1_README.DOC



  

  Significant Metalliferous and Selected Non-Metalliferous 

  Lode Deposits, and Selected Placer Districts of Northeast 

  Asia



  By Sodov Ariunbileg(1), Gennandiy V. Biryul'kin(2), 

  Jamba Byamba(3), Yury V. Davydov(3), Gunchin Dejidmaa(4), 

  Elimir G. Distanov(5), Dangindorjiin Dorjgotov(3), 

  Gennadiy N. Gamyanin(2), Ochir Gerel(6), 

  Valeriy Yu. Fridovskiy(7), Ayurzana Gotovsuren(8), 

  Duk Hwan Hwang(9), Anatoliy P. Kochnev(10), 

  Alexei V. Kostin(2), Mikhail I. Kuzmin1(1), 

  Sergey A. Letunov(11), Jiliang Li(12), Xujun Li(12), 

  Galina D. Malceva(10), V.D. Melnikov(2), 

  Valeriy M. Nikitin(7), Alexander A. Obolenskiy(5), 

  Masatsugu Ogasawara(13), Demberel Orolmaa(1), 

  Leonid M. Parfenov(2), Nikolay V. Popov(5), 

  Andrei V. Prokopiev(2), Vladimir Ratkin(14), 

  Sergey M. Rodionov(15), Zhan V. Seminskiy(10), 

  Vladimir I. Shpikerman(16), Alexander P. Smelov(2), 

  Vitaly I. Sotnikov(5), Alexander V. Spiridonov(11), 

  Valeriy V. Stogniy(7), Sadahisa Sudo(13), Fengyue Sun(12), 

  Jiapeng Sun(12), Weizhi Sun(12), Valeriy M. Supletsov(10), 

  Vladimir F. Timofeev(2), Oleg A. Tyan(2), 

  Valeriy G. Vetluzhskikh(2), Aihua Xi(12), 

  Yakov V. Yakovlev(2), Hongquan Yan(12), 

  Vladimir I. Zhizhin(7), Nikolay N. Zinchuk(19), and 

  Lydia M. Zorina(11)



  Edited by Warren J. Nokleberg(18) Tatiana V. Bounaeva(11), 

  Robert J. Miller(15), Zhan V. Seminskiy(10), and 

  Michael F. Diggles(18)



  Open-File Report 03-220

  Version 1.0



  2003



  Prepared in Collaboration with Russian Academy of Sciences, 

  Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Jilin University, Korean 

  Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, and 

  Geological Survey of Japan



  This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for 

  conformity with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) editorial 

  standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. 

  Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive 

  purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. 

  Government.



  (1) Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar

  (2) Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk

  (3) Mongolian National University, Ulaanbaatar

  (4) Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

  (5) Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

  (6) Mongolian University of Science and Technology, 

       Ulaanbaatar

  (7) Yakutian State University, Yakutsk

  (8) Mongolia Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ulaanbaatar

  (9) Korean Institute of Geology, Mining, and Mineral 

       Resources, Taejon

  (10) Irkutsk State Technical University, Irkutsk

  (11) Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk

  (12) Jilin University, Changchun

  (13) Geological Survey of Japan/AIST, Tsukuba

  (14) Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok

  (15) Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk

  (16) Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan

  (15) Russian Academy of Sciences, Blagoveschensk

  (19) ALROSA Joint Company, Mirnyi

  (18) U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park



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  U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY



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  QUICK START



  For those already familiar with Adobe Acrobat Reader and 

  who have version 5.0 or higher or MS Word on their 

  computer, go directly to the file OF03-220.pdf or

  OF03-220.doc respectively.



  

  INTRODUCTION



  This readme file describes the digital files on this CD-ROM 

  report that contains a digtial database on lode deposits 

  and placer districts of Northeast Asia. This region 

  includes Eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, 

  Northeast China, South Korea, and Japan. On the CD-ROM are 

  a detailed database, a bibliography of cited references, 

  descriptions of mineral deposit models, and a mineral 

  deposit location map. Data are provided for 1,674 

  significant lode deposits and 91 significant placer 

  districts of the region.



  

  FILES ON CD-ROM AND DATA ORGANIZATION



  At the root (base level) of this CD-ROM are the 

  1_README.TXT file and the documentation for this 

  publication (OF03-220.doc and OF03-220.pdf).  The materials 

  on the CD-ROM, including maps, tables, and articles, are 

  stored in the following directories under the indicated 

  file names. Articles are in Word 6 format (*.doc) and in 

  Adobe Acrobat Reader format (*.pdf). The location map is in 

  Adobe Acrobat Reader format (.pdf). Databases are in 

  FileMaker Pro 5 (*.fp5), Excel (*.xls), and Word 6 (.doc) 

  formats. Reference lists are in Word 6 (.doc) format. 

  Plain-text files are in ASCII (*.txt) format.



