The Sikhote-Alin Fold System. General Structural Features and Certain Aspects of Control of Gold Mineralization: a Case Study for Central Sikhote-Alin, Russia (Part 2)

Researchers identified a unique type of orogenic gold mineralization in the Central Sikhote-Alin, Russia, distinct from typical convergent plate margin settings. This study, part two of an investigation, reveals that gold concentration occurs due to strike-slip related crustal shortening and hydrothermal processes under specific tectonic conditions—sinistral activation of NNE-trending faults with NNW compression. Unlike conventional orogenic gold systems, this mineralization is linked to transformational or strike-slip plate margins, offering new insights into gold formation mechanisms in non-convergent settings.

Nevolin, P. L., Mitrokhin, A. N., Utkin, V. P.,. (2018). THE SIKHOTE-ALIN FOLD SYSTEM. GENERAL STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND CERTAIN ASPECTS OF CONTROL OF GOLD MINERALIZATION: A CASE STUDY FOR CENTRAL SIKHOTE-ALIN, RUSSIA (Part 2). Bulletin of Kamchatka Regional Association «Educational-Scientific Center». Earth Sciences, (3(39)), 74–89. https://doi.org/10.31431/1816-5524-2018-3-39-74-89