THE STANOVOI NICKELIFEROUS PROVINCE OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Abstract

The Baikalide nickeliferous province was distinguished in the southern framing of the Siberian Craton by Godlevskii. A series of dunite–troctolite–gabbro intrusions (Lukinda, Lucha, and Il’deus) with low-grade copper–nickel mineralization was discovered in the eastern part of this area within the Amur region in the last century. Therefore, the southern framing of the Aldan Shield was considered as one of the possible new nickeliferous provinces. In the early 21st century, several nickeliferous areas with high-grade epigenetic copper–nickel sulfide mineralization (Dzhalta, KunMan’e, and Nyandomi) were found in this area and the eastern Khabarovsk region. Based on these data, we distinguished a new potential nickeliferous province (Stanovoi) in the southeastern framing of the Siberian Craton.