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Pyasino–Vologochan intrusion: Geological structure and platinum–copper–nickel ores (Norilsk Region)

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Rocks enriched in olivine, such as olivine and picritic gabbro–dolerite and troctolite are abundant in the Pyasino–Vologochan intrusion. In contrast to Norilsk type ore-bearing massifs, ultramafic rocks of the intrusion are dominated by troctolite. Picritic gabbro–dolerite and troctolite are located between olivine and olivine-bearing gabbro–dolerite. These rocks are related by gradual transitions. The rocks are enriched in olivine, but depleted in magnesium relative to the Norilsk type ore-bearing massifs. The intrusion is also distinguished by low chromium content in the rocks. Most disseminated Pt–Cu–Ni ores are confined to troctolite and picritic gabbro–dolerite, and to a lesser extent, to contact and olivine gabbro–dolerite. The ore is mainly observed as low-sulfur assemblages of sulfides with troilite, Fe-rich hexagonal pyrrhotite, Fe-rich chalcopyrite, talnakhite, Fe-rich pentlandite, and cubanite. The total content of platinum group elements (PGE) in the ore (ppm) is as follows: from 0.45–3.47 to 7.8; gold, from 0.05–0.24 to 0.49; and silver, from 0.53–4.50 to 8.30. Disseminated ores of the Pyasino–Vologochan intrusion contain the following Pt and Pd minerals: sobolevskite, Te-sobolevskite, Te-insizwaite, maslovite, paolovite, zvyagintsevite, atokite, niggliite, mertieite II, guanglinite, and Pd2(As,Sb), Pd2(Sn,As), Pd3Sb, (Pd,Ni)2As minerals. The similarities and differences between the Pyasino–Vologochan intrusion and Norilsk type ore-bearing massifs are discussed in this paper.

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  1. Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetnyi per. 35, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    S. F. Sluzhenikin

  2. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. A. Krivolutskaya

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Original Russian Text © S.F. Sluzhenikin, N.A. Krivolutskaya, 2015, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2015, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 424–444.

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Sluzhenikin, S.F., Krivolutskaya, N.A. Pyasino–Vologochan intrusion: Geological structure and platinum–copper–nickel ores (Norilsk Region). Geol. Ore Deposits 57, 381–401 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701515050050

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