Abstract
This paper is concerned with sublimates sampled in 2013–2020 in the near-crater zone and on the slopes of Alaid Volcano situated in the Kuril island arc. It was found that the near-crater zone contains native metals confined to zones of acidic leaching where the original lavas and tuffs have been transformed into opal-like rocks or rocks that are sharply enriched in hydroxides of trivalent iron. These zones were found to contain native gold, palladium, silver, chrome, copper, zinc and alloys of gold and palladium, copper and zinc, copper and tungsten. The mineral nomenclature in sublimates on the Alaid slopes is broader, while the temperature of their generation is lower. The ore minerals are dominated by copper-containing ones, and sublimates have been found with vanadium-containing minerals that belong to water-containing oxides and to silicates of vanadium. We have identified two genetic types of slope sublimates: (1) minerals that have crystallized from hydrothermal or vapor-hydrothermal solutions near vents of near-surface fumaroles and (2) copper and ferrous colloform formations that were generated by settling from colloidal solutions in shallow water of drying reservoirs, including small and large pools.
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig1_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig2_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig3_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig4_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig5_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig6_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1134%2FS0742046324700465/MediaObjects/11711_2024_7208_Fig7_HTML.png)
Abbreviations
- FEB:
-
Far East Branch
- GI:
-
Geological Institute
- KB:
-
Kamchatka Branch
- RAS:
-
Russian Academy of Sciences
- SB:
-
Siberian Branch
REFERENCES
Abdurakhmanov, A.I. and Fedorchenko, V.I., Patterns in the distribution of some rare elements (Sc, Zr, Y) and ore elements (Cu, Au) in Quaternary lavas at the Kuril island arc, Vulkanol. Seismol., 1984, no. 6, pp. 55–65.
Abdurakhmanov, A.I., Piskunov, B.N., Smirnov, I.G., and Fedorchenko, V.I., Laid Volcano, Kuril Islands, in Vostochno-Aziatskie ostrovnye sistemy (Tektonika i vulkanizm) (East Asian Island Systems: Tectonics and Volcanism), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: SakhKNII, 1978, pp. 85–107.
Abdurakhmanov, A.I., Fedorchenko, V.I., and Rodionova, R.I., Geochemical features and zoning in the composition of Quaternary volcanics at the Kuril island arc, Tikhook. Geol., 1989, no. 3, pp. 28–44.
Africano, F., Bernard, A., and Korzhinsky, M., High temperature volcanic gas geochemistry (major and minor elements) at Kudryavy volcano, Iturup island, Kuril arc, Russia, Vulcanica, 2003, vol. I, pp. 87–94.
Ageeva, O.V., The mineralogy of hydrothermal sulfide fields Pobeda-1 and Pobeda-2 at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in Metallogeniya drevnikh i sovremennykh okeanov-2017 (Metallogeny in Ancient and Present-Day Oceans-2017), Miass: IMin Uro RAN, 2017, pp. 83–85.
Anoshin, G.N., Zoloto v magmaticheskikh gornykh porodakh (Gold in Igneous Rocks), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1977.
Anoshin, G.N. and Kopezhininskas, V.V., The distribution of gold in Cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Kuril-Kamchatka province in relation to their petrochemistry, Geokhimiya, 1972, no. 8, pp. 909–925.
Antonov, A.Yu., The geochemistry of Au, Ag, Ge, and Ga in Quaternary volcanic features on the Kuril island arc, Tikhook. Geol., 2001, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 62–75.
Antonov, A.Yu., Volynets, O.N., Koroleva, G.P., Chernigova, S.E., and Khlebnikova, A.A., Gold in Quaternary volcanics at the Kuril island arc, Vulkanol. Seismol., 1992, no. 2, pp. 19–29.
Avdeiko, G.P., Khrenov, A.P., Flerov, G.B., et al., The 1972 eruption of Alaid Volcano, Byull. Vulkanol. St., 1974, no. 50, pp. 64–80.
