An analysis of geological-geophysical, metallogenic, geochronological, and seismic tomographic studies in territories joining Southeast Russia, East Mongolia, and Northeast China led to the conclusion that deep geodynamics significantly influenced the formation of highly productive ore-magmatic systems in the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous. This influence was likely manifested through the initiation of decompression processes around stagnant slab boundaries in the Late Mesozoic. Decompression and advection, which are particularly active near the natural boundaries of the slab, act as triggers for the intense interaction of under and over subduction asthenospheric fluids with adjacent sections of the mantle and for the directed upwelling of powerful flows of matter and energy into the lithosphere. These flows determine the locations of intermediate and peripheral magma chambers: Primary chambers in the lower lithosphere among the metasomatized mantle and lower crust and associated chambers in the middle and upper cratonized parts of the lithosphere. Large ore clusters containing noble metals (Au, PGE), uranium, fluorite, and Cu-Mo-porphyry deposits are associated with late- and postmagmatic derivatives of the emerging magma chambers over the frontal and peripheral (paleotransform) boundaries of a stagnant Pacific slab. These large Late Mesozoic ore clusters and districts form a distinctive "necklace" of strategic materials in East Asia.
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Several similar indicators in Nevada (USA) and South Yakutia (Russia) gold-bearing provinces have been identified based on modern tectonic, geophysical and seismic tomography observations, followed by the analysis of the main geodynamic factors of the formation and distribution of large gold-bearing provinces in the North Pacific. One of the significant metallogenic peculiarities is a wide variety of formational and mineral deposits concentrated in the areas. Both provinces are situated at active margins surrounded by fold-thrust belts. In South Yakutia, a combination of sublatitudinal Baikal-Elkon-Ulkan and submeridional Seligdar-Verkhnetimpon gravity field gradient zones is recorded. In contrast, significant positive gravity anomalies of the Northern Nevada Rift and higher-order gradient zones are presented in Nevada. Large pluton and transform fault zones in both provinces support a conclusion about the fundamental role of geodynamic factors in developing ore-magmatic systems in the regions. Significant differences in the scale of the gold mineralization in the considered provinces are explained by the existence under the North American continent not only of the Mendocino transform fault zone but also of the Juan de Fuca paleo-spreading center. In contrast, the Inagli-Konder-Feklistov magmatic-metallogenic belt alone controls mineralization under the Asian continent.
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