POTENTIAL DISCOVERY OF RICH COPPER-NICKEL-PLATINUM MINERALIZATION IN THE NORTH OF THE KHARAELAKH MOUNTAINS

V. S. Staroseltsev

Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Resources, Novosibirsk

The paper gives a brief substantiation of the potential discovery of the Talminsky differentiated chonolith with rich copper-nickel-platinum mineralisation in the north of the Kharaelakh mountains in the Norilsk industrial region. Based on the given description of tuffaceous-effusive rocks accompanying the chonolith and surveyed in the outcrop, the mineralisation of the lower differentiates of the Talminsky chronolith may exceed the Talnachsko-Oktyabrskoye deposit, which is the richest of the discovered deposits in the Norilsk region. When the opportunity arises for financing the survey of the Talminsky chronolith based on the technology of prediction of deep intrusive bodies, developed in SNIIGGiMS, and electrical exploration, it will be possible to substantiate prospecting and exploratory drilling in the region with the aim to reveal and prepare for development of a new large copper-nickel-platinum deposit in the Norilsk region.

Key words: Kharaelakh mountains, ore-bearing chonolith, statistic indicators of lineaments, copper-nickelplatinum mineralisation, surface signs of mineralisation.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2016-4-84-92