Nsuta

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Location - Ghana

Age (of protore) - 2050 Ma

Original size (oxide) -- 4 million tonnes of Mn

Original size (carbonate) -- 12 million tonnes of Mn

References

Nyame, F. K., 1998, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Genesis of the Nsuta Manganese Deposit, Ghana. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Okayama University.

Mücke, A., Dzigbodi-Adjimah, K., and Annor, A., 1999, Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry and genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian manganese-formation of Nsuta/Ghana: Mineralium Deposita, v. 34, p. 297-311.

Kleinschrot, D., Klemd, R., Brocker, M., Okrusch, M., Franz, L., Schmidt, K., 1994, Protores and country rocks of the Nsuta manganese deposit (Ghana): N. Jb. Miner. Abh. 168, p. 67-108.

Van Bart, Adrian, 2001, Structure, stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Paleoproterozoic Nsuta Manganese Deposit, Ghana: Johannesburg, South Africa, Unpublished MSc Thesis, University of Johannesburg, 110 pp.

major elements - trace elements - rare-earth elements - REE normalized - isotopes - strat column

Major Elements, oxide percent

 

 

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

MnO
Fe2O3t
SiO2
Al203
CaO
MgO
K2O
Na2O
TiO2
P205
LOI

Average

 

Mn carb
46.30
1.45
8.43
1.87
5.42
4.08
0.21
0.32
0.07
0.15
Mn oxide
66.79
2.47
7.06
3.91
0.26
0.17
0.91
0.44
0.12
0.21
 
1 average carbonate from Mucke et al 1999 (n = 27)
53.6
3.78
0.67
0.09
17.2
1.04
0.09
0.92
0.05
0.001
 
HE-1 oxide ore 91.4 2.2 2.2 3.4 0.12 0.06 0.38 0.22 0.08 0.20  
HCSC-2 oxide ore 90.4 0.8 6.8 1.0 0.26 0.12 0.32 0.21 0.04 0.16  
HDSC-2 oxide ore 89.1 1.0 6.9 1.6 0.30 0.12 0.49 0.19 0.06 0.16  
HDNCE-3 oxide ore 87.8 1.7 2.1 3.6 0.21 0.07 0.96 0.41 0.18 0.19  
HDNCW-1 oxide ore 84.9 1.0 8.9 2.2 0.24 0.37 0.70 0.23 0.03 0.18  
HA-1 oxide ore 84.2 1.4 8.6 2.9 0.25 0.14 0.86 0.40 0.09 0.32  
HCNC-1 oxide ore 63.6 8.8 8.2 10.6 0.12 0.10 2.24 1.02 0.29 0.29  
HB-3 oxide ore 63.4 4.8 12.8 6.0 0.54 0.37 1.36 0.83 0.19 0.21  
HDSC-C2 carbonate ore 55.6 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.74 2.77 0.06 0.03 0.04 0.08  
HDSC-05B carbonate ore 55.6 1.0 3.9 0.7 0.63 3.61 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.16  
HCNC-04 carbonate ore 49.8 0.5 0.9 0.4 5.75 2.67 0.15 0.04 0.03 0.15  
HA-11 carbonate ore 48.7 0.7 4.5 1.4 5.06 2.36 0.39 0.11 0.04 0.16  
HCSC-03 carbonate ore 48.4 1.0 4.0 1.6 4.43 3.97 0.17 0.28 0.03 0.07  
HDNCW-02 carbonate ore 43.8 2.3 5.7 1.4 2.64 5.03 0.39 0.19 0.06 0.14  
HDNC-01 carbonate ore 42.0 1.3 9.7 1.7 6.22 2.42 0.53 0.06 0.05 0.14  
HA-12A carbonate ore 35.9 1.5 4.2 1.5 14.1 4.87 0.22 0.23 0.05 0.11  
HA-09 carbonate ore 35.8 0.8 11.5 3.3 14.6 2.25 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.13  
HE-04 carbonate ore 35.7 1.1 15.0 1.7 7.21 3.88 0.33 0.19 0.06 0.37  
HA-12B carbonate ore 30.7 1.6 8.1 2.1 14.3 5.54 0.42 0.22 0.06 0.12  
HA-08 carbonate ore 29.9 1.0 16.5 3.6 16.2 2.19 0.09 0.11 0.06 0.11  
HB-06 carbonate ore 19.9 4.0 25.4 8.4 7.05 5.36 0.74 2.13 0.30 0.16  
HA-06 carbonate ore 19.7 3.1 19.8 6.0 15.1 3.66 0.83 0.64 0.12 0.08  
HE-03B host rock phyllite 18.3 2.1 9.2 3.0 22.0 6.62 0.69 0.25 0.08 0.26  
HA-17B host rock phyllite 16.9 2.8 33.2 5.9 11.7 3.27 1.33 0.10 0.13 0.12  
HB-02A host rock phyllite 16.8 2.0 42.3 8.5 5.78 1.95 1.50 0.69 0.19 0.12  
HC/SC-04 host rock phyllite 15.6 4.4 36.6 10.0 5.62 3.08 1.28 0.91 0.36 0.21  
HE-003B host rock phyllite 15.3 2.5 37.0 9.5 2.60 6.36 0.52 4.50 0.27 0.09  
HB-05 host rock phyllite 14.6 3.0 30.3 15.0 6.93 3.31 2.69 1.16 0.49 0.17  
HE-08 host rock phyllite 14.0 2.3 22.1 7.3 9.32 11.6 0.46 1.22 0.23 0.04  
HD/NC-06A host rock phyllite 8.7 4.6 42.0 11.1 5.52 4.88 1.71 1.15 0.39 0.15  
HA-14 host rock phyllite 7.8 3.2 51.1 15.0 0.67 3.26 2.14 1.63 0.36 0.13  
HE-03A host rock phyllite 6.1 9.7 15.4 9.9 16.0 8.39 1.86 0.83 0.62 0.07  
HA-16A host rock phyllite 5.6 2.7 55.2 13.1 3.35 3.37 2.70 0.47 0.35 0.10  
HC/SC-01 host rock phyllite 2.4 6.7 54.3 14.5 2.37 3.05 1.84 2.02 0.47 0.12  

