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The Mineralogical and Geochemical Features of the Early Cretaceous Gold Ore Mineralization of the Eastern Flank of the Yana–Kolyma Orogenic Belt (Magadan Region, Russia)

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This article considers the mineralogical and geochemical features of the Early Cretaceous gold ore deposits in the Northern Okhotsk region, that is, the southeastern flank of the Yana-Kolyma orogenic belt and the Okhotsk sector of the Okhotsk–Koryak orogenic belt. Dating results are reviewed and the general and distinctive geological, mineralogical, and geochemical features of different mineralization types are shown. A close genetic link of ore mineralization with Early Cretaceous magmatism and formation of the Uda-Murgal magmatic arc is assumed.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 23-47-00064).

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Goryachev, N.A., Sotskaya, O.T., Goryachev, I.N. et al. The Mineralogical and Geochemical Features of the Early Cretaceous Gold Ore Mineralization of the Eastern Flank of the Yana–Kolyma Orogenic Belt (Magadan Region, Russia). Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 17, 586–600 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714023060039

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