Noble metals in ferromanganese crusts from marginal seas of the Northwest Pacific


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Abstract

Based on data on the concentration of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Os, Ir, and Ru) in bulk samples of ferromanganese crusts, the presence of inclusions of micro- and nanosized grains of Ag, Au, Pd, and Pt, often with impurities of other elements, as well as their chaotic distribution, three sources of incorporation of these metals into ore crusts of Far Eastern seas are suggested: seawater, postvolcanic gas–hydrothermal fluids, and hydrothermal plumes. The presence of grains of platinoids and gold in ferromanganese crusts on only some mounts may result from peculiarities in the formation of volcanic rocks on the ancient continental basement.

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N. V. Astakhova

Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Branch

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Email: n_astakhova@poi.dvo.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

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