At the Sotk gold ore deposit, the following morphological types of ore bodies can be distinguished: vein zones; veins and vein-like bodies; mineralized dykes and a vein zone in gabbro - massifs. The deposit is characterized by rather difficult mining and technical conditions. The enclosing rocks of the near-ore bodies have undergone intense hydrothermal changes at a distance of 5,0...10,0 m to 50,0 m, as a result of which, within the boundaries of these zones, the enclosing rocks have lost their strength and stability. The stability of the host rocks is also greatly influenced by postore tectonic faults, which are widespread in the field. The ore is also volatile. The strength factor of ore and host rocks varies from 3 to 20, with a predominance of 8...13. Hydrothermally altered metasomatites, which make up the mineralized zones, are prone to caking. The ore loosening factor is 1,25...1,40. The average bulk density of ore is 2,6 t / m3, and the bulk density of the host rocks is 2,3... 3,2 t / m3.
At the deposit, conditioned and substandard intervals alternate with each other and there is no clearly expressed regularity of their spatial location, which predetermines the use of the ore-bearing factor when calculating ore reserves. The ore content ratio is determined by the ratio of the amount of conditioned ores to the total amount of ore mass, and the amount of conditioned ores is determined using the condition parameter “maximum - allowable range of substandard ores or waste rocks” included in the reserve calculation.
For the Sotk gold ore deposit, the regularities of changes in ore reserves in the subsoil, the gold content in the ore massif and the ore content factor from the “maximum allowable to an increase in ore reserves in the subsoil and the ore content ratio with a decrease in the gold content in the ore massif and vice versa are revealed.
ON THE AGE AND GEODYNAMIC FACTORS OF THE FORMATION OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE MALINOVKA DEPOSIT