Preliminary analysis on roles of metal–organic compounds in the formation of invisible gold

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Medet Junussov1, Mádai Ferenc2, Kristály Ferenc1, Tóth Tivadar3, Fintor Krisztián3, Muránszky Gábor4, Prekob Ádám4, Hámor-Vidó Mária5
1Department of Mineralogy and Petrography, Institute of Mineralogy and Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering, University of Miskolc, Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Hungary
2Institute of Mineralogy and Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering, University of Miskolc, Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Hungary
3Department of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
4Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Material Sciences and Engineering, University of Miskolc, Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Hungary
5Department of Geology and Meteorology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pecs, Hungary

Tóm tắt

The paper comprises new analytical data on the nature and occurrence of gold in solid pyrobitumen, closely associated with the main gold-bearing sulfide arsenic ores of the Bakyrchik gold deposit (Kazakhstan), related to post-collisional magmatic-hydrothermal origin. Gold mineralization of the deposit occurs mainly in the form of an “invisible” type of gold in the structures of arsenian pyrite and arsenopyrite, and the form of gold-organic compounds of pyrobitumen in carbonaceous-terrigenous sequences of Carboniferous formation. Microscopic and electron microscopic analysis, Raman and FT-Infrared analysis, mineralogical and three-step sequential extraction analysis (NH2OH·HCl, H2O2, HNO3 + HCl) has been carried out using 9 ore samples (from 3 different types of ores) for a comprehensive study of pyrobitumen and sulfide arsenic ores focusing mainly on organic matter. The sequentially extracted precious metal content of pyrobitumen reaches up to 7 ppm gold and other metals like Ag 4 ppm, Pt 31 ppb, and Pd 26 ppb, forming metal–organic compounds, while arsenic sulfide minerals incorporate 11 ppm gold, 39 ppm Ag, 0.49 ppm Pt. The enrichment of gold associating with organic matter and sulfide ore minerals was confirmed in this study. Organic matter was active in the migration of gold and the capture of gold by pyrobitumen. Moreover, the reductive organic matter agent released gold, most likely for the sulfide arsenic ore minerals. Pyrobitumen was a decisive factor in the concentration, transportation, and preservation of gold in the deposit.

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