 

Trace elements, ppm

 

 

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

ppm

 

As
Ba
Cd
Co
Cr
Cu
Mo
Nb
Ni
Pb
Rb
Sc
Sr
Th
U
V
Y
Zn
Zr
avg carbonate
65
154
43
86
32
220
209
171.43
avg oxide
98
1122
123
69
645
47
317
avg carb Mucke et al 1999     
331
49
63
16
46
146
<5
317
<5
<5
292
<5
126
18
HE-1 100 1993 236 81 775 354  
HCSC-2 100 893 129 74 1252 318  
HDSC-2 100 3293 104 73 169 287  
HDNCE-3 97 44 120 47 1361 389  
HDNCW-1 99 134 104 60 473 298  
HA-1 99 70 110 60 90 520 400 330  
HCNC-1 95 42 69 70 471 363  
HB-3 90 2431 139 113 329 220  
HDSC-C2 62 20 50 110 20 360 450 230  
HDSC-05B 66 70 30 90 20 370 170 90  
HCNC-04 60  
HA-11 63 270 50 100 30 180 290 190  
HCSC-03 64 50 10 80 20 150 110 70  
HDNCW-02 62 220 50 80 20 180 280 160  
HDNC-01 64 40 20 90 10 300 220 460  
HA-12A 63 130 30 60 20 120 20 120  
HA-09 69 30 40 90 20 80 330 140  
HE-04 65 130 60 100 100 320 320 120  
HA-12B 63 70 20 60 10 110 50 140  
HA-08 70 70 50 80 20 110 90 130  
HB-06 73 540 30 110 60 150 130 80  
HA-06 69 440 50 90 10 130 70 140  
HE-03B 62 230 60 100 20 230 240 70  
HA-17B 75 470 20 80 20 80 70 70  
HB-02A 80 920 50 100 20 170 130 170  
HC/SC-04 78 1530 40 140 60 640 230 230  
HE-003B 79 340 30 40 30 60 90 80  
HB-05 78 2160 70 210 30 300 200 240  
HE-08 69 110 50 110 40 190 90 230  
HD/NC-06A 80 1240 50 170 30 200 140 150  
HA-14 85 1510 20 40 30 110 50 60  
HE-03A 69 640 50 260 20 210 300 180  
HA-16A 87 2940 0 20 30 40 10 80  
HC/SC-01 88 1400 10 120 50 50 120 110  

blank or nr = not reported; bd = below detection

Rare-earth elements, ppm

 