Balassone, G., Mondillo, N., De Gennaro, R., et al., Copper minerals at Vesuvius Volcano (southern Italy): A mineralogical review, Minerals, 2019, vol. 9., no. 12, 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120730
Balic-Zunic, T., Garavelli, A., Jakobsson, S.P., et al., Fumarolic minerals: An overview of active European volcanoes, Updates in Volcanology – From Volcano Modelling to Volcano Geology, Nemeth, K, Ed., London, UK, 2016, pp. 267–322.
Blokh, Yu.I., Bondarenko, V.I., Rashidov, V.A., and Trusov, A.A., The Grigoriev submarine volcano, Kuril island arc, Vulkanol. Seismol., 2006a, no. 5, pp. 17–26.
Blokh, Yu.I., Bondarenko, V.I., Rashidov, V.A., and Trusov, A.A., The Alaid volcanic massif, Kuril island arc, in Materialy Mezhdunarodnogo simpoziuma “Problemy eksplozivnogo vulkanizma” k 50-letiyu katastroficheskogo izverzheniya vulkana Bezymyannyi, 25–30 marta 2006 g. (Proc. International Symposium Problems of Explosive Volcanism, for the 50th anniversary of the Catastrophic Eruption of Bezymyannyi Volcano, March 25–30, 2006), Gordeev, E.I., Editor-in-Chief, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: IViS DVO RAN, 2006b, pp. 135–143.
Bogdanov, Yu.A., Lein, A.Yu., Ulyanov, A.A., et al., The initial phase of hydrothermal ore accumulation in the field around 9°50' N at the East Pacific Rise, Okeanologiya, 2006, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 88–102.
Bonatti, E., Guerstein-Honnorez, R.M., and Honnorez, J., Copper-iron sulfide mineralizations from the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Rindge, Econ. Geol., 1976, vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 1515–1525.
Chaplygin, I.V., The Ore Mineralization of High Temperature Fumaroles at Kudryavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.) Dissertation, Moscow, 2009. pp. 24.
Chugaev, A.V., Yudovskaya, M.A., Distler, V.V., et al., The sources of ore-forming fluid in fumaroles of Kudryavy Volcano, Kuril Islands: The isotope composition of lead in gas condensates and minerals found in sublimates, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 2007, vol. 412, no. 5, pp. 685–688.
Danchenko, V.Ya., Gold–Silver Mineralization of the Greater Kuril Island Arc, Preprint of Inst. Mineral. Geol. Gephys., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 1991, pp. 63.
Danchenko, V.Ya., Redkie metally v rudakh Kurilskikh ostrovov (Rare Metals in the Ores of the Kuril Islands), Sergeev, K.F., Editor-in-Chief, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: IMGiG DVO RAN, 1999.
Danchenko, V.Ya., Geologicheskoe polozhenie i veshchestvenno-geneticheskie tipy orudenenii redkikh i blagorodnykh metallov v Yuzhno-Okhoskom regione Tikhookeanskogo obramleniya (The Geological Setting and Material-Genetic Types of Mineralization for Rare and Noble Metals in the Southern Sea-of-Okhotsk Region of the Pacific Rim), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: IMGiG DVO RAN, 2003.
Didenko, A.N., Rashidov, V.A., Markov, G.P., Trusenko, M.S., Petrova, V.V., and Anikin, L.P., Petromagnetic and geochemical descriptions of volcanics discharged by Alaid Volcano, Kuril Islands, in 2015–2016, J. Volcanol. Seismol., 2021, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1–18. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0203030621010028
Ditrekhs, F.M., Kulakov, V.S., and Svyatlovsky, A.E., Parasitic craters of Klyuchevskoi Volcano that appeared in 1932, Tr. Kamch. Vulkanol. St., 1948, no. 2, pp. 3–23.
Dobretsova, I.G., On the hydrothermal genesis of minerals in the atacamite group in the Atlantic Ocean, Materialy XXIII Mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii (Shkoly) po morskoi geologii (Proc. XXIII Intern. Conf. (School) on Marine Geology), Moscow, November 18–22, 2019, Moscow: IO RAN, 2019, vol. 2, pp. 277–280.
