Gold Prospects in the Western Segment of the Russian Arctic: Regional Metallogeny and Distribution of Mineralization

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Arkady A. Kalinin, Oleg V. Kazanov, Vladimir I. Bezrukov, Vsevolod Yu. Prokofiev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: greenstone belt; gold; Kola Peninsula; Northern Karelia; rock alteration; Mineralogy; QE351-399.2; Arctic; Murmansk; Salla; Strel’na; Ura; Ura-Guba; Fennoscandian; kola peninsula; Lapland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030137; https://doaj.org/article/0a2790cc8ca347a895e2323a5601a2e3

Location of the deposits and occurrences of gold mineralization in metamorphic complexes of the Kola region is controlled by tectonic zones at the regional scale at the boundaries of major segments of the Fennoscandian Shield. Three zones are the most important: (1) the system of Neoarchean greensto...