Distribution of Gold and Associated Ore-Bearing Elements in Gold-Copper-Pyrite Ores of the Kyzylbulag Deposit (Lesser Caucasus, Azerbaijan)

The article presents the results of studies of the distribution of gold and associated ore elements in gold-copper pyrite ores of the Kyzylbulag deposit. It was established that the elemental composition of ores and host rocks of the deposit includes Cu, Pb, Au, Ag, Ni, As, Sb, Bi, and Mo, of which Au, Cu, Ag, and Zn are the more stable. The behavior of elements was also studied for the entire ore body, as a result of which they are divided by cluster analysis at R (5 %) - 0.1 into two groups: 1) Au, Cu and Ag; 2) Pb and Zn. The closest relationship in the first group was found between Au and Cu, Au and Ag, Ag and Cu; and in the second, between Pb and Zn. Acquired results confirm that gold and the copper are the major components of ore in the field expressed generally in the mineral paragenesis of chalcopyrite - native gold shown in the independent hydrothermal stage of ore deposition.