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Vein formation of the Monchepluton and the Monchetundra intrusion contact zone
DOI: 10.21443/1560-9278-2022-25-1-27-37
- Unique Ore–Silicate Pegmatite of Monchepluton with High Contents of Ni, Cu, and PGE (Murmansk Region)
D. A. Orsoev, V. F. Smolkin, A. S. Mekhonoshin
Geology of Ore Deposits, 2024; 66(3): 249 - Low-sulfide platinum–metal deposits in the Kola region: A comparative analysis of the Yuzhnosopchinskoye ore occurrence and the Fedorova Tundra deposit
Ya. A. Rybnikova, T. V. Rundkvist
LITHOSPHERE (Russia), 2024; 24(1): 147
Abstract. The Monchegorsk region (Kola Peninsula) is distinguished by its platinum metal specialization and is a promising target for prospecting and exploration of valuable, strategically important platinum group metals. In the course of the study, the petrographic, petrochemical, and geochemical features of the vein bodies in the junction zone of large Early Proterozoic layered intrusions (the Monchegorsk pluton and the Monchetundra intrusion) have been characterized. Vein bodies are observed within the South Sopchinsky massif and the Moroshkovoe Lake massif. The veins are located near the contact of fine-medium-grained metapyroxenites (metanorites) and coarse-grained gabbronorites. Two main types of veins are identified: 1) veins of plagioclase-pyroxene and plagioclase-amphibole composition and 2) veins of quartz-feldspar and amphibole-plagioclase composition. Analysis of the content of chalcophilic elements in this area rocks has shown that the increased content of platinum group elements is associated with the first type of vein formations. Vein rocks of plagioclase-pyroxene and plagioclase-amphibole composition (type 1) contain on average Cu – 0.22 %, Ni – 0.11 %, ?PGE – 1 g/t, Au – 0.042 ppm. Vein rocks of quartz-feldspar and amphibole-plagioclase composition (type 2) contain on average Cu – 0.04 %, Ni – 0.01 %, ?PGE – 0.05 ppm, Au – 0.012 ppm. The distribution spectra of rare-earth and rare elements in the vein rocks of the South Sopchinsky massif and the Moroshkovoe Lake massif show both the commonality of all types of veins and the regular nature of differences in the composition of the veins.
Printed reference: Miroshnikova Ya. A. Vein formation of the Monchepluton and the Monchetundra intrusion contact zone // Vestnik of MSTU. 2022. V. 25, No 1. P. 27-37.
Electronic reference: Miroshnikova Ya. A. Vein formation of the Monchepluton and the Monchetundra intrusion contact zone // Vestnik of MSTU. 2022. V. 25, No 1. P. 27-37. URL: http://vestnik.mstu.edu.ru/v25_1_n90/03_Miroshnikova_27-37.pdf.
