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MINDeSEA WP3 Seafloor Massive Sulphide Deposits (Point)

Seafloor massive sulphides (SMS) are modern equivalents of on-shore (ancient) volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) which have constituted important mining targets through history in many regions of Europe. VMS deposits are generally stratiform accumulations of sulphides formed at or just beneath the seafloor as a result of volcano-magmatic activity. The sulphides are precipitated from hot hydrothermal solutions when they come in contact with cold seawater. Deposits of this type that form today are known as seafloor massive sulphides, and the associated sulphurous plumes are called black and white smokers. Data from ancient VMS deposits are essential for the present-day understanding of the formation, structure and composition of SMS deposits. VMS deposits are among the most important deposit types for a number of commodities, including copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), silver (Ag) and gold (Au). In addition, they may contain economic grades of cobalt (Co), tin (Sn), barium (Ba), sulphur (S), selenium (Se), indium (In), bismuth (Bi), tellurium (Te), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge). Several of these minor constituents are considered critical raw materials by the EU. The modern equivalents are found on the ocean floor, along present-day spreading ridges and volcanic centres, and are the target of steadily increasing attention as a possible source for both base, precious and special metals.
 
Citation proposal
(2019) . MINDeSEA WP3 Seafloor Massive Sulphide Deposits (Point). https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/5ee0bdd3-0608-498a-aa86-35e50a010833

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Date ( Creation )
2019-04-27
Date ( Publication )
2019-04-27
Date ( Revision )
2020-04-27
Edition
MINDeSEA WP3
Codespace
https://www.europe-geology.eu/
Presentation form
modelDigital Digital model
Purpose
MINDeSEA WP3 will compile generated data, products and metadata from areas explored and investigated for seafloor massive sulphide deposits and make them available through a common European information portal. The portal will provide access to data and metadata held by each organisation based on standards developed in the Minerals4EU project and the European Union Raw Materials Knowledge Base (EURMKB), the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI portal), and further expanded in the GeoERA project Mintell4EU. The inclusion of the sea floor mineralisations in the European resource portals is imperative for an accurate assessment of the European metal resource inventory and resource potential. The objective of the current work package is primarily to gather existing vent and deposit data, but where possible, on-going case studies will provide new compositional data from known and sampled mineralisations. A harmonized and complete dataset will be used to review the existing genetic understanding of European seafloor massive sulphide deposits and the exploration models currently employed. The data will provide a stronger knowledge base for future exploration and prospectivity mapping of both off-shore and on-shore base metal deposits. The specific objectives of MINDeSEA WP3 are: - To compile all existing and accessible data on SMS deposits and mineralisations in European waters. - To generate a harmonised dataset from known and sampled vent sites and sulphide mineral occurrences in terms of setting, morphology and chemical composition, including base and noble metals, as well as contained critical special metals, such as indium, tellurium, germanium and gallium. - To locate and explore on-going projects on marine sulphides as possible case studies for further data generation. - To make all data on European seafloor massive sulphide deposits available through a common European mineral resource portal. - To review all collected and generated data.

  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 )
  • Mineral resources
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • European
GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus ( Theme )
  • manganese , barium , copper , gold , zinc , silver , anhydrite , calcite
European Geoscience Registry - Projects ( Theme )
  • MINDeSEA
INSPIRE theme register ( Theme )
  • 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 ( Discipline )
  • 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 )
  • Aegean Sea (The Archipelago) (Mediterranean Sea)
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Norwegian Sea
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Arctic Ocean
SeaDataNet sea areas ( Place )
  • Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea)
DBpedia ( Place )
  • Europe
EIONET - themes, version 4.1.4, 2020-02-13 ( Stratum )
  • lithosphere
EIONET - themes, version 4.1.4, 2020-02-13 ( Stratum )
  • hydrosphere
DBpedia ( Theme )
  • Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
DBpedia ( Theme )
  • Geological Survey of Norway
DBpedia ( Theme )
  • Geological Survey Ireland
DBpedia ( Temporal )
  • 2019
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
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Vertical extent

Minimum value
300
Maximum value
4764
OnLine resource
MINDeSEA  

Project website

OnLine resource
EGDI platform  

EGDI platform

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
5ee0bdd3-0608-498a-aa86-35e50a010833   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  
 
 

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