HYPERGENE METALLOGENY OF THE URALS

Abstract

The presented overview of hypergene metallogeny of the Urals is largely based on original data of the author. All bauxite, Co–Ni oxide–silicate, and high-grade ferromanganese our deposits, gold, platinum, and diamond placers, as well as brown coal, kaoline, refractory, and other economic-grade mineral deposits, currently mined in the Urals are hosted in hypergene zones and related hypergene blankets of different ages. Prospects for diverse mineral deposits are estimated with a special emphasis on thermal hypergene deposits (Ni, Au, and others) that are atypical for the Urals but favorable for mining under conditions of the market economy owing to the presence of high-grade ore bodies.