Dobretsova, I.G., Minerals of the atacamite group sampled from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, in Sovremennye problemy teoreticheskoi, eksperimentalnoi i prikladnoi mineralogii (Yushkinskie chtenia-2020) (Contemporary Problems in Theoretical Experimental, and Applied Mineralogy (Yushkin Lectures-2020)), Proceedings of a Russian conference with international participation, Syktyvkar: Geoprint, 2020, pp. 38–40.
Dobretsova, I.G. and Yagovkina, M.A., Minerals of the atacamite group from ore occurrences in the Atlantic seafloor, Vestnik Geonauk, 2022, no. 2(326), pp. 37‒45. https://doi.org/10.19110/geov.2021.2.4
Dobretsova, I.G. and Yanson, S.Yu., Sulfide ores in new ore fields, Molodezhnoie and Korallovoe, in the Atlantic Ocean, in Geologiya morei i okeanov (Geology of Seas and Oceans), Proc. XXIV Intern. Conf. (School) on Marine Geology, Moscow, April 11–15, 2022, Moscow: IO RAN, 2022, vol. 3, pp. 35–38.
Fedorchenko, V.I., Abdurakhmanov, A.I., and Rodionova, R.I., Vulkanizm Kuril’skoi ostrovnoi dugi: geologiya i petrogenez (The Volcanism of the Kuril Island Arc: Geology and Petrogenesis), Moscow: Nauka, 1989.
Flerov, G.B., Ivanov, B.V., Andreev, V.N., et al., The material composition of the ejecta discharged by Alaid Volcano in 1981, Vulkanol. Seismol., 1982, no. 6, pp. 29–43.
Gablina, I.F., Semkova, T.A., Stepanova, T.V., and Gorkova, N.V., Diagenetic changes in copper sulfides in present-day ore-bearing sediments of the Logachev-1 hydrothermal field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14°45′ N), Litol. Polezn. Iskop., 2006, no. 1, pp. 1–19.
Gablina, I.F., Dobretsova, I.G., Laiba, A.A., et al., The sulfide ores in the Pobeda hydrothermal ore cluster (17°07′–17°08′ N at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Litol. Polen. Iskop., 2018, no. 6, pp. 475–500. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024497X18060022
Ganino, C., Libourel, G., and Bernard, A., Fumarolic incrustations at Kudryavy volcano (Kamchatka) as a guideline for high-temperature (N 850°C) extinct hydrothermal systems, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2019, vol. 376, pp. 75–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.03.020
Gazogidrotermy aktivnykh vulkanov Kamchatki i Kuril’skikh ostrovov: sostav, stroenie, genezis (The Gas and Hydrothermal Fluids of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands: Composition, Structure, Genesis), Gaskova, O.L. and Manshtein, A.K., Editors-in-Chief, Novosibirsk: INGG SO RAN, 2013.
Hannington, M., The formation of atacamite during weathering of sulfides on the modern sea floor, The Canadian Mineralogist, 1993, vol. 31, pp. 945–956.
Imai, A., Geshi, N., Shimano, T., and Nakada, S., Implication of the temporal sulphur isotopic variation during the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan, Island Arc, 2007, vol. 16, pp. 83–92.
Korzhinsky, M.A., Tkachenko, S.I., Shmulovich, K.I., et al., Discovery of a pure rhenium mineral at Kudriavy volcano, Nature, 1994, vol. 369, no. 6457, pp. 51–52.
Kremenetsky, A.A. and Chaplygin, I.V., The concentrations of rhenium and other rare metals in the gases of Kudryavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 2010, vol. 430, no. 3. pp. 365–370.
Kurilskie ostrova (priroda, geologiya, zemletryaseniya, istoriya, ekonomika) (The Kuril Islands: Natural Environment, Geology, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, History, Economy), Zlobin, T.K and Vysokova, M.S., Editors-in-Chief, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Sakh. Knizh. Izd., 2004.
Leonova, L.L., The geochemistry of Quaternary and contemporary volcanic rocks on the Kuril Islands and in Kamchatka, Geokhimiya, 1979, no. 2, pp. 179–197.
