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Geochemical characteristics of precious metal-bearing carbonaceous sequences from the eastern Bureya Massif

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This paper reports the geochemical characteristics of PGE- and Au-bearing carbonaceous shales of the Sutyr and Kimkan sequences from the eastern Bureya Massif in the Russian Far East. The weakly altered shales are chemically close to the average upper crustal shale (NASC) but differ in the lower contents of iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and REE. According to the discrminant diagrams, these sediments are similar to the modern sediments accumulated under the influence of the continental terrigenous runoff, suprasubduction volcanism, and seawaters, which suggest their relation either with the deep-water trench near the active continental margin or with the central part of the marginal sea. The iron-rich sedimentary rocks of the Kimkan Sequence, including the Kimkan iron ore, are characterized by a positive Eu anomaly, which probably indicates their rift origin. The superimposed hydrothermal alterations of the Sutyr Sequence, including sericitization, sulfidization, and formation of quartz veinlets, were accompanied by the removal of silica and the input of potassium, LREE, and MREE with the formation of a well expressed Eu anomaly. The rocks from the weakly altered to metalliferous sediments of the Kimkan Sequence show a decrease in alkalis and especially in potassium. The carbon isotope composition of the Sutyr shales corresponds to that of the biogenic carbon (δ13CVPDB from −20.7 to −23.7‰). The shales of the Kimkan Sequence have a heavier carbon isotope composition (δ13CVPDB from −15.6 to −19.1‰), which may indicate either partial carbon influx from an endogenous source or its formation during decarbonatization in the presence of iron.

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Nevstruev, N.V. Berdnikov, V.P. Nechaev, 2014, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2014, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 3–14.

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Nevstruev, V.G., Berdnikov, N.V. & Nechaev, V.P. Geochemical characteristics of precious metal-bearing carbonaceous sequences from the eastern Bureya Massif. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 8, 77–88 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714014020055

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