Sample
La
Ce
Pr
Nd
Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy 
Ho 
Er 
Tm 
Yb
Lu
avg carb
3.00
7.52
0.96
3.36
1.07
0.41
1.48
0.19
1.07
0.22
0.65
0.09
0.53
0.07
avg oxide
17.65
34.70
7.05
25.85
8.10
2.75
9.14
1.13
5.77
1.09
3.30
0.44
2.99
0.42
Greenstone
                           
HD/SC01 7.65 18.4 2.71 9.29 2.52 0.82 3.19 0.31 1.36 0.22 0.75 0.11 0.79 0.13
HE-01 4.23 10.8 1.77 6.89 2.46 0.93 3.25 0.42 2.56 0.51 1.48 0.2 1.28 0.17
Phyllite
HA-16A 24.9 59.3 9.19 27.8 11.5 3.83 9.57 0.9 3.83 0.73 2.68 0.38 3.06 0.48
HA-17B 5.58 13.5 1.64 5.87 2.41 1.15 2.41 0.27 1.44 0.27 0.83 0.11 0.74 0.11
HC/SC-01 10 24.5 4.08 13.3 4.8 1.94 3.98 0.34 1.33 0.23 0.88 0.12 0.92 0.14
HD/NC-06A 6.24 17 2.27 7.95 4.16 1.99 2.93 0.31 1.42 0.26 0.89 0.12 0.89 0.14
Carbonate
HA-08 2.94 6.16 0.94 3.03 1.04 0.55 1.23 0.16 0.9 0.18 0.53 0.07 0.42 0.06
HA-12B 4.9 10.4 1.32 4.8 1.41 0.48 2.07 0.24 1.32 0.26 0.76 0.09 0.6 0.08
HD/SC-05B 0.96 4.5 0.64 2.49 0.85 0.25 1.24 0.18 1.15 0.25 0.75 0.11 0.64 0.08
HD/NCW-02 3.2 9.01 0.94 3.1 0.97 0.35 1.36 0.16 0.89 0.18 0.54 0.07 0.47 0.06
Oxide
HC/NC-1 10.9 57.7 6.36 20.9 9.09 3.58 9.05 0.99 4.97 0.91 2.78 0.37 2.58 0.35
HE-1 24.4 11.7 7.74 30.8 7.1 1.91 9.23 1.27 6.57 1.27 3.82 0.51 3.39 0.48

Rare-earth elements,

normalized to chondritic values of Taylor & McLennan (1992)

Sample
LaN
CeN
PrN
NdN
SmN
EuN
GdN
TbN
YbN
Ce/Ce*
Eu/Eu*
LaN/YbN
avg carb 8.17 7.86 7.01 4.72 4.62 4.68 4.82 3.19 2.15 1.038 0.992 3.807 1.1163 1.0127  
avg oxide 48.09 36.26 51.46 36.36 35.04 31.55 29.87 19.48 12.04 0.729 0.975 3.996
Greenstone
HD/SC01 20.845 19.227 19.781 13.066 10.909 9.425 10.425 5.345 3.185 0.947 0.884 6.544
HE-01 11.526 11.285 12.920 9.691 10.649 10.690 10.621 7.241 5.161 0.925 1.005 2.233
Phyllite
HA-16A 67.847 61.964 67.080 39.100 49.784 44.023 31.275 15.517 12.339 0.918 1.116 5.499
HA-17B 15.204 14.107 11.971 8.256 10.433 13.218 7.876 4.655 2.984 1.046 1.458 5.096
HC/SC-01 27.248 25.601 29.781 18.706 20.779 22.299 13.007 5.862 3.710 0.899 1.356 7.345
HD/NC-06A 17.003 17.764 16.569 11.181 18.009 22.874 9.575 5.345 3.589 1.058 1.742 4.738
Carbonate
HA-08 8.011 6.437 6.861 4.262 4.502 6.322 4.020 2.759 1.694 0.868 1.486 4.730
HA-12B 13.351 10.867 9.635 6.751 6.104 5.517 6.765 4.138 2.419 0.958 0.859 5.519
HD/SC-05B 2.616 4.702 4.672 3.502 3.680 2.874 4.052 3.103 2.581 1.345 0.744 1.014
HD/NCW-02 8.719 9.415 6.861 4.360 4.199 4.023 4.444 2.759 1.895 1.217 0.931 4.601
Oxide
HC/NC-1 29.700 60.293 46.423 29.395 39.351 41.149 29.575 17.069 10.403 1.624 1.206 2.855
HE-1 66.485 12.226 56.496 43.319 30.736 21.954 30.163 21.897 13.669 0.199 0.721 4.864

