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First data on the noble metal geochemistry of the rocks from the gabbro-anorthosite massifs of the Kalar group

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This paper addresses the geochemical features of the noble metal disseminated sulfide and Timagnetite mineralization in the rocks of the Kalar group of autonomous gabbro-anorthosite massifs. The investigations suggest that this mineralization was formed in two stages. The first stage is related to the gabbroanorthosites proper and may be promising for low-sulfide PGE mineralization as well as PGE-bearing Ti-magnetite mineralization, while the second stage is linked to the ultrabasic intrusions associated with copper-nickel or chromite mineralization accompanying by PGE. The horizons of low-sulfide mineralization in the gabbro-anorthosites and copper-nickel mineralization in the dunite-pyroxenites are characterized by the Pd predominance over Pt, while the Cr-bearing and Ti-magnetite ores show the Pt predominance over Pd.

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Buchko, A. A. Sorokin, 2010, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2010, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 3–12.

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Buchko, I.V., Sorokin, A.A. First data on the noble metal geochemistry of the rocks from the gabbro-anorthosite massifs of the Kalar group. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 4, 461–469 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714010060011

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