Mnogovershinnoe Deposit

Occurrence in Primorskiy Kray, Russia with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Tin, Tungsten, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085923
MRDS ID W701781
Record type Site
Current site name Mnogovershinnoe Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 138.99825, 53.9981 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Primorskiy Kray(province)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Russia Primorskiy Kray

Comments on the location information

  • WITHIN THE PRIMOR'E VOLCANIC BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphic - Hornfelsing And Skarnification; Hydrothermal (Low To Medium Temperature) - Propylitization, Quartz-Muscovite, Epidote-Chlorite, Horneblende-Epidote-Chlorite, Chlorite-Carbonate-Sericite Associations

Analytical data

Result VISIBLE GOLD IS RARELY OBSERVED. FLAKES ARE GENERALLY 0.2-0.4MM OCCURRING IN LUMPY AND DENDRITIC FORMS. IN THE EARLY QUARTZ-PYRITE ASSOCIATION, GOLD IS DISSEMINATED, AND IN THE MAIN ORE ZONE FORMS MINUTE INCLUSIONS WITHIN OR CEMENTS AND ENWRAPS THE ORE MINERAL GRAINS. GOLD FINENESS RANGES FROM 575-960 AND THE RATIO OF GOLD TO SILVER IS 1:1.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Silinsk Group
    Rock description Silinsk Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Samarga Group;;Udoma Complex;
    Rock description Samarga Group;;Udoma Complex;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 138.99825, 53.9981

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deep-Seated Elongate Ne Faults And Ne-Nw Fractures And Joints, Creating A Complex Block Structure Of The Ore Field.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mongolian-Okhotsk Gold Belt, And The Sikhote - Alin Rare Metal Belt.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID BODIES OF QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE VEINS AND VEINLETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Nw Faults, Fractures And Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DOMINANT FAULTS IN THE REGION ARE NE STRIKING AND THE PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO A ZONE OF A MAJOR NE FAULT, TRACEABLE FOR MORE THAN 7 KM, AND SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF METERS IN WIDTH. WITHIN THE ZONE ARE SUBPARALLEL AND CONVERGENT AURIFEROUS METASOMATITE LENSES UP TO 800M IN LENGTH WITH A THICKNESS OF A FEW CM TO 100M. THE LENSES USUALLY STRIKE NE WITH A STEEP NW DIP. THE PRINCIPAL VEIN MINERAL IS QUARTZ (UP TO 94-97%) WITH MUSCOVITE, ADULARIA, SERICITE, AND HYDROMICAS. THE ORE MINERALS MAKE UP 0.5-1%. PRESENCE OF A RARE-METAL+TOURMALINE MINERALIZATION REFLECTS THE JUNCTION OF THE GOLD MONGOLIAN-OKHOTSK BELT AND THE RARE-METAL SIKHOTE-ALIN BELT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, V. III, P.15-17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A COMPLEX BLOCK STRUCTURE WHICH HAS BEEN INTENSELY REWORKED AS A RESULT OF CONTACT AND HYDROTHERMAL METAMORPHISM RESULTING IN QUARTZ AND QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE LENSES WITH SULFIDE VEINS AND VEINLETS OF FINE-GRAINED, CHALCEDONY-LIKE AURIFEROUS QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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