Open AccessAldan-Vilyui ore-placer gold-bearing province, Russia
Author(s) -
A. V. Molchanov,
Artem Valerievich Terekhov,
Gleb Aleksandrovich Kozlov,
Ivan Olegovich Lebedev,
Elena Horochorina,
В. А. Гусев
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rudy i metally
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-554X
pISSN - 0869-5997
DOI - 10.47765/0869-5997-2021-10009
Subject(s) - placer mining , russian federation , geology , mining engineering , metallogeny , geochemistry , gold ore , tonnage , oil shale , placer deposit , mineral resource classification , geography , paleontology , oceanography , regional science , pyrite , sphalerite
Analysis of materials of the State Geological Map 1 : 1 000 000 (3rd generation) for the southern Sakha–Yakutiya territory in the course of compilation of the Minerogenic forecast map of the Russian Federation and its continental shelf, 1 : 2 500 000, and of the Map of the distribution regularities and forecast for porphyry goldcopper, large-tonnage black-shale gold, and epithermal gold deposits of the Russian Federation, 1 : 2 500 000, has allowed the authors to substantiate distinguishing the new Aldan-Vilyui ore-placer gold-bearing province with a total area of 450 000 km2 in the basins of the Lena, Aldan, and Vilyui rivers. The authors estimate the metallogenic potential of the province at 5000 t of gold. In the near future, this province may become a new extensive resource base of gold and related elements for the Russian Federation.