IRON-OXIDE-COPPER-GOLD AND RELATED DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL AND GENETIC MODELS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF RUSSIA

The paper discusses the aspects of geological and genetic models of iron-oxide-copper-gold and related deposits, and considers the prospects for forecasting and identifying these large complex (multi-metal) deposits in the Arctic regions of Russia. These deposits are known in the world for their large resources of copper, gold, locally iron ores, uranium, rare earth elements, apatite; and are situated mainly in the terranes of ancient cratons and their immediate surroundings as well as in the cratonic cover that are widely represented in the Arctic regions. These regions undoubtedly deserve the fastest evaluation for these types of mineralization.

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