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World-Class Mineral Deposits of Northeastern Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia

  • Describes the geology of a unique metallogenic province with different deposits that will be very important for the Russian economy in the future, of interest to companies and researchers
  • Includes new types of mineralization (PGE and U-REE) that have not been described in literature
  • Offers many new geochemical and mineralogical data on magmatic rocks and sulfide ores
  • Includes new views on genesis of deposits and the important role of hydrothermal processes in origin of copper sandstones, of interest to researchers and students

Part of the book series: Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences (MASE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 3-10
    3. Regional Geology of the Kodar-Udokan Mineral District

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 11-33
  3. Mineral Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. The Cu-Ag-Fe Udokan Deposit

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 37-85
    3. Satellite Sandstone-Hosted Cu-Ag-Fe Deposits in Rocks of the Udokan Supergroup

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 87-112
  4. Mineral Deposits in Magmatic Rocks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. The Chiney Layered Pluton: Structure and Mineral Composition

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 115-160
    3. Chemistry and General Typification of Intrusive Rocks

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 161-181
    4. Titanomagnetite Ore in the Chiney Pluton

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 183-202
    5. Sulfide Mineralization Related to the Chiney Pluton

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 203-242
    6. Other Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions of the Chiney Intrusive Complex

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 243-254
  5. Mineral Deposits in Hydrothermally Altered Rocks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
    2. The Nb-Ta-Zr-REE-Y Katugin Deposit

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 257-271
    3. U-REE Mineralization

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 273-284
    4. Metallogenic Province of Northeastern Transbaikalia: A Summary

      • Bronislav Gongalsky, Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
      Pages 285-291
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 293-321

About this book

This book describes for the first time the complexity of the Northeastern Transbaikalia province of Russia. This province is one of the largest Early Proterozoic metallogenic provinces on Earth. It comprises three extra large deposits: Cu-sandstones Udokan, Fe-Ti-V and Cu-PGE Chiney, and REE Katugin. This book is a research study and includes geological, mineralogical, and geochemical data obtained by the authors from 30 field trips in the region, using XRF, ICP-MS, La-ICP-MS, EPMA, and the study of Sr, Nd, U-Pb isotopes in rocks and minerals. It demonstrates the complicated origin of Cu deposits comprising 50 Mt copper concentrated in sedimentary and magmatic rocks in this area.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Geology of Ore Deposits Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Bronislav Gongalsky

  • Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Nadezhda Krivolutskaya

About the authors

Bronislav Gongalsky has been working in Transbaikalia since 1969 after graduating from Kiev Geological Prospecting College. He was a geologist of the Sosnovsky Uranium Expedition. He graduated from Moscow Geological Institute in 1973 and received PhD diploma performed on the topic “Petrogenesis of Paleozoic granites of Eastern Transbaikalia”. In 1982-1995 he was a head of the Laboratory of Geology at the Institute of Natural Resources of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Chita city).The main objects of study are ore deposits of Transbaikalia including Au-quartz deposits (Ithaka, Ukonik, Kluchevskoe, Aleksandrovskoe), Cu-sandstone (Udokan, Unkur), and Cu-Ni deposits (Chiney, Luktur), and currently he works on Fe-Ti-V and PGE-Cu-Ni deposits of different areas. .  B.Gongalsky defended the Doctor thesis in 2012, and got a status of Doctor of geology-mineralogy sciences. At the moment, he is a Leader Researcher at the Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Bronislav Gongalsky was awarded by Special Mark of Russian Governement "Excellence in mineral exploration" (2006). He is author of 3 books,  4 book chapters, and many articles in international journals.

Nadezhda Krivolutskaya graduated from Moscow State University as an economic geologist . She has been working at different institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences : at the Institute of Natural Resources of Siberian Branch of RAS (Chita, before 1994), Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Moscow, 1994 -2001), and Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry (Moscow, 2002 – present time). N. Krivolutskaya studies  ore deposits of different genetic types (Au-quartz deposits , Cu-sandstone  and Cu-Ni –PGE, mostly of the Noril’sk area).  She defended a PhD thesis entitled “Geology and origin of Cu ores of the Chiney Massif” in 1989, and Doctor thesis “Evolution of trap magmatism and Cu-Ni-PGE deposits of the Noril’sk area” in 2012. She was awarded by the Special Price of  Russian Academy of Sciences for her study of ore deposits of Eastern Siberia in 2015 . At the moment, she is a Leader Researcher at Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of  Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. She published 5 books, 3 book chapters, and many articles.


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eBook USD 39.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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