Aldan-Viluy province – a new ore- and placer gold-bearing area in the East of Russia

While compiling the 1:2.5 M Predictive Metallogenic Map of the Russian Federation and its Continental Shelf and sets of the 1 M State Geological Map (3rd generation) for South Yakutia (sheets: R-50, R-51, R-52, R-53, O-51 and O-52), the authors collected and analyzed vast material on geology, geochemistry, geophysics and minerals of this area, which evidence that a new Aldan-Viuluy ore- and placer gold-bearing province of total area of 450,000 km2 with metallogenic gold potential estimated at 5 kt of metal can be identified in the basin of the Lena, Aldan and Viluy rivers. Within their limits, it is necessary to set up large-scale predictive metallogenic studies to localize areas for exploration of Carlin (Kuranakh) type gold mineralization. Several mineragenic subdivisions of the rank of mineragenic zones, ore regions and nodes are outlined within the province. It is available to conduct the large-scale predictive metallogenic studies (GMK-50) in order to localize areas favorable to the identification Karlin-type (Kuranakh-type) ore gold.

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