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Ore belts of the Greater Altai and their ore resource potential

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The results of comprehensive geological and metallogenic studies of the Greater Altai are presented. This project has been carried out since 1997 under the guidance of Academician G.N. Shcherba. The importance of these investigations is determined by the need to enhance and further develop mineral resources of nonferrous, noble, rare, and other metals for operating mining and metallurgical enterprises of Kazakhstan. The great body of information on the geology, geophysics, and metallogeny of the region obtained over many years has been integrated on the basis of new global tectonics. The Greater Altai embraces the Hercynides of the Rudny Altai, Qalba-Narym, West Qalba, Zharma-Saur, and the adjacent territories of Russia and China. The present-day tectonic units are considered to be detached blocks of ancient continental massifs that drifted in the Paleoasian ocean and then amalgamated into the structure of the Greater Altai during the Hercynian collision. The tectonic and metallogenic demarcation of the studied territory made possible the recognition of the Rudny Altai, Qalba-Narym, West Qalba, and Zharma-Saur ore belts, different in geology, geodynamic evolution, and metallogeny. The formation conditions and localization of volcanic-hosted massive sulfide, gold, and rare-metal deposits pertaining to certain ore-bearing geochronological levels were specified, and the potential of the region for various mineral resources was estimated.

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  1. Altai Geological and Ecological Institute, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ul. Karla Libknekhta 21, Ust-Kamenogorsk, 070004, Kazakhstan

    B. A. D’yachkov & E. M. Sapargaliev

  2. Vostkaznedra Territorial Geological Survey, Committee for Geology and Subsurface Management, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ul. Tokhtarova 35, Ust-Kamenogorsk, 070004, Kazakhstan

    D. V. Titov

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Original Russian Text © B.A. D’yachkov, D.V. Titov, E.M. Sapargaliev, 2009, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2009, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 222–238.

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D’yachkov, B.A., Titov, D.V. & Sapargaliev, E.M. Ore belts of the Greater Altai and their ore resource potential. Geol. Ore Deposits 51, 197–211 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701509030027

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