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Features of the Mineralogy of the Ores of the Southern Flank of the Mutnovskoe Gold–Silver–Polymetallic Deposit (Southern Kamchatka)

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The Mutnovskoe deposit is one of the largest and most prospective ore deposits in South Kamchatka. The northern and southern flanks within the main veining zone Opredelyayushchaya, composed of low-sulfi (goldsilver) and sulfide-polymetallic (gold-silver-polymetallic) types of ores, respectively, are distinguished. The paper presents the results of the complex mineralogical and geochemical studies of the gold-silver-polymetallic ores of the southern flank of the deposit. Features of textures and structures, mineral, chemical compositions and genesis of the ores, as well forms of precious and base metals occurrences are shown. Typomorphic features of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, tennantite-tetrahedrite, Au, Ag, Pb and Bi tellurides, native gold, Bi, Se and Ag sulfosalts are characterized. The pyrite-sphalerite, quartz, sphalerite-galena-quartz, and chalcopyrite-tennantite-tetrahedrite mineral associations are distinguished. The temperatures and composition of ore-forming solutions are shown.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors express their gratitude to their colleagues at the Laboratory of Volcanogenic Ore Formation of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; V.V. Kulikov and A.A. Platonov for their assistance in the preparation and processing of stone material and the production of polished ores and polished sections and R.N. Kulikova for plates, as well at the Analytical Center of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, N.I. Chebrova and A.O. Sadovnikova, and at the Institute for Problems of Microelectronics Technology and High-Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, V.K. Karan-dashev, for performing analytical work, as well as to the reviewers for important and valuable recommendations.

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    K. O. Shishkanova, V. M. Okrugin & T. M. Filosofova

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Shishkanova, K.O., Okrugin, V.M. & Filosofova, T.M. Features of the Mineralogy of the Ores of the Southern Flank of the Mutnovskoe Gold–Silver–Polymetallic Deposit (Southern Kamchatka). Geol. Ore Deposits 66, 142–158 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701524010057

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