Isotope ratio 87Sr/86Sr was determined for the first time for the Ufalei and Sakhara supergene nickel deposits. The average obtained 87Sr/86Sr ratio in the Sakhara deposit (0,70838) is higher then in the Ufalei deposit (0,70697). In both deposits 87Sr/86Sr ratio increases from low-altered serpentinite rocks of the lower part of the deposits (0,70583 and 0,70687) to exogenous iron-oxide rocks of the upper part of the deposits (0,70917 and 0,71004).
Contents of platinum group elements (PGE), gold and silver in oxide-silicate nickel ores of the Buruktal, Ufalei and Elov supergene nickel deposits are determined in relation to their ophiolitic dunite-harzburgite bedrock.