Petrova, V.V., Rashidov, V.A., Anikin, L.P., Gorkova, N.V., and Mikheev, V.V., Sublimates of the 2015–2016 terminal eruption of Alaid volcano-island, Kuril island arc, in Geologiya morei i okeanov (Geology of Seas and Oceans), Proc. XXIII Intern. Conf. (School) on Marine Geology, Moscow, November 18-22, 2019, Moscow: IO RAN, 2019, vol. 2, pp. 298–302.
Petrova, V.V., Rashidov, V.A., Anikin, L.P., Gorkova, N.V., and Mikheev, V.V., The sublimates of Alaid Volcano, Atlasov Island, Kuril island arc, in Materialy XXIII Reg. conf. “Vulkanizm i svyazannye s nim protsessy”, posvyashchennoi Dnyu vulkanologa (Proc. XXIII Regional conference “Volcanism and Related Processes” Devoted to Volcanologist’s Day), 2020, Ozerov, A.Yu., D-r Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.), Editor-in-Chief, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: IViS DVO RAN, 2020, pp. 191–194.
Podvodnyi vulkanizm i zonal’nost’ Kuril’skoi ostrovnoi dugi (Submarine Volcanism and Zonality: The Kuril Island Arc), Pushcharovskii, Yu.M., Editor-in-Chief, Moscow: Nauka, 1992.
Pribavkin, S.V., Korovko, A.V., Shardakova, G.Yu., and Antonishin, A.V., Copper minerals in an oxidation zone Cu(Mo) – The Saryshagan porphyritic ore occurrence, western Balkhash area, central Kazakhstan, Mineralogiya, 2020, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 58–68. https://doi.org/10.35597/2313-545X-2020-6-1-5
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys at the Olimpiiskii Vent (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in August 2014, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2014, issue 24, no. 2, pp. 198–203.
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys at the Olimpiiskii Vent (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in August 2015, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2015, issue 32, no. 3, pp. 102–107.
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys on Alaid Volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in 2016, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2016, issue 31, no. 3, pp. 94–103.
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys on Alaid Volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in 2017, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2017, no. 3, issue 35, pp. 112–117.
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys on Alaid Volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in 2018, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2018, issue 39, no. 3, pp. 112–113. https://doi.org/10.31431/1816-5524-2018-3-39-105-113
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys on Alaid Volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in 2019, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2019, issue 43, no. 3, pp. 109–115. https://doi.org/10.31431/1816-5524-2019-3-43-109-115
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys on Alaid Volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in 2020, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2020a, issue 47, no. 3, pp. 112–119. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.31431/1816-5524-2020-3-47-112-119
Rashidov, V.A. and Anikin, L.P., Field surveys on Alaid Volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands), in 2020. Phase 2, Vestnik KRAUNTs, Nauki o Zemle, 2020b, issue 48, no. 4, pp. 108–113. https://doi.org/10.31431/1816-5524-2020-4-48-108-113
Rashidov, V.A., Anikin, L.P., and Delemen, I.F., Field surveys on the Taketomi flank volcano (Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands) in August 2013, Vestnik KRAUNTs Nauki o Zemle, 2013, no. 2, issue 22, pp. 216–224.
Read, P.G., Dictionary of Gemmology, Butterworth Scientific, 1982.
Rybin, A.V., Danchenko, V.Ya., Chibisova, M.V., and Guryanov, V.B., Igneous complexes and rare-metal mineralization on Kudryavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Vestnik Sakh. Muz., 2000, no. 7, pp. 234–259.
Shevko, E.P., Bortnikova, S.B., Abrosimova, N.A., et al., Trace elements and minerals in fumarolic sulfur: The case of Ebeko Volcano, Kuriles, Geofluids, vol. 2018, Article ID 4586363. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4586363
Shilov, V.V., Beltenev, V.E., Ivanov, V.N., et al., New hydrothermal ore fields at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Zenit-Victoria (20°08 N) and Peterburgskoe (19°52 N), Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 2012, vol. 442, no. 3, pp. 383–389.
