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The Composition of Volatiles in Quartz and Pyrite from the Konduyak Gold Deposit (Yenisei Ridge, Russia)
by Elena Shaparenko, Taras Bul’bak, Anatoly Tomilenko, Anatoly Sazonov, Marina Petrova, Sergey Silyanov, Nadezhda Gibsher and Margarita Khomenko
Minerals 2025, 15(3), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/min15030278 - 9 Mar 2025
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The Konduyak gold–quartz–sulfide deposit is one of the most promising gold mines in the Ayakhta gold ore cluster on the Yenisei ridge. This article is devoted to the study of the composition of the volatile compounds in the ore-forming fluid, since this is [...] Read more.
The Konduyak gold–quartz–sulfide deposit is one of the most promising gold mines in the Ayakhta gold ore cluster on the Yenisei ridge. This article is devoted to the study of the composition of the volatile compounds in the ore-forming fluid, since this is one of the key aspects in understanding the conditions of deposit formation. The compositions of the fluids that formed quartz and pyrite in the deposit ore zone were determined using Raman spectroscopy and pyrolysis-free gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The study of the fluid inclusions in the minerals showed that complex C-H-O-S-N multi-component fluids formed the quartz–sulfide ore zones. A range of 232 to 302 various volatile compounds were found in the fluids. The mineralizing fluids mainly consist of H2O (14.25–96.02 rel. %) and CO2 (2.07–54.44 rel. %). A high SO2 content (14.60–44.95 rel. %) is typical of fluids trapped by pyrites. Moreover, a wide range of hydrocarbons (oxygen-free aliphatic, cyclic, heterocyclic, and oxygenated) and nitrogenated and sulfur compounds were found among the volatiles in the fluid. The variable H/(H + O) ratios, from 0.51 to 0.81, and CO2/(CO2 + H2O) ratios, from 0.02 to 0.56, indicate changes in the redox conditions during ore formation. Full article
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