Geologists will learn how volcanoes produce gold
TSU geologists have returned from an expedition to Yakutia, where they will conduct research to find new gold deposits. The geologists will be able to identify promising areas for mining by studying large igneous provinces (LIPs) formed as a result of magmatic processes hundreds of millions of years ago. The formation of deposits of gold, nickel, copper, platinum, and diamonds is associated with them.
- One of the main tasks of the project is to study the influence of LIPs on the appearance of ores in the so-called zones of disagreement. The research site is one of the largest gold-bearing provinces - Aldan, - says Platon Tishin, the head of the expedition, Dean of the Faculty of Geology and Geography. - In this province, there are such well-known deposits as Lebedinovskoye, Kurinakhskoye, and the Tabornoye and Gross deposits, which were discovered not so long ago in the western part of the Aldan Shield. In 2017, a new large manifestation of gold was discovered on the flank of these places, but its borders are not clear yet and reserves have not been calculated.
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