Investor Presentaiton
PGE distribution and mineralization
Total PGE concentration in 9 chromitites samples ranges from 242 to 992 ppb and is about
2.5 to 5.5 times higher than in serpentinized peridotites. The all chromitites have enrichment
Pd (78-903 ppb). It is unusual for chromitites. There is no obvious correlation between PGE
abundance and chromite composition. All samples has positive correlation among the pairs
Os-Ir (R₂-0.79), Ir-Ru (R2=0.71), Os-Ru (R2=0.64). Palladium has no correlation with
another elements.
Chondrite-normalised PGE patterns of Ulan-Sar'dag chromitites display average
(Os+Ir+Ru)/(Rh+Pt+Pd) ratios typical of Cr-rich chromitites formed in the mantle section of
supra-subduction zone ophiolites In most cases, PGE patterns are characterized by a
consistent positive anomaly in Ru, and a negative anomaly in Pt.
Graphs of the distribution of PGE in chromitites of Ulan-Sar'dag ophiolite
Rocks/C1
10
0.1
0,01
1
Os
Ir
Ru
Rh
Pt
Pd
-YC-2a-12
YC-7-13
BCK-17-17
YC-6-12
BC-294-16
BCK-20-17
YC-3-13
BC-307-16
Literature data:
I - Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Hesham M. Harbi, Abdelmonem M. Habtoor (2012). Compositional variations and tectonic settings
of podiform chromitites and associated ultramafic rocks of the Neoproterozoic ophiolite at Wadi Al Hwanet, northwestern Saudi
Arabia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 56,118–134.
II - Prichard H. M., Lord R. A., Neary C. R. (1996). A model to explain the occurrence of platinum and palladium - rich
ophiolite complexes. Journal of the Geological Society, 153, 323-328. (Chromitittes from Oman ophiolite, northen Semail)
III - Tsoupas G., Economou-Eliopoulos M. (2008). High PGE contents and extremaly abundant PGE-minerals hosted in
chromitites from Veria ophiolite complex, northern Greece. Ore Geology Reviews 33, 3-19.
IV-Gurskaya L.I., Smelova L.V., Kolbancev L.R., Lyahnickiy U.S., Shahova S.N. (2004) Platinum mineralization in chromite-
bearing ultrabasic-basic massives of chromitites from Ray-Iz massive Polyar-Ural. Publishing office St-Pet. mapfactories FSBI.
306 p (in Russian).
V - Agafonov L.V., Lhamsuran G, Kuguget K.S., Oydup Ch.K. (2005). Platinum-bearing of ultramafic-mafic complexes of
Mongolia and Tuva. Ulaan-Batar, 224.
For all publications: 1 - the chromitites are enriched in Os-Ir-Ru, 2 - chromitites enriched in Pt-Pd
Graphs of the distribution of PGE in massif chromitites (literatura data)
Rocks/C1
100
10
1 C
0,1
0,01
0,001
0,0001
0,00001
0,000001
Os
-I-11-2
Ir
Ru
Rh
Pt
Pd
-II-1―III-1 III-2
IV-1--IV-2
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