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We have studied the geological structure, material composition of the ores, and the age of the Nizhny Birkachan volcanogenic gold–silver deposit discovered recently. The ore bodies consist of veins and vein-streak zones of adularia-carbonate-quartz composition; they lie in granodiorite porphyries with U‒Pb zircon age (ID-TIMS) equal to 335 ± 2 Ma. The ores are low sulfide, low silver (Au/Ag = 1–2), with pyrite dominating the ore minerals. The Ag minerals are tennantite, Ag sulfide, native gold and silver, and hessite. From an ore vein we obtained an adularia-based 40Ar/39Ar age equal to 169 ± 4 Ma, which reflects the rejuvenation of the isotopic argon system after the emplacement of a dike of unaltered Jurassic basites that cuts through the ore body. The Nizhny Birkachan deposit has a geological structure and ore composition that are very similar to those of other Au-Ag deposits at the Kedon volcano-plutonic belt such as Kubaka and Birkachan; it was also formed in the age span 290–335 Ma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To solve problems of demand management in terms of smart energy systems (Smart grid), we need a mathematical model of active consumer decision-making. Existing models either do not consider important aspects of consumer behavior, or are too complex for use in multi-agent simulation. A mathematical model of an active consumer is proposed, based on which we formulate and solve the problem of optimization of electrical appliances and consumer equipment, as well as determine the loading conditions of self-generation, under which the consumer problem allows simple and effective solution. The proposed approach is illustrated by equipment optimization of a single household. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we report U-Pb geochronological, Sm-Nd isotopic, and geochemical data for the basic schists of the Bryanta sequence of the Stanovoi complex of the Dzhugdzhur-Stanovoi superterrane of the Central Asian fold belt. It was shown that the protolith of the schists was composed of island-arc subalkali basalts, which crystallized at 1933 ± 4 Ma; the age of the earliest metamorphic processes is approximately 1890-1910 Ma. This metamorphic event could be related to the collision of the Aldan and Stanovoi continental plates or accretion-collision processes at the boundary of the Ilikan and Kupurin lithotectonic zones during the formation of the latter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The age of Kuranakh Complex diabases in the western part of the Aldan-Stanovoi Shield determined by the zircon U-Pb method is virtually identical to that of basic rocks in the Chinei stratified pluton and granites in the Kodar Complex. Thus, it is possible to suggest that they form a unified bimodal magmatic association and belong to the South Siberian postcollision magmatic belt, which extends along the southwestern framing of the Siberian Craton for more than 2500 km from the Yenisei mountain range to the Aldan-Stanovoi Shield. The occurrence of the diabase dike swarms in magmatic associations of this belt testifies to formation under lithospheric extension conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which discusses uranium (U)-lead (Pb) geochronological dating of Paleozoic era granitoide rock formation of the Kiviliyskii complex in the Bureya Terrane in Russia. It says that porphyroblastic granites and rare quartz diorites from the Kiviliyskii massif were used as samples, in which accessory zircon crystals were selected and were subjected to multiple removal of surface contamination with ethanol, acetone, and nitric acid (HNO3). It says that Krogh's modified procedure was used for the chemical decomposition of zircon and U and Pb separation and isotope analyses were performed with the use of the MAT 261 multicollector mass spectrometer from Finnigan Corp. Results show that the granitoides in the site have an early Paleozoic era age.