MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES OF THE SHISHIM MINE IN THE SOUTHERN URALS

Abstract

Mineralogy and petrography of complex rocks in area of the Shishim mine in the South Urals is studied. Various skarn assemblages with dominant pyroxene, garnet, vesuvianite, monticellite, chlorite and epidote are developed after gabbroids and granitoids. The formation of skarns was accompanied by the formation of carbonatite and chloritolite dikes, as well as the bodies of carbonatite-pegmatites and chloritolitepegmatites. The rock-forming minerals are refined and secondary and accessory minerals of rocks are studied including allanite, anhydrite, apatite, baddeleyite, barite, calcirtite, perovskite, valleriite, zircon, and zirconolite.

Keywords

• skarns
• carbonatites
• chloritolites
• southern urals