Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Oceani
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Turtle Pits hydrothermal field | Hydrothermal Vent |
| Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex | Mid-Ocean Ridge |
| Atlantic Ocean | Ocean |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
4° 48' 15'' South , 12° 22' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Active hydrothermal field, associated with a row of collapse pits within a basaltic sheet flow. It consists of a large, active black smoker chimney and two mounds of sulfide debris that are capped by numerous small active black smokers.
The Turtle Pits vent site consists of eight known high temperature vents and several diffuse vent sites which are distributed over three hydrothermal fields: Turtle Pits, Comfortless Cove, and Red Lion. Three high‐temperature vent fields have been recognized so far over a strike length of less than 2 km
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| ⓘ Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Atacamite Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl Locality: Turtle Pits, Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean Reference: Fallon, Emily K., Matthias Frische, Sven Petersen, Richard A. Brooker, and Thomas B. Scott. (2019) "Geological, Mineralogical and Textural Impacts on the Distribution of Environmentally Toxic Trace Elements in Seafloor Massive Sulfide Occurrences" Minerals 9, no. 3: 162. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030162 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Isocubanite Formula: CuFe2S3 Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Reference: Fallon, Emily K., Matthias Frische, Sven Petersen, Richard A. Brooker, and Thomas B. Scott. (2019) "Geological, Mineralogical and Textural Impacts on the Distribution of Environmentally Toxic Trace Elements in Seafloor Massive Sulfide Occurrences" Minerals 9, no. 3: 162. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030162 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean Red Lion, Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean Turtle Pits, Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean Southern Tower, Turtle Pits, Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Localities: Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
| ⓘ Wurtzite Formula: (Zn,Fe)S Reference: Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., and Petersen, S. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 423-431. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Isocubanite | 2.CB.55b | CuFe2S3 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Wurtzite | 2.CB.45 | (Zn,Fe)S |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Atacamite | 3.DA.10a | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Wurtzite | (Zn,Fe)S |
| S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Wurtzite | (Zn,Fe)S |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 |
| Cu | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Zn | ⓘ Wurtzite | (Zn,Fe)S |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Haase, K. M., Petersen, S., Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Devey, C. W., Keir, R., ... & Süling, J. (2007). Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5° S on the slow‐spreading southern Mid‐Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8(11).
Pašava, J., A. Vymazalová & Petersen, S. (2007), PGE fractionation in seafloor hydrothermal systems: examples from mafic- and ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal fields at the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Mineralium Deposita: 42: 423-431.
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- Turtle Pits hydrothermal field
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