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Geology and genesis of the Cheremshanka silica deposit, western Transbaikal region, Russia

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The geology and genesis of a large high-grade silica deposit is considered. It occurs in the form of a quartzite layer, 20–50 m thick, extending for 8 km in conformity with the host Upper Proterozoic silicate-carbonate metasedimentary rocks. The average content of SiO2 is 99.2%. It has been established that quartzite was formed by metasomatic silicification of sandstone during metamorphism of the carbonate-silicate sequence. The rocks were silicified by infiltration acid leaching, whereas long-term refinement of quartzite was provided by diffusion in finely dispersed capillary-porous systems, where the energy of the solution-solid phase interface was important. In the course of metasomatic migration of components, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Fe, and other elements were removed from quartzite and formed gold-sulfide mineralization in contact zones of the quartzite body. This opens up opportunities for discovering economic Au-Ag and Pb-Zn ores in the ore field.

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  1. Geological Institute, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sakh’yanovoi 6a, Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russia

    D. I. Tsarev, V. K. Khrustalev & D. Ts. Ayurzhanaeva

  2. Cheremshanka Mine, ZAO Kvartsit, Turuntaevo, 671260, Russia

    V. I. Gal’chenko

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Original Russian Text © D.I. Tsarev, V.K. Khrustalev, V.I. Gal’chenko, D.Ts. Ayurzhanaeva, 2007, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2007, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 334–345.

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Tsarev, D.I., Khrustalev, V.K., Gal’chenko, V.I. et al. Geology and genesis of the Cheremshanka silica deposit, western Transbaikal region, Russia. Geol. Ore Deposits 49, 297–307 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701507040046

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