Citation:

PANGAEA.956293

Name: Chemical composition of manganese nodules from the south Penrhyn Basin
Published: 2023-03-09
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Geochemistry; manganese micronodule; manganese nodule; ocean; sediment

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Published: 2023-03-09 • DOI registered: 2023-04-10

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Abstract:

Samples of manganese nodules from the south Penrhyn Basin were analyzed for a number of elemental concentrations. Chemical analyses were performed by the Australian Mineral Development Laboratories (AMDEL), with funds contributed to CCOP/SOPAC by the Australian government, using XRF. Au and Pt were analyzed for using fire assay collection and emission spectrography. The overall chemical composition of nodulesfrom the south Penrhyn Basin is fairly uniform throughout the area sampled. The total spread of data is small and generally amounts to less than t. 20% of the mean, as measured by standard deviation except in the case of elements present in lower concentrations where analytical errors become more significant.

Keyword(s):

Geochemistry; manganese micronodule; manganese nodule; ocean; sediment

Related to:

Landmesser, Charles W; Kroenke, Loren W; Glasby, Geoffrey P; Sawtell, Gordon H; Kingan, Stuart G; Utanga, Edwin; Utanga, Anthony; Cowan, George (1976): Manganese nodules from the south Penrhyn Basin, southwest Pacific. South Pacific Marine Geological Notes, 1(3), 22 pp, GN0003.pdf

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

Project(s):

NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database (NOAA-MMS)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -14.812778 * Median Longitude: -159.592222 * South-bound Latitude: -17.966667 * West-bound Longitude: -160.913333 * North-bound Latitude: -10.633333 * East-bound Longitude: -158.525000

Date/Time Start: 1976-06-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1976-06-25T00:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m

Event(s):

RAV76-FFC3 (Station 4) * Latitude: -15.266667 * Longitude: -159.141667 * Date/Time: 1976-06-14T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5130.0 m * Penetration: 1.03 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: (CK-76-1) * Basis: Ravikai * Method/Device: Free fall corer (FFC)

RAV76-FFG6 (S03G06 (Station 3)) * Latitude: -16.553333 * Longitude: -159.291667 * Date/Time: 1976-06-13T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5093.0 m * Recovery: 4.1 kg * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: (CK-76-1) * Basis: Ravikai * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)

RAV76-FFG8 (S05G08 (Station 5)) * Latitude: -14.666667 * Longitude: -159.100000 * Date/Time: 1976-06-14T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5092.0 m * Recovery: 5.6 kg * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: (CK-76-1) * Basis: Ravikai * 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.

This dataset represents the digitized Table 4, pp. 31 of the related publication.

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	Identification	ID		Landmesser, Charles W
6	Deposit type	Deposit type		Landmesser, Charles W
7	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Landmesser, Charles W		Geocode
8	Manganese	Mn	%	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
9	Iron	Fe	%	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
10	Nickel	Ni	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
11	Copper	Cu	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
12	Zinc	Zn	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
13	Cobalt	Co	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
14	Molybdenum	Mo	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
15	Lead	Pb	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
16	Uranium	U	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
17	Thorium	Th	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
18	Niobium	Nb	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
19	Zirconium	Zr	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
20	Tantalum	Ta	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
21	Tungsten	W	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
22	Chromium	Cr	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
23	Titanium	Ti	%	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
24	Vanadium	V	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Measured at Australian Mineral Development Laboratories
25	Gold	Au	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Emission spectrography
26	Platinum	Pt	mg/kg	Landmesser, Charles W	Emission spectrography
27	Shape	Shape		Landmesser, Charles W
28	Texture	Texture		Landmesser, Charles W
29	Size	Size		Landmesser, Charles W