Pyrite Potential of the Southern Urals: Correlation of Cu and Zn Resources with Geochemical Characteristics of Basalts of Ore Regions

摘要

The correlation between geochemical characteristics of the underlying and ore-containing basalts of pyrite-rich regions of the Southern Urals and the geo-dynamic position, as well as explored and worked out resources of Cu and Zn in ores from these regions is demonstrated in this paper. Pyrite-rich volcanic formations form two volcanic cycles: Late Emsian—Early Eifelian and Eifelian— Givetian—Early Frasnian, which occurred synchronously in the Western Magnitogorsk (WMZ) and Eastern Magnitogorsk (EMZ) Zones of the Magnitogorsk IslandArc(IA)[3, 5, 7, 8].