First Find of Ga-Bearing Minerals in Ores of Ural Massive Sulfide Deposits

N. P. Safina; N. R. Ayupova; E. V. Belogub; V. V. Maslennikov; I. A. Blinov; I. G. Zhukov; D. A. Artem’ev

doi:10.1134/S1028334X18060090

First Find of Ga-Bearing Minerals in Ores of Ural Massive Sulfide Deposits

Authors: Safina N.P.¹^,2, Ayupova N.R.¹^,2, Belogub E.V.¹^,2, Maslennikov V.V.¹^,2, Blinov I.A.¹, Zhukov I.G.¹^,2, Artem’ev D.A.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Mineralogy, Ural Branch
2. Miass Branch
Issue: Vol 480, No 2 (2018)
Pages: 746-749
Section: Geochemistry
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-334X/article/view/193350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X18060090
ID: 193350

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Gallium-containing chlorite, mica, and magnetite (up to 14, 13, and 5–7 wt % of Ga) along with Ga hydroxides (oxyhydroxides?) were found for the first time in massive sulfide deposit in the Urals. The minerals identified within the cement of chalcopyrite–sphalerite breccias of the Shemur copper–zinc–massive sulfide deposit (Northern Urals) are associated with Ga-enriched sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and, less commonly, pyrite (33–364, 67–363, and 4–230 g/t, respectively).