World-Class PGE-Cu-Ni Talnakh Deposit: New Data on the Structure and Unique Mineralization of the South-Western Branch

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Nadezhda Krivolutskaya, Nadezhda Tolstykh, Tatyana Kedrovskaya, Konstantin Naumov, Irina Kubrakova, Oksana Tyutyunnik, Bronislav Gongalsky, Elena Kovalchuk, Larisa Magazina, Yana Bychkova, Anton Yakushev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: Norilsk area; PGE-Cu-Ni ores; gabbro-dolerites; Talnakh; massive ore origin; Mineralogy; QE351-399.2; Norilsk; norilsk
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min8040124; https://doaj.org/article/9a32d12a5e73425a8b0572e0fa4c75a3

The Talnakh deposit is one of the largest PGE-Cu-Ni deposits in the world. It is located inside the North-Western part of the Siberian Trap province and consists of three branches. The problem of massive ore origins has been discussed for several decades. The structure of the South-Western branch an...