Abstract—The problem of the origin of “white granite” in the Kester harpolith of the Arga–Ynnakh–Khaya Pluton is discussed. The morphology, occurrence, and nature of the intrusive contacts of the Kester harpolith prove its magmatic origin. The petrographic and petrochemical properties of “white granite” allow its identification as a postorogenic rare-metal high-phosphorus granite of the Li-F geochemical type. The magmatic genesis of the “white granite” texture is supported by statistical methods. The composition, typomorphic properties, ontogenetic features internal structure and relationship of accessory minerals indicate that the major accessories of the granite, that is, cassiterite, columbite, tantalite, “wolframoixiolite,” zircon, and ferberite, were formed at the late stage of the low-temperature rare-metal granitic melt. The Kester harpolith within the Arga–Ynnakh–Khaya granite pluton and the eponymous tin–rare-metal deposit genetically related to it are a part of the Far East Superprovince of rare-metal granites.
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The Kester Complex has been abolished from the Q-53 sheet of the State Geological Map 1000/3 on the ground that rare-metal granites are considered metasomatic (State ..., 2016).
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We are deeply grateful to V.N. Podkorytov, principal researcher of the Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences for the chance to use materials from the personal files of M.A. Romanova, scientific researcher of the Laboratory of Mathematical Institute, Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. We thank O.L. Galankina, senior scientific researcher of the Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences for her assistance in the study of granite minerals.
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Alekseev, V.I., Marin, Y.B. On the Genesis of “White Granite” from the Kester Harpolith, Arga–Ynnakh–Khaya Pluton, East Yakutia. Geol. Ore Deposits 62, 719–730 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701520080024
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