Mero, John L (1977): (Table 11-I, page 338) Metal contents (%) of a representative sampling of manganese nodules from the North Pacific high-grade region [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.842548, Supplement to: Mero, JL (1977): Chapter 11 Economic aspects of nodule mining. In: Glasby, G. P. (Ed.), Marine Manganese Deposits, Elsevier Oceanography Series, 15, 327-355, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0422-9894(08)71025-0
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Abstract:
Two types of deep-sea dredges are currently under development for the mining of the manganese nodules, a deep-sea hydraulic dredge and a mechanical cable-bucket system. Both systems offer some advantages with the hydraulic system appearing to be advantageous in themining of a specific deposit for which it is designed while the cable-bucket system appears to be somewhat more flexible in working in a variety of deposits, topographic environments, and water depths. Environmental studies conducted in conjunction with deep-sea tests of the two types of mining systems currently indicate that substantially no environmental damage will be done in the mining of the deep-sea nodules. Because of the nature of the deposits and the way in which they can be mined, the manganese nodules appear to be a relatively pollution free and energy-saving source of a number of industrially important metals.
Source:
Grant, John Bruce; Moore, Carla J; Alameddin, George; Chen, Kuiying; Barton, Mark (1992): The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, https://doi.org/10.7289/V52Z13FT
Further details:
Warnken, Robin R; Virden, William T; Moore, Carla J (1992): The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, https://doi.org/10.7289/V53X84KN
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 10.924919 * Median Longitude: -138.579415 * South-bound Latitude: 6.050000 * West-bound Longitude: -170.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.066660 * East-bound Longitude: -120.158333
Date/Time Start: 1954-10-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1966-03-03T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -5400.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -2431.0 m
Event(s):
AMP3P * Latitude: 15.066660 * Longitude: -125.083330 * Date/Time: 1963-12-07T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4500.0 m * Campaign: AMPHITRITE (AMPH01AR) * Basis: Argo * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)
CHUB5 * Latitude: 13.051700 * Longitude: -125.480000 * Date/Time: 1954-10-17T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2431.0 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: CHUBASCO (CHUB01BD) * Basis: Spencer F. Baird * Method/Device: Core (CORE)
DWBD2 * Latitude: 10.433330 * Longitude: -130.633330 * Date/Time: 1957-10-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4890.0 m * Campaign: DOWNWIND-B1 (DNWB0ABD) * Basis: Spencer F. Baird * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)
Comment:
From 1983 until 1989 NOAA-NCEI compiled the NOAA-MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database from journal articles, technical reports and unpublished sources from other institutions. At the time it was the most extended data compilation on ferromanganese deposits world wide. Initially published in a proprietary format incompatible with present day standards it was jointly decided by AWI and NOAA to transcribe this legacy data into PANGAEA. This transfer is augmented by a careful checking of the original sources when available and the encoding of ancillary information (sample description, method of analysis...) not present in the NOAA-MMS database.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | |||
| 5 | Manganese | Mn | % | Mero, John L | Dry-weight basis | |
| 6 | Iron | Fe | % | Mero, John L | Dry-weight basis | |
| 7 | Cobalt | Co | % | Mero, John L | Dry-weight basis | |
| 8 | Nickel | Ni | % | Mero, John L | Dry-weight basis | |
| 9 | Copper | Cu | % | Mero, John L | Dry-weight basis | |
| 10 | Value | Value | $/MT | Mero, John L | Calculated | as $1.00 per percent of manganese; $7.90 per kg of cobalt; $4.00 per kg of nickel; and $1.80 per kg of copper |
| 11 | Concentration | Conc | kg/m2 | Mero, John L | Photography | of sea-floor |
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Size:
53 data points
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Elevation [m] | 5 Mn [%] | 6 Fe [%] | 7 Co [%] | 8 Ni [%] | 9 Cu [%] | 10 Value [$/MT] | 11 Conc [kg/m2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC10-91 | 12.2750 | -120.1583 | -4471 | 31.5 | 5.1 | 0.16 | 1.68 | 1.40 | 125.9 | |
| CHUB5 | 13.0517 | -125.4800 | -2431 | 27.8 | 12.2 | 0.47 | 1.25 | 1.02 | 122.9 | |
| AMP3P | 15.0667 | -125.0833 | -4500 | 23.2 | 6.0 | 0.23 | 1.91 | 1.24 | 128.6 | 15 |
| DWBD2 | 10.4333 | -130.6333 | -4890 | 28.0 | 9.4 | 0.32 | 1.54 | 1.50 | 130.5 | 15 |
| MSN-153P | 13.1167 | -138.9333 | -4927 | 29.0 | 5.9 | 0.38 | 1.75 | 1.56 | 144.4 | 8 |
| MSN-148G | 9.1000 | -145.3000 | -5400 | 30.9 | 6.2 | 0.31 | 1.79 | 1.50 | 141.7 | 10 |
| WAH-24FF8 | 8.3060 | -153.0470 | -5143 | 24.9 | 7.3 | 0.25 | 1.86 | 1.65 | 135.3 | |
| MSN-11G | 6.0500 | -170.0000 | -5400 | 35.2 | 6.4 | 0.19 | 1.87 | 2.30 | 153.0 | 5 |