Resources of quartz raw materials, Gargan block, East Sayan quartzite-bearing area
https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2021.4.11
Abstract
The evaluation (according to structural and geochemical rock properties ) of the quartzites from the East Sayan quartzite-bearing area as a potential source of quartz raw material for crystalline silicon and optical glass manufacturing can significantly expand the forecast resources of this type of raw materials. The geological structure of the Irkut Formation, productive of highpurity quartzites is specified within the Oka-Urik, Urengenur and Urdagargan quartz-bearing areas; geological, mineralogicalpetrographic and geochemical characteristics of the main quartzite types are given, the main morphological features of productive high-purity quartzite bodies are specified to predict their occurrence at depth. The major factors in the formation of high-purity quartzite bodies include: 1) quartzites are accumulated in the siliceouscarbonate sequence of the Middle Riphean Irkut Formation within a broad but isolated basin; 2) high-purity quartzite bodies are produced as a result of dynamic recrystallization due to the deformation of primary microquartzites resulting from the collision of the Dunzhugar island arc with the Gargan microcontinent margin. Within the western part of the East-Sayan quartz-bearing area, quartzite reserves as a potential source for silicon metallurgy and production of optical glass were estimated as 134 mln tons.
Keywords
quartzites,
superquartzites,
geochemistry,
recrystallization,
quartz raw materials reserves,
Eastern Sayan
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out within the framework of the state assignment project No. 0284-2021-0004 using the equipment and methods of the Center for Collective Use «Isotope-Geochemical Research» of the IGC SB RAS .
About the Authors
A. M. Fedorov
Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander M. Fedorov – PhD (Geology and Mineralogy), Senior Researcher
1a Favorsky st., Irkutsk, 664033
V. A. Makrygina
Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentina A. Makrygina – DSc (Geology and Mineralogy), Chief Researcher
1a Favorsky st., Irkutsk, 664033
A. M. Mazukabzov
Institute of the Earth’s Crust of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anatoly M. Mazukabzov – DSc (Geology and Mineralogy), Chief Researcher
128 Lermontov st., Irkutsk, 664033
A. I. Nepomnyashchikh
Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander I. Nepomnyashchikh – DSc (Physics and Mathematics), Chief Researcher
1a Favorsky st., Irkutsk, 664033
D. Ts. Ayurzhanaeva
Geological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dulmazhap Ts. Ayurzhanaeva – PhD (Geology and Mineralogy), Researcher
6a Sakh’yanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047
M. G. Volkova
Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mariya G. Volkova – PhD (Geology and Mineralogy), Senior Researcher
1a Favorsky st., Irkutsk, 664033
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Fedorov A.M., Makrygina V.A., Mazukabzov A.M., Nepomnyashchikh A.I., Ayurzhanaeva D.Ts., Volkova M.G. Resources of quartz raw materials, Gargan block, East Sayan quartzite-bearing area. Georesursy = Georesources. 2021;23(4):96-106. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2021.4.11
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