Manganese deposits: Communication 1. Genetic models of manganese ore formation |
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| Authors: | V N Kuleshov |
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| Institution: | 1.Geological Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Major regularities in the formation of manganese rocks and ores have been established on the basis of available published
and original data. The proposed genetic classification of main manganese deposits (with model examples) is as follows: sedimentary-diagenetic
(Nikopol, Bol’she-Tokmak; Ukraine), (volcanogenic) hydrothermal-sedimentary (deposits of the Atasui area, Kazakhstan; Magnitogorsk
Trough, South Urals), epigenetic (catagenetic) (deposits of the Kalahari manganese ore field, South Africa; Usinsk deposit,
Kuznetsk Alatau), and supergene (residual, infiltrational, cavern filling, and pisolitic deposits in India, Brazil, South
Africa, and Australia). The results suggest the following conclusions: (1) all primary manganese rocks and ores at the known
deposits are hydrothermal- and diagenetic-sedimentary formations of marine environments; (2) manganese concentrations achieve
the size of deposits at postsedimentary stages of the initial manganiferous sediment and manganese rock transformation (diagenesis,
catagenesis, and retrograde diagenesis); (3) indispensable participation of the isotopically light carbon dioxide related
to the destruction of organic matter (OM) is a characteristic feature of manganese carbonate formation during diagenesis;
and (4) the role of organic carbon in manganese ore formation becomes notable since early stages of Mn accumulation in the
Precambrian sedimentary basins (terminal Archean-initial Early Proterozoic). |
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