Some geochemical peculiarities of the behavior of major ore elements (Au, As, Bi, Ag, Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn) of the main ore body of the Gubovka gold ore manifestation (Kirovograd block, Ukrainian shield) were determined by the methods of multivariate statistics (rank correlation and cluster analysis). It was found that the sections of telescoping of two different in time mineral associations – early, arsenopyritelellingite with fine low-grade gold and later, polysulfide with free high-grade gold are the most productive in gold.
