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Hydrothermal manganese mineralization in the Peterbourgskoye ore field (North Atlantic) |
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| Authors: | G N Baturin I G Dobretsova V T Dubinchuk |
| Institution: | 1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS), pr. Nakhimovski 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia 2. Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition (PMGE), ul. Pobedy 24, St. Petersburg, 198412, Russia 3. Fedorovskiy Russian Institute of Mineral Resources (VIMS), per. Staromonetnii 31, Moscow, 119017, Russia |
| Abstract: | The manganese crust covered by pelagic sediment was recovered from the 3 km depth from the Peterbourgskoye ore field located on the eastern flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The crust comprises a platy brittle aggregate 1–5 cm thick made of black heterogeneous and partly porous material. The inner structure consists of aggregated parallel microplaits several micrometers to 0.2 mm thick consisting of well-crystallized bisnessite with a minor admixture of colloform vernadite. The chemical composition of the crust is dominated by manganese (more than 60% MnO) with minor iron (1.7% Fe2O3) and somewhat notable sodium and sulfur. The trace element composition is characterized by very high molybdenum, moderate gallium and uranium, and very low values of 40 other trace elements. Compared to previous publications, the composition of this crust is fairly different from the average values previously defined for hydrothermal crusts. On the other hand, it is rather close to some crusts recovered from subsea volcanoes in the Sea of Japan. |
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