An unusual property has been discovered in Kazakh iron ore that would facilitate the exploration of its deposits. This was reported by the press service of Tomsk Polytechnic University.
The discovery was made during the exploration of the deposits in the Turgai pit. One of the world’s largest reserves of mineral resources is concentrated on its territory. The authors of the study were interested in the geochemical properties of magnetic iron ore found in ancient seas. As a result of their laboratory analysis, the scientists were able to find that iron and other local bearing metals likely entered there largely from geothermal seeps from the marine sediments of the ancient strait. This is indicated by the geochemical specificity of the rocks, as well as a rare set of minerals found in the composition of the rocks formed as a result of a single process.
If “hidden” hydrothermal processes are proven to be one of the main sources of metal in the formation of marine iron ore, this will open the possibility of the discovery of new deposits in basins containing sedimentary iron ore, including Turgai and West Siberia. . First of all, we are talking about potential hydrothermal-sedimentary ores of non-ferrous metals such as zinc, lead, barium, which under favorable geological and structural conditions can form in the form of separate, yet undiscovered deposits, ”explains. Author of the Maxim Rudmin study.
But, first of all, it is necessary to test this theory on the material of the beds in other regions.
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