  

  DIRECTORIES AND FILES



  Acrobat. This directory contains Adobe Acrobat Reader 

  installation programs for Windows and Macintosh computers. 

  After installing this program, the files in PDF (*.pdf) 

  format (text, figures, and maps) can be viewed and printed.



  DATABASE. This directory contains the mineral deposit and 

  placer district databases for NE Asia.



  LOCATION_MAP. This directory contains a map showing 

  locations of lode deposits and placer districts for NE Asia 

  with an underlying generalized geodynamics map of NE Asia 

  and a list of geologic map units. The map is provided in 

  Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format. 



  MINMOD. This directory contains descriptions of mineral 

  deposit models and references for NE Asia.



  TEXT_FILES. This directory contains an introductory 

  manuscript, and references for descriptions of lode 

  deposits and placer districts.



  

  DISCLAIMERS



  This Compact Disc-Read-Only-Memory (CD-ROM) publication was 

  prepared by an agency of the United States Government. 

  Neither the United States Government nor any agency 

  thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, 

  expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or 

  responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or 

  usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or 

  process disclosed in this report, or represents that its 

  use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference 

  therein to any specific commercial product, process, or 

  service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or 

  otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its 

  endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United 

  States Government or any agency thereof.



  Although all data and software published on this CD-ROM 

  have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or 

  implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data 

  and related materials and (or) the functioning of the 

  software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any 

  such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS 

  in the use of this data, software, or related materials.



  

  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS



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  system-based or Linux(R) workstation, Macintosh(R) or 

  compatible computer, or an IBM(R) or compatible personal 

  computer, all equipped with a CD-ROM drive and a color 

  monitor that can display 256 colors (16.7 million 

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  Intel(R) Pentium(R) or equivalent processor, Microsoft(R) 

  Windows(R) 95 OSR 2.0, Windows 98 SE, Windows Millennium, 

  Windows NT(R) 4.0 with Service Pack 5, Windows 2000, or 

  Windows XP, and 64 MB of RAM.  To use this CD-ROM, a 

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  On any platforms, you will need Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader 

  5.0 or higher (included on this disk for Macintosh and 

  Windows) or other software that can translate PDF files.



  

  PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF) FILES 



  This CD-ROM contains Portable Document Format (PDF) files 

  for viewing and searching documents.  The Acrobat directory 

  contains installers for Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5, 5.1 and 

  6.0 for both Windows (PC directory) and Macintosh (Mac 

  directory).  The installers are provided on this disc, or 

  can be downloaded as the latest version of Adobe Acrobat 

  Reader, free, via the Internet from the Adobe homepage on 

  the World-Wide Web at http://www.adobe.com/.  In order to 

  view PDF files you will need a reader that can translate 

  PDF files.  This CD-ROM contains a full-text index 

  (index.pdx and associated files in the index directory) 

  that is for use in searching the PDF files for words or 

  sets of words using the search tool in Acrobat Reader.  



  

  ASSOCIATED PROJECT



  These materials on this CD-ROM are part of a series of 

  major compilations and syntheses accomplished during a six-

  year project. The major scientific goals and benefits of 

  the project are to: (1) provide a comprehensive 

  international data base on the mineral resources of the 

  region that is the first, extensive knowledge available in 

  English; (2) provide major new interpretations of the 

  origin and crustal evolution of mineralizing systems and 

  their host rocks, thereby enabling enhanced, broad-scale 

  tectonic reconstructions and interpretations; and (3) 

  promote trade and scientific and technical exchanges 

  between the North America and Northeast Asia. Data from the 

  project are providing sound scientific data and 

  interpretations for commercial firms, governmental 

  agencies, universities, and individuals who are developing 

  new ventures and studies in the project area, and for land-

  use planning studies that deal with both mineral potential 

  issues. Northeast Asia has vast potential for known and 

  undiscovered mineral deposits; however, before this 

  project, no detailed mineral deposit databases are 

  published in English in the West. Data and interpretations 

  from the project are providing basic knowledge for major 

  scientific, commercial, national, and international 

  endeavors by other interested individuals and groups.



  

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS



  For the preparation of this report, we thank the many 

  geologists who have worked with us for their valuable 

  expertise in each region of Eastern Siberia, Russian Far 

  East, Mongolia, Northeast China, South Korea, and Japan, We 

  thank Russian interpreters Tatiana Bounaeva and Elena 

  Koltunova for their skill and assistance during long and 

  complex scientific dialogues, and for translation of 

  complex geologic descriptions and references. We also thank 

  managers N.L. Dobretsov, L.C. Gundersen, P.P. Hearn, K. 

  Johnson, R. Koski, L.P. Leahy, and J. Medlin, and K. Schulz 

  for their encouragement and support of the project. We 

  thank Dennis P. Cox and Jeff L. Doebrich for their 

  constructive reviews.