Mineralization Styles in the Orogenic (Quartz Vein) Gold Deposits of the Eastern Kazakhstan Gold Belt: Implications for Regional Prospecting

• Published in: Minerals (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 8; p. 885
• Main Authors: Konopelko, Dmitry L., Zhdanova, Valeriia S., Stepanov, Sergei Y., Sidorova, Ekaterina S., Petrov, Sergei V., Kozin, Aleksandr K., Aliyev, Emil S., Saltanov, Vasiliy A., Kalinin, Mikhail A., Korneev, Andrey V., Seltmann, Reimar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 21.08.2025
• Subjects: Anomalies; Arsenopyrite; Bolshevism; Carbonates; Carbonation; Cementing; Chemical elements; Chlorite; Deposits; Elements; Exploration; Fault lines; Fluids; Geochemistry; Geology; Gold; Gold mines & mining; Hydroxides; Inclusions; Iron; Low temperature; Mercury; Metamorphism; Microscopy; Mineralization; Mineralogy; Orogeny; Oxidation; Pyrite; Pyrrhotite; Quartz; Rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Sediments; Shale; Shales; Spatial distribution; Statistical methods; Sulfides; Sulphides; Veins (geology); Central Asia; Kazakhstan

The Eastern Kazakhstan Gold Belt is a major black-shale-hosted gold province in Central Asia where the main types of deposits comprise mineralized zones with auriferous sulfides (micro- and nano-inclusions of gold and refractory gold) and quartz veins with visible gold. The quartz vein deposits are...