• Metadata catalogue
  •  
  •  
  •  

MINDeSEA WP4 Marine Minerals Ferro-manganese Crusts (Point)

Marine ferromanganese crust deposits are potential mineral resources that contain base metals and strategic and critical elements such as cooper (Cu), cobalt (Co), vanadium (V), nickel (Ni), titanium (Ti), platinum group elements (PGEs) or rare earth elements (REEs). Traditionally, marine precipitates are defined as: a) purely hydrogenetic when all constituents are derived from cold seawater, (b) diagenetic, when all constituents are derived from cold sediment pore water; and (c) hydrothermal when precipitation occurs in the vicinity of hydrothermal vent sites from fluids with temperatures higher than ambient bottom waters. Hydrogenetic Fe-Mn crusts occur throughout the global ocean on seamounts, ridges and plateaus, where currents have kept the rocks free of sediment for millions of years. Some ferromanganese (Fe-Mn) crusts exhibit a mixed origin, primarily either hydrothermal-hydrogenetic or hydrogenetic-diagenetic (Hein et al., 2000; 2003; 2013; Muiños et al. 2013; Bau et al., 2014; Marino et al., 2017). In many places, marine phosphorites are accompanied by Fe-Mn crust mineralisations on the seafloor of continental shelves and slopes along the western continental margins of the Atlantic Ocean. Some thick Fe-Mn crusts also contain carbonate fluorapatite, which was incorporated into the crusts during specific periods prior to middle Miocene during main Cenozoic episodes of phosphatization. These deposits are related to strong upwelling along the continental margins and seamounts. Marine phosphorites are known to concentrate rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) during early diagenetic formation (Hein et al., 1993; 2016; González et al., 2016). Although there are several references to ferromanganese crusts and their association with phosphorites in the literature, the genetic models for explaining their relationship and metal concentration are still poorly understood.
 
Citation proposal
(2019) . MINDeSEA WP4 Marine Minerals Ferro-manganese Crusts (Point). https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/5e997784-2860-483c-809c-42d70a010833

Simple

Date ( Creation )
2019-04-27
Date ( Publication )
2019-04-27
Date ( Revision )
2020-04-27
Edition
MINDeSEA WP4
Codespace
https://www.europe-geology.eu
Presentation form
modelDigital Digital model
Purpose
Characterise the deposit type (ferromanganese crusts or phophorites) by compiling relevant data on the classification, geological setting, terrain, age, mineralogical and chemical composition, morphology, textural types, and other controlling parameters. • Characterize the trace element content of the deposit type including Critical Raw Materials (CRM) for base, noble and technological metals. Study controlling factors on the occurrence of CRM. • Identify the principal metallogenic provinces where such deposits occur, taking into account spatial and temporal attributes, and provide models of formation. • Develop harmonized mineral maps and datasets of ferromanganese crusts and phosphorites incorporating GSO datasets (geophysics or samples geochemistry), along with mineral-potential and prospectivity maps. Settings and locations of marine minerals on the EU´s Critical Raw materials list. • Demonstrate how the case study results can be used in mineral exploration

  Principal investigator

Geological Survey of Spain (IGME) - Javier Gonzalez  
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España C/ Ríos Rosas 28003 Spain

  +34-91-3495864  
Website
https://igme-es.academia.edu/FJavierGonzálezSanz  
Maintenance and update frequency
annually Annually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Sea regions
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • European
GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus ( Theme )
  • mineral occurrence , manganese , iron , cobalt , nickel , platinum , tellurium , copper , rare earth element
European Geoscience Registry - Projects ( Theme )
  • MINDeSEA
INSPIRE theme register ( Discipline )
  • Mineral resources
GEMET - Themes, version 4.1.4, 13 Feb 2020 ( Discipline )
  • earth science
GEMET - Themes, version 4.1.4, 13 Feb 2020 ( Discipline )
  • geology
GEMET - Themes, version 4.1.4, 13 Feb 2020 ( Place )
  • marine geology
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Atlantic Ocean
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • North Atlantic Ocean
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Mediterranean Sea
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Baltic Sea
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Norwegian Sea
DBpedia ( Place )
  • Europe
EIONET - themes, version 4.1.4, 2020-02-13 ( Stratum )
  • lithosphere
EIONET - themes, version 4.1.4, 2020-02-13 ( Theme )
  • hydrosphere
DBpedia ( Theme )
  • Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
DBpedia ( Theme )
  • Geological Survey Ireland
DBpedia ( Temporal )
  • 2020
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Denominator
230000
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
N
S
E
W


Vertical extent

Minimum value
300
Maximum value
4764
OnLine resource
MINDeSEA Website  

Project website

OnLine resource
EGDI platform  

EGDI platform

OnLine resource
WMS  

WMS

OnLine resource
WFS  

WFS

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See referenced specification
Pass
true
Statement
Data modeling used D2.8.III.21 Data Specification on Mineral resources - Technical Guidelines to generate data schema for Ferro-manganese Crusts data produced by EMODnet Geology WP7 Minerals and MINDeSEA WP8 Link to Information Plaform for MINDeSEA WP4 Ferro-manganese crusts, phosphorites and Critical Raw Materials. The INSPIRE MineralResourcesCore UML class diagam applied for the spatial data attributes includes the following feature types: MineralOccurrence, Mine, MiningActivity, MineralDepositModel. The MINDeSEA WP4 applies the following tables: Chemistry, economic, environment, metallogeny, other and phosphoritesCriticalRawMaterials as agreed by the WP4 and WP8 leaders.

Metadata

File identifier
5e997784-2860-483c-809c-42d70a010833   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf-8 UTF8
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-11-25
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115/INSPIRE_TG2/CZ4
Metadata standard version
2003/cor.1/2006

  Point of contact

Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) - MINDeSEA WP8 Link to Information Platform Metadata Manager  
Beggars Bush Haddington Road D04 K7X4 Ireland

  +353-01-6782709  
Website
https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/programmes-and-projects/marine-and-coastal-unit/Pages/default.aspx  
 
 

  Overviews


Provided by

Access to the portal
Read here the full details and access to the data.

Associated resources

Not available


  •  
  •  
  •