Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition and Petrogenetic Implications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Background
2.1. Tectonic Position
2.2. Kalba Batholith
2.3. Dike Belts
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Rare-Metal Pegmatites: Local Geology
4.2. Mineralogy of Pegmatites
4.3. Geochronology of Rocks and Ores
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zone of Ore Cluster | Western Part | Center Part | Eastern Part |
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Pegmatite type | Microcline-albite with pollucite and petalite | Microcline-albite, albite, with spodumene | Spodumene-albite |
Mineralization | Ta, Cs, Be, Sn | Ta, Nb, Cs, Li, Be, Sn | Li, Ta, Nb, Sn |
Example | Karmen-Kuus, Krasny Kordon | Ungursay, Yubileynoye | Lobaksay, Plachgora, Budo |
I. Plagioclases | ||||||||
Sample | n | SiO2 | Al2O3 | CaO | Na2O | K2O | P2O5 | |
VK-1. Biotite granite. Phase 1 Kalba complex | 30 | 62.93 | 23.09 | 4.36 | 9.09 | 0.21 | – | |
VK-2. Albite-microcline pegmatite, near Yubileinoye deposit | 6 | 67.51 | 19.83 | 1.03 | 11.35 | 0.17 | – | |
VK-5. Albite pegmatite with turmaline, Yubileinoye deposit | 5 | 66.81 | 19.02 | – | 11.03 | – | – | |
VK-9. Albite-lepidolite greisen, Transheinoye deposit | 4 | 67.22 | 19.34 | 0.17 | 11.40 | – | – | |
VK-10. Albite pegmatite with spodumene, Transheinoye deposit | 9 | 67.77 | 19.74 | 0.17 | 11.67 | 0.12 | 0.33 | |
II. K-Feldspars | ||||||||
Sample | n | SiO2 | Al2O3 | Na2O | K2O | |||
VK-1. Biotite granite. Phase 1 Kalba complex | 22 | 66.07 | 17.54 | 0.66 | 15.20 | |||
VK-2. Albite-microcline pegmatite, near Yubileinoye deposit | 15 | 64.11 | 18.36 | 0.37 | 16.26 | |||
VK-10. Albite pegmatite with spodumene, Transheinoye deposit | 2 | 64.54 | 18.16 | 0.33 | 15.50 | |||
III. Muscovites | ||||||||
Sample | n | SiO2 | Al2O3 | FeO | MnO | Na2O | K2O | F |
VK-1. Biotite granite. Phase 1 Kalba complex | 4 | 46.04 | 32.11 | 2.31 | – | 0.29 | 10.98 | – |
VK-2. Albite-microcline pegmatite, near Yubileinoye deposit | 3 | 45.86 | 34.03 | 1.77 | – | 0.46 | 10.60 | – |
VK-5. Albite pegmatite with turmaline, Yubileinoye deposit | 14 | 45.95 | 33.51 | 0.80 | – | 0.34 | 10.50 | 1.38 |
VK-9. Albite-lepidolite greisen, Transheinoye deposit | 31 | 48.99 | 29.13 | – | 0.32 | 0.34 | 10.67 | 4.65 |
VK-10. Albite pegmatite with spodumene, Transheinoye deposit | 26 | 45.19 | 37.07 | 0.30 | – | 0.42 | 10.57 | 0.56 |
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Khromykh, S.V.; Oitseva, T.A.; Kotler, P.D.; D’yachkov, B.A.; Smirnov, S.Z.; Travin, A.V.; Vladimirov, A.G.; Sokolova, E.N.; Kuzmina, O.N.; Mizernaya, M.A.; et al. Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition and Petrogenetic Implications. Minerals 2020, 10, 1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111017
Khromykh SV, Oitseva TA, Kotler PD, D’yachkov BA, Smirnov SZ, Travin AV, Vladimirov AG, Sokolova EN, Kuzmina ON, Mizernaya MA, et al. Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition and Petrogenetic Implications. Minerals. 2020; 10(11):1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111017
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhromykh, Sergey V., Tatiana A. Oitseva, Pavel D. Kotler, Boris A. D’yachkov, Sergey Z. Smirnov, Alexey V. Travin, Alexander G. Vladimirov, Ekaterina N. Sokolova, Oxana N. Kuzmina, Marina A. Mizernaya, and et al. 2020. "Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition and Petrogenetic Implications" Minerals 10, no. 11: 1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111017
APA StyleKhromykh, S. V., Oitseva, T. A., Kotler, P. D., D’yachkov, B. A., Smirnov, S. Z., Travin, A. V., Vladimirov, A. G., Sokolova, E. N., Kuzmina, O. N., Mizernaya, M. A., & Agaliyeva, B. B. (2020). Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition and Petrogenetic Implications. Minerals, 10(11), 1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111017