FEATURES OF THE MICROELEMENT COMPOSITION OF ORE OF THE ARTEMYEVSKOYE DEPOSIT (RUDNY ALTAI)

https://doi.org/10.48498/minmag.2026.249.1.010

The mineralogical composition of ores from the Artemyevskoye deposit, located in the Irtysh ore district of the Rudny Altai polymetallic belt, has been investigated. The ores exhibit complex mineralogical zoning and are classified into barite-polymetallic, polymetallic, copper-zinc, and copper types. Both the primary ores and their beneficiation products contain elevated concentrations of a wide range of trace elements, which in many cases exceed the clarke values for volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks by an order of magnitude or more. Against the background of progressive depletion of polymetallic ore reserves in the Rudny Altai, the processing and recycling of mining and beneficiation waste are considered a potentially sustainable source not only of major metals but also of strategically important and commercially valuable by-products (Bi, Cd, Ga, Sb, In and others).

M.A. Mizernaya, *B.B. Agalieva, Zh.A. Shayakhmetova, Y.T. Yeskaliyev