GEOLOGICAL-STRUCTURAL SETTING AND LOCALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS OF PYRITE-POLYMETALLIC ORES WITHIN SALAIR-KAMENUSHINSKOYE ORE FIELD, SALAIR RIDGE
Keywords:
pyrite-polymetallic ores, Salair-Kamenushinskoye ore field, geological-structural setting, localization environments, vent, circumvent, intermediate and remote facies.Abstract
The paper discusses geological-structural setting and localization environments of pyrite-polymetallic ores within the Salair-Kamenushinskoye ore field
consisting of the Salair and Kamenushinskaya depressions filled with volcanosedimentary material characterized by common petrochemical features
and similar lithological-facial composition. Description is given for the Salair ore district volcanic activity, Salair-Kamenushinskoye ore field confinement to
the late stage, an accumulation period of volcanogenic and volcanosedimentary deposits of sodic series’ contrast basalt-rhyolite unit. Rocks of vent, circumvent, intermediate and remote facies in relation to volcanic centers (feeders) are identified within the ore field, morphological ore types and their association with the identified facies are discussed.