Finding forms and Micro- and Nanoscale Assemblages of Gold as Indicators of Formation Conditions, Distribution, and Typification of Orogenic Deposits of Uzbekistan (South Tien Shan)

Abstract—Gold deposits of the Kyzylkum and Nurata regions of Uzbekistan are confined to the South Tien Shan orogenic belt. They are hosted in black shales (Muruntau and Myutenbai); carbonate, terrigenous, and volcanogenic rocks (Kokpatas and Balpantau); and in intrusive units (Zarmitan zone). The age of gold mineralization is 280–290 Ma, which corresponds to the age of postcollisional granitoid magmatism. Gold is observed as micro- and nanoscopic particles and is a part of various minerals (Au2Bi, AuTe2, AuAg2Te3, AuAgS, AuAg2Se3, AuSb2, etc.), which form inclusions in pyrite, arsenopyrite, antimonite, and quartz. These minerals form regular micro- and nanoscopic assemblages, which are direct signs of prospecting and evaluating gold ores of the distinguished mineral-geochemical types.

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