Preliminary Studies for the Development of a Procedure for Prediction and Evaluation of Productive Sulfide Mineralization of the Norilsk Type Using the Polarization-Optical and Petrophysical Methods Based on the Example of the Talnakh Deposit

Abstract—A quantitative study of the mineral composition of the Talnakh deposit ores and host rocks from two wells was carried out using polished sections. The values ​​of several physicomechanical, magnetic, and electrical properties were determined. These data were used to calculate the contents of the main ore minerals and useful components in the studied samples as a function of their petrophysical properties, as well as to reveal the near ore petrophysical anomalies in the ore horizons exocontacts. Application of this research methodology will allow an increase in the efficiency of prospecting and appraisal works for the Norilsk type sulfide mineralization.