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S.YU. STEPANOV, R.S. PALAMARCHUK, L.N. SHARPENOK (VSEGEI), P.N. PEREKREST (Ural branch JSC «Polymetal UK»), A.V. ANTONOV (VSEGEI)

New gold mineral occurrence Dorozhnoe in the exocontact of the Auerbakhovsky gabbrodiorit-­granite intrusive (Middle Ural)

The article presents new data on the gold mineralization of quartz­-carbonate veins developed in garnet skarns in the exocontact of the Auerbakhovsky gabbrodiorite-­granite intrusion. Gold was discover in native form. Its aggregates reach a size of several millimeters. The gold content in quartz­-carbonate veins is 50–60 g/t. The location of the new gold ore mineralization site near the large Vorontsovskoye gold deposit provides the prerequisites for revising the gold ore potential of the Vorontsovsko-­Peschansko ore­-magmatic system.
Keywords: native gold, quartz-­carbonate veins, garnet skarns, Auerbakhovsky intrusion, Northern Ural.