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Department of diamonds

Head of Department: Yu.K. Golubev, PhD, honored subsurface explorer
Phone: (495) 315-28-65
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The department includes 2 laboratories and 7 PhDs

Main activities:
  • Expert and methodical support of federal prospecting initiatives to reproduce diamond mineral base within the Russian Federation.
  • Russian diamond mineral base (reserves, inferred resources) monitoring.
  • Information and analytical materials compilation as part of the natural resource reproduction and use federal program implementation.
  • Determination of priority directions for diamond prospecting.
  • Compilation of diamond potential forecast maps (1:25,000,000 - 1:20,000 scale).
  • Development of technologies and techniques for diamond deposit prospecting in complex prospecting environments.
  • Participation in short- and long-term federal programs – “Russian subsurface mineral resource geological study and estimation”.
  • Compilation of the Russian diamond province prospecting database.
  • Prospecting to identify diamond deposits.

Department performance for 2014-2018

1. Federal contract execution
  • Sevzapnedra federal contract (17.02.2012) “Revision works to localize prospective primary diamond source areas within the Northwest federal district and develop the best exploration complexes”
  • Yakutnedra federal contract (13.05.2013) Advanced geological and geophysical works to identify Triassic diamond deposits in the northern Olenek rise (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) not typical of Russia
2. List of main contract works
  • JSC Northwest PGA contract (12.11.2015) “Specialized geological and geophysical studies to support prospecting for primary diamond deposits within Pulongskaya area (Murmansk region)”
  • JSC SNIIGGiMS contract (01.10.2015). “Specialized geological and geophysical diamond studies within Ilim-Katanga diamondiferous area
  • Contract (02.07.2018) “1:2,500,000 scale mapping within the Russian Federation (gold and diamonds) ordered by FSBI VSEGEI.
  • Contract (27.02.2018) “Analysis of materials on the Arkhangelsk region diamond mineral base status and development combined with promising area identification and development of recommendations on further exploration routes and components”. Ordered by PJSC Severalmaz.
3. Participation in conferences and scientific meetings
  • IV International scientific and practical conference of young scientists and specialists in commemoration of Acad. A.P. Karpinsky. Saint Petersburg. 2015.
  • XII Russian petrographic conference attended by foreign scientists. 2015. Petrozavodsk. Karelian Scientific Center RAS.
  • XV International conference on placer geology and crusts of weathering “Placers and crusts of weathering: study, development, ecology”. 2015, Perm.
  • V-VIII International scientific and practical conference “Scientific and methodical basics of diamond, precious and base metal deposit forecasting, prospecting and evaluation – status and prospects”, 2015-2018, Moscow, TsNIGRI.
  • International scientific conference devoted to A.E. Fersman mineralogical museum 300th anniversary. 2016, RAS, Moscow.
  • The Earth’s alkaline magmatism and associated strategic metal deposits. XXXIII International conference. 2016. Moscow.
  • Conference “Scientific-methodical and technological problems of low-contrast kimberlite pipe forecasting and prospecting within East European and East Siberian diamondiferous provinces”. 2017, Saint Petersburg, FSBI VSEGEI.
  • V Russian national scientific and practical conference (internationally attended) devoted to TsNIGRI – JSC ALROSA diamond laboratory 50th anniversary “Diamond exploration efficiency: forecasting/resource, methodical and innovative-technological ways to enhance it”, 2018, Mirny.
  • International conference dedicated to Acad. V.S. Sobolev 110th anniversary. 2018, IGM FB RAS, Novosibirsk.
4. Major publications
  • N.A. Bozhko, N.A. Prusakova. Karelian craton primary diamond content prospects // Ores and Metals. 2014. № 4. P. 5-13.
  • Yu.K. Golubev. Prospects of new diamond mineral base formation in Yakutian arctic zone // Ores and Metals. 2015. № 1. P. 36-44.
  • Yu.K. Golubev, N.A. Prusakova. Identification of Yakutian arctic zone primary diamond placer sources // National Geology. 2017. № 1. P. 54-67.
  • Yu.K. Golubev, Yu.Yu. Golubeva. Russian diamond mineral base: problems and solutions // Russian Mineral Resources. Economics and Management. 2018. № 1. P. 16-22.
  • Yu.Yu. Golubeva, T.E. Kolesnikova. Crater composition of possible Triassic primary diamond sources in the northern Olenek rise (Yakutia) // National Geology. 2017. № 1. P. 85-94.
  • A.K. Zagainy, I.I. Mikoev. Structural-tectonic and geophysical preconditions of kimberlite localization in Angola // Ores and Metals. 2017. № 4. P. 42-49.
  • A.I. Ivanov, S.S. Vartanyan. Russian diamond and gold mineral base development prospects // Russian Mineral Resources. Economics and Management. 2016. № 3. P. 15-23.
  • A.I. Ivanov, S.S. Vartanyan. Russian diamond and gold mineral base development status and prospects // Mineral Resources Exploration and Conservation. 2016. № 9. P. 95-100.
  • A.V. Kargin, Yu.Yu. Golubeva. Geochemical typification of kimberlites and associated rocks in the northern Anabar district, Yakutia // DAN. 2017. V. 477. № 1. P. 71-74.
  • A.V. Kargin, Yu.Yu. Golubeva. Petrographical-geochemical typification of Triassic alkaline-ultramafic rocks, northern Anabar diamondiferous area, Yakutia // Petrology. 2017. V. 25. № 6. P. 547-580.
  • V.N. Ustinov, Yu.K. Golubev. Diamondiferous African areas and their significance for the Russian diamond industry mineral base expansion // Russian Mineral Resources. Economics and Management. 2017. № 6. P. 40-51.
  • V.N. Ustinov, Yu.K. Golubev. Analysis of the African province diamond potential prospects related to the Russian mineral base development abroad // National Geology. 2017. № 6. P. 52-66.
  • V.N. Ustinov, L.P. Lobkova. Karelian-Kola megacraton zoning based on primary diamond source types // Siberian Geology and Minerals. 2017. № 4. P. 51-61.
  • P.G. Kucherevsky, Yu.K. Golubev. Volga federal district precious metal and diamond mineral base development status and prospects // Mineral Resources of Russia, 2018, № 3, P. 1-7.
  • Yu.K. Golubev, D.A. Kulikov. Popigai diamond deposit development prospects // Mineral Resources of Russia, 2018, № 5, P. 16-20.
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