Gold-bearing areas of the western slope of Northern Urals and Timan

The main information on the gold content of the Kozhim and Manitanyrd areas of the western slope of the Subpolar and Polar Urals, and the Kyvvozh area of the Middle Timan is presented.The gold-sulfide mineralization of the Sinilga, Karavannoye, Katalambinsk, and Verkhneniyayusk manifestations, as well as gold-platinum-fuchsite mineralization of the Chudnoye and Nesterovsk manife- stations are described. The characteristics of gold and accompanying minerals is given. Silver is presented as one of the elements-impurities in gold from the majority of ore occurrences. In gold of the Verkhneniyayusk manifestation along with silver, copper and mercury are often observed; in gold of the Chud- noye manifestation copper, mercury, and palladium are observed. It is shown that the deposition of gold occurred mainly in the late stages of mineral forma- tion. Of great interest is the Kyvvozh area characterized by a wide gold distri- bution in alluvial sediments, the mineralogical peculiarities of which indicate a close location of indigenous sources.