Isotopes

Sample Lithology Texture
Major carbonate
δ13C pdb δ18O pdb δ18O smow % MnO    
CX-05 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-15.5
-14.4
16.0
 
C2-01 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-13.5
-15.4
14.9
 
Cl-02 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-12.7
-15.5
14.9
   
HCSC-4 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-12.2
-13.9
16.5
   
CX-04 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-11.3
-14.1
16.3
   
Cl-04 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-9.8
-14.9
15.5
   
HDSC4 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-8.5
-16.0
14.4
   
HCSC-02 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-7.7
-16.5
13.9
   
C2-04 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-7.5
-14.6
15.8
   
HB06 ore crystalline rhodochrosite
-3.9
-16.6
13.7
19.9
   
HA19B host rock crystalline rhodochrosite
-8.7
-8.4
22.2
   
HCSC-04 host rock crystalline rhodochrosite
-6.0
-17.2
13.1
15.6
   
HE003B host rock crystalline rhodochrosite
-5.2
-17.0
13.3
15.3
   
HE003A host rock crystalline rhodochrosite
-4.9
-16.8
13.5
   
HB02B host rock crystalline rhodochrosite
-2.2
-16.6
13.8
   
HE09B vein granular rhodochrosite
-6.3
-16.4
14.0
   
HE09A vein granular rhodochrosite
-5.3
-16.3
14.0
   
CX-02 ore granular rhodochrosite
-15.6
-14.5
15.9
   
C2-03 ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-6.9
-13.8
16.6
   
HA-9 ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-6.7
-16.8
13.6
35.8
   
HE 06 ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-6.1
-16.8
13.5
   
HA-8 ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-5.8
-17.1
13.2
29.9
   
HA-15 ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-5.2
-17.2
12.7
   
HA-12B ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-4.6
-17.2
13.1
30.7
   
HA17A ore micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-4.5
-17.1
13.2
   
HA-14 host rock micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-5.8
-16.4
13.9
7.8
   
HA-13B host rock micro-crvstalline rhodochrosite
-5.4
-16.9
13.4
   
HA-13A host rock micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-5.3
-16.8
13.5
   
HB05 host rock micro-crystalline rhodochrosite
-3.7
-17.4
12.9
14.6
   
HA-4 ore oolitic rhodochrosite
-8.8
-15.6
14.8
   
HA-11 ore oolitic rhodochrosite
-6.3
-14.1
16.4
48.7
   
HB2 ore oolitic rhodochrosite
-6.5
-14.0
16.4
   
HCSC-03 ore oolitic rhodochrosite
-5.3
-15.0
15.4
48.4
   
HCNC-04 ore oolitic rhodochrosite
-7.4
-12.8
17.7
49.8
   
HCNC-02A ore oolitic rhodochrosite
-10.3
-7.0
23.6
   
HA19A host rock crystalline kutnahorite
-4.1
-16.4
14.0
   
HA-16A host rock micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-5.2
-16.6
13.7
5.6
   
HA16B host rock micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-4.7
-17.3
13.0
   
HA17B host rock micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-3.5
-17.2
13.1
16.9
   
HE 08 host rock micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-3.0
-16.7
13.6
14.0
   
HA-7 ore micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-6.1
-17.1
13.3
   
HA-12A ore micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-5.7
-17.2
13.2
35.9
   
HE 07 ore micro-crystalline kutnahorite
-2.9
-16.9
13.4
   
HB02A host rock oolitic kutnahorite
-4.8
-16.8
13.6
   
HA-6 ore oolitic kutnahorite
-2.8
-16.8
13.6
19.7
   
HB04 ore oolitic kutnahorite
-2.4
-16.6
13.6
   
HCSC-01 host rock micro-crystalline dolomite
-3.6
-17.0
13.4
2.4
   

 

 

 

 

 

Stratigraphic model from Van Bart 2001