The authors have established quartz and quartz-carbonate veins, the formation of which is associated with a low-temperature hydrothermal system of methane-water composition within the Seleznevsky coal-bearing region of the Folded Donbass. The article considers the features of localization of hydrothermal mineralization containing quartz with inclusions of hydrocarbons, and its potential ore content. It is established that the vein bodies are localized mainly in the near-hinge parts of the third-order brachianticlines in the central and marginal parts of the Seleznevskaya syncline. These veins form systems associated with the fracturing of the inter-layer stratification or intersecting the layers. Interplastic veins are subdivided into plate-like massive and vein-like bodies with a druze texture. The veins of the second type contain quartz crystals with hydrocarbon inclusions, referred to as "diamonds of Donbass". They form a paragenetic association with dickite. In addition, calcite in the form of short-prismatic crystals is a typical associated mineral in the vein bodies among limestone strata. In the veins among the sandstone layers, the association with goethite, oxides and hydroxides of manganese is developed. Two morphological types of cinnabar were found in the vein bodies on the basis of HMS sampling, the largest number is confined to the brachianticlines of the marginal parts of the Seleznevskaya syncline. The analysis of the results indicates the prospects for identifying mercury mineralization with quartz-dickite-cinnabar type of mineralization.
Correction of solar irradiation effects on air temperature measurement using a dual-thermistor radiosonde at low temperature and low pressure