Silaev, V.I., Anikin, L.P., Rashidov, V.A., et al., Atacamite as a product of fumarolic mineral generation on contemporary volcanoes, in Problemy mineralogii, petrografii i metallogenii (Problems in Mineralogy, Petrography, and Metallogeny), Science Lectures to the Memory of Chirvinsky, 2021, issue 24, pp. 207–216. doi.org.17072/Chirvinsky.2021.207
Silaev, V.I., Dobretsova, I.G., Antoshkina, A.I., et al., Hydrothermal sulfide mineralizations in the Russian exploration area at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in Problemy mineralogii, petrografii i metallogenii (Problems in Mineralogy, Petrography, and Metallogeny), Science Lectures to the Memory of Chirvinsky, collection of research papers, Perm: PGNIU, 2022, issue 25, pp. 226–238. https://doi.org/orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-5233
Smolyaninova, V.N., New minerals. LXV, Zapiski Russ. Mineral. Ob., 2011, no. 6, pp. 45–69.
Sukhanova, A.A, Mineralogical and Geochemical Features of Deep-Water Sulfide Ores in the Yubileinoe Field (Russian Exploration Area at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge), Cand. Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.) Dissertation, St. Petersburg, 2018. pp. 137.
Sukharev, A.E., Silaev, V.I., Petrovsky, V.A., et al., The Ichetyusskie diamonds: Constitution, surface film micromineralizations, and genesis, Vestnik Perm. Univ., Geologiya, 2023, no. 2, pp. 1–29.
Taran, Yu.A., Hedenquist, J.W., Korzhinsky, M.A., et al., Geochemistry of magmatic gases from Kudryavy volcano, Iturup, Kuril Islands, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 1995, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 1749–1761.
Vergasova, L.P., Fumarolic minerals at Olimpiisky vent, Byull. Vulkanol. St., 1977, no. 53, pp. 77–89.
Vergasova, L. and Filatov, S.K., The chemical formula and crystallochemical characteristic of melanothallite Cu2OCl2, ZVMO, 1982, vol. 111(5), pp. 562–565.
Vergasova, L.P. and Filatov, S.K., The new mineral tolbachite CuCl2, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1983, vol. 270, pp. 415–417.
Wahrenberger, C., Seward, T.M., and Dietrich, V., Volatile trace element transport in high-temperature gases from Kudryavy volcano (Iturup, Kurile Islands, Russia), in Water–Rock Interaction: A Tribute to David A. Crerar, Hellman, R. and Wood, S.A., Eds., Geochemical Society Special Publications, 2002, vol. 7, pp. 307–327.
Wang, Y., Han, X., and Petersen, S., Mineralogy and trace element geochemistry of sulfide minerals from the Wocan Hydrothermal Field on the slow-spreading Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean, Ore Geology Reviews, 2017, vol. 84, pp. 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.12.020
Wright, I.C., de Ronde, C.E.J., Faure, K., and Gamble, J.A., Discovery of hydrothermal sulfide mineralization from southern Kermadec arc volcanoes (SW Pacific), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1998, vol. 164, pp. 335–343.
Yudovskaya, M.A., Distler, V.V., Chaplygin, I.V., et al., The forms of gold found in products of crystallization from present-day gas fluids at Kudryavy Volcano, Kuril Islands, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 2003, vol. 391, no. 4, pp. 535–539.
Zhitova, E.S., Anikin, L.P., Sergeeva, A.V., et al., An occurrence of volborthite on Alaid Volcano, Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands, Russia, Zapiski Ross. Mineral. Ob., 2020, Part CXLIX, no. 3, pp. 78–95. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869605520030119
Funding
This work was done in compliance with state assignments at the Geological Institute RAS, Moscow, at the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at the Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry SB RAS, Irkutsk, and at the Yushkin Komi Institute of Geology, Science Center, Ural Branch RAS, town of Syktyvkar.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding authors
Ethics declarations
The authors of this work declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Additional information
Translated by A. Petrosyan
Publisher’s Note.
Pleiades Publishing remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Petrova, V.V., Rashidov, V.A., Perepelov, A.B. et al. Ore Elements and Minerals in the Sublimates of Alaid Volcano, Kuril Island Arc. J. Volcanolog. Seismol. 18, 180–200 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046324700465
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046324700465