O. Ganzha, PLACER FORMATION CONDITIONS AND ORE BEARING OF THE VOSKRESENIVSKE ZIRCON-RUTILE-ILMENITE DEPOSIT (UKRAINE)
https://doi.org/10.15407/mineraljournal.47.02.121
UDC 553.4 (477)
PLACER FORMATION CONDITIONS AND ORE BEARING OF THE VOSKRESENIVSKE
ZIRCON-RUTILE-ILMENITE DEPOSIT (UKRAINE)
O. Ganzha, Candidate of Geological Sciences, Senior Researcher
E-mail: oag2909@gmail.com; orcid: 0000-0001-8510-5618
Yu. Dudchenko, Junior Researcher
E-mail: kyrpach_yulia@ukr.net; orcid: 0009-0002-3881-2875
Н. Kuzmanenko, Candidate of Geological Sciences, Senior Researcher
E-mail: geology7@ukr.net; orcid: 0000-0002-6430-4148
Yu. Kroshko, Candidate of Geological Sciences, Senior Researcher
E-mail: ykrosh.79@ukr.net; orcid: 0000-0002-7601-7760
Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
55-b, O. Honchara Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01054
Language: English
Mineralogical journal 2025, 47 (2): 121-132
Abstract: The article presents the general geological characteristics of the Voskresenivske zircon-rutile-ilmenite deposit (Ukrainian shield). The deposit was formed in the conditions of the Miocene shallow sea. The Voskresenivske deposit is characterized by ore minerals equable distribution with average content of the heavy fraction 52.67 kg/m3: ilmenite — 26.97 kg/m3, rutile — 10.52 kg/m3, zircon — 2.58 kg/m3, sillimanite + kyanite — 8.24 kg/m3 etc. The number of visualizations was obtained on the average content of ore components, the thickness of the ore layer and overburden, the hypsometry of the ore layer sole and roof within the deposit with the use of modern information support tools. The deposit is divided into two areas — Eastern and Western. The Western area is characterized by a simple geological structure, a constant thickness of ore sands (2-10 m). Differences in the ore layer sole hypsometry are within 30 m. Rutile and ilmenite is distributed similarly over the area. The ilmenite contents are 20-40 kg/m3, rutile 7-12 kg/m3 for the larger area of the territory. Eastern area is characterized by wedging zone with absolute marks elevated values. Differences in the ore layer sole hypsometry are within 40 m. Ilmenite and rutile increased values are characteristic for lowered parts of this layer, however, maximum values of ilmenite (more than 40 kg/m3) and rutile (more than 12 kg/m3) are inherent only for the southern part. Increased indicators of ore bodies thickness and the ore components average content have a lenticular character that extends in the sublatitudinal direction, which is caused by the standing line of the sedimentation basin shoreline. The highest values of the ore minerals content are characteristic of ilmenite, which exceeds the concentration of other elements by 3 to 10 times. All maxima gradation (ore components distribution) is characteristic and is comparable for certain fields of the deposit, which indicates that the all-elements sedimentation and the formation of placer occurred simultaneously.
Keywords: Voskresenivske deposit, placer formation conditions, ilmenite, rutile, zircone, ore-bearing.
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