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Gold and silver production in epithermal deposits of the Pacific ore belt has grown sharply over the last several years. In this context, the forecasting, study, and appraisal of these deposits in volcanogenic belts of Eastern Russia are among the most topical tasks of widening the available mineral resources of noble metals in the region.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Volkov, A.A. Sidorov, 2013, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 8, pp. 720–730.
The authors work at the RAS Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Volkov, Dr. Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.), is a sector head. RAS Corresponding Member Anatolii Alekseevich Sidorov is an RAS adviser.
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Volkov, A.V., Sidorov, A.A. Economic implications of epithermal gold-silver deposits. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 83, 365–374 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331613040096
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