.S. Vlasenko (Resource Center “Geomodel”, Saint Petersburg State University) for helping in minerals investigations and E. Murashova for translating of this article.

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Kompanchenko, A.A., Voloshin, A.V. & Bazai, A.V. The Mineral Composition of Paleoproterozoic Metamorphosed Massive Sulfide Ores in the Kola Region (A Case Study of the Bragino Ore Occurrence, Southern Pechenga). Geol. Ore Deposits 62, 618–628 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701520070077

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