S. V. KASHIN, A. V. MOLCHANOV, V. V. SHATOV

HYDROTHERMAL-METASOMATIC FORMATIONS OF REGIONAL OCCURRENCE AND THEIR USING FOR PROSPECTING OF HIDDEN VOLCANIC HOSTED MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ZMEINOGORSK ORE DISTRICT, RUDNY ALTAI)

Integrated airborne geophysical shootings on the example sheet S-45-XV–XVIII enabled to perform tectonic Special petrography-geochemical mapping of metasomatic formations of regional occurrence have been performed over Zmeinogorsk ore region. These investigations allowed to establish metasomatic facies of underore, ore and supraore leveles. The facies are mapped all over the region. Based on results of mapping of metasomatic facies and results of analysis of the anomalous geochemical field the new area promising for the hidden sulphide ores searching have been found.

Keywords: metallogeny, ore-bearing formations, metasomatism, Rudny Altai, volcanogenic hosted massive sulphide deposits.