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Sources and formation conditions of ferromanganese mineralization of the Bureya and Khanka massifs, Russian Far East

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The geochemical features of typical representatives of ferromanganese deposits are studied in the eastern Bureya and Khanka massifs (Russian Far East). Based on the major-, trace-, and rare-earth element distribution, the hydrothermal–sedimentary (with hydrogenic component) nature of their mineralization is established and the geodynamic setting and depth of ore formation are estimated. The differences in the depth and redox conditions of ore formation resulted in the metallogenic zonation of the Khingan block (Bureya Massif), which is expressed in a westward change in ore composition from the magnetite ores of the Kosten’ga–Kimkan zone to the hematite–magnetite and iron–manganese ores of the South Khingan zone. The conclusions about the participation of hydrothermal sources in the formation of ore mineralization of the studied deposits and the specifics of their localization require revision of the strategy of exploration and evaluation of ferromanganese ores in the southern Far East.

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Berdnikov, V.G. Nevstruev, B.G. Saksin, 2016, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2016, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 28–39.

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Berdnikov, N.V., Nevstruev, V.G. & Saksin, B.G. Sources and formation conditions of ferromanganese mineralization of the Bureya and Khanka massifs, Russian Far East. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 10, 263–273 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714016040023

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