Formation and formation-fracture oxidation in Carbon-Permian sediments and ancient weathering crust of Western Yakutia and related scandium ore occurrences
https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2023-28-2-187-201
Abstract
Within the areas of Ulakhan-Kurung-Yuryakh and Bestyakh of the Malo-Botuobinsky district, and in the Syuldyukar kimberlite field of the Ygyattinsky district, the carbonate-terrigenous deposits of the Upper Cambrian period revealed signs of ancient formation-oxidation in the gray-colored and coal-bearing, terrigenous carbon-Permian deposits, and fractured formation-oxidation commonly found on rocks of the underlying carboniferous weather crust. The data on the distribution and correlation of U and Th, Sc, and V confirmed the formation of the oxidation zone. The ore-forming significance of ancient infiltration hypergenic processes was confirmed by X-ray fluorescence analysis of Sc concen- tration in the Сarboniferous and Triassic-Jurassic weathering crusts, and the Late Paleozoic sediments, in the Ulakhan-Kurung-Jurassic area, the Syuldyukar and Nakyn diamond-bearing fields. In the latter, we identified promising Sc ore occurrences in the ancient weathering crusts developed by kimberlites and Middle Paleozoic basites. The series of Sc ore occurrences are of particular interest in the diamond mining area of Nyurbinsky GOK AK ALROSA (PAO).
Keywords
ancient hypergenesis,
zones of formation and soil oxidation,
weathering crusts,
scandium,
kimberlites,
Yakutia
Supporting agencies: This study was carried out within the research project of the Russian State University for Geological Prospecting and supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant number 23-27-00280, dated 13.01.23).
About the Authors
P. А. IGNATOV
Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
IGNATOV, Petr Alekseevich, Dr. Sci. (Geol. and Mineral.), Professor
Moscow
Scopus AuthorID: 14624021100, AuthorID: 61399
R. U. EREMENKO
Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
EREMENKO, Ruslan Umarovich, graduate student
Moscow
A. V. TOLSTOV
Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
TOLSTOV, Alexander Vasilyevich, Dr. Sci. (Geol. and Mineral.), Leading Researcher
Yakutsk
ResearcherID: O-2643-2013
I. M. OVCHINNIKOV
AK “ALROSA”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
OVCHINNIKOV, Ilya Maksimovich, Expert, AuthorID: 11356007
Mirny
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IGNATOV P.А., EREMENKO R.U., TOLSTOV A.V., OVCHINNIKOV I.M. Formation and formation-fracture oxidation in Carbon-Permian sediments and ancient weathering crust of Western Yakutia and related scandium ore occurrences. Arctic and Subarctic Natural Resources. 2023;28(2):187-201. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2023-28-2-187-201
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