The mineral composition of ore veinlets at the Skrytoe deposit (Malinovsky ore node, Primorye) is scrutinized based on the
study of core samples from boreholes. It has been established that high Bi and Te concentrations in ores are related to the
presence of native bismuth, Ag-Pb-Bi sulfosalts of the lillianite-gustavite series (gustavite, schirmerite, treasurite, and
others), bismuth sulfides (bismuthinite and ikunolite), and bismuth sulfotellurides (joseite-A). The chemical compositions
of bismuth minerals and their structural interrelations, as well as the attributes of their similarity with mineralization
at other compositionally identical deposits in the region, are considered. Problems of the genesis and formational affiliation
of the deposit are discussed.
Key words scheelite deposits - bismuth minerals - genesis - Primorye
Original Russian Text © V.I. Gvozdev, 2009, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2009, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 72–83.