Prospects of the Solovyev gold mining center of the Amur gold-bearing province

Authors

  • Vitaly A. Stepanov Scientific and Research Geotechnological Center, FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
  • Anton V. Melnikov Institute of Geology and Nature Management, FEB RAS, Blagoveshchensk, Russia

Keywords:

gold ore center, province, metallogenic zone, deposit, manifestation

Abstract

The description of the Solovyev gold mining center of the Amur gold-bearing province is given. The center includes ore-placer nodes of the Yankan and Jeltulak metallogenic zones of the province. Since the beginning of gold mining at the end of the XIX century, about 53 tons of ore gold have been mined here. The ratio of ore and placer gold production, equal to 1:6, indicates significant prospects for the identification of new gold deposits. The prospects of the Solovyev gold mining center are the additional study of the identified manifestations of gold-quartz, gold-sulfide-quartz, gold-polymetallic, as well as gold-mercury (Karlin type) formations.

Author Biographies

Vitaly A. Stepanov, Scientific and Research Geotechnological Center, FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy, Professor, Chief Researcher

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7028-3662

Anton V. Melnikov, Institute of Geology and Nature Management, FEB RAS, Blagoveshchensk, Russia

Candidate of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy, Leading Researcher

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-653X

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Published

2023-09-06

How to Cite

Stepanov В. А., & Melnikov А. В. (2023). Prospects of the Solovyev gold mining center of the Amur gold-bearing province. Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, (1), 6–20. Retrieved from http://www.vestnikdvo.ru/index.php/vestnikdvo/article/view/1048

Issue

No. 1 (2023)

Section

Earth and environment sciences