Tennengebirge

Location - Austria

Age (of portore) - 180Ma

Original size - < 0.1 million tonnes of Mn

References

Rantitsch, G., Melcher, F., Meisel, Th., and Rainier, Th., 2003, Rare earth, major and trace elements in Jurassic manganese shales of the Northern Calcareous Alps: hydrothermal versus hydrogenous origin of stratiform manganese deposits: Mineralogy and Petrology v. 77, p. 109-127.

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

Major Elements, oxide percent

 

 

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

MnO

Fe2O3tot

SiO2

Al2O3

CaO

MgO

K2O

Na2O

TiO2

P2O5

LOI
avg Mn carb
36.8
9.47
4.62
0.14
18.8
3.41
0.05
0.10
0.03
0.01
21.6
L18 Lammeregg
23.3
5.51
11.3
4.47
17.9
2.2
0.97
<0.01
0.24
1.31
30.4
S3 Strubberg
16.5
13.0
33.0
5.39
6.50
2.6
0.39
0.25
0.27
1.04
19.2
L9 Lammeregg
14.8
3.79
7.9
0.80
34.0
0.7
0.20
0.31
0.04
0.19
32.9
S2 Strubberg
13.6
7.40
19.7
5.46
20.8
2.6
0.83
0.23
0.27
0.32
27.3
S4 Strubberg
12.5
10.9
22.3
4.37
18.2
3.3
0.11
<0.01
0.23
0.32
25.9
L8 Lammeregg
4.25
7.13
28.1
4.92
23.6
2.3
0.76
0.41
0.25
0.36
23.3
S5 Strubberg
2.09
5.00
49.0
5.99
16.1
2.0
0.96
0.65
0.29
0.08
15.9
SI Strubberg
1.43
3.92
34.7
7.61
23.9
2.1
0.89
2.37
0.37
0.16
21.1
L19 Lammeregg
0.97
3.95
40.8
8.90
19.6
1.8
1.83
1.00
0.43
0.09
19.7
L20 Lammeregg
0.31
1.75
52.3
4.22
20.2
0.9
0.72
0.42
0.20
0.07
17.9
L21 Lammeregg
0.10
2.50
25.1
6.60
32.2
2.6
1.41
0.34
0.32
0.09
28.1

 

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
258 66 31 37 5 30 5 18 7 1039 4 1 49 25 50 45
L18
S3
182
144
31
40
5.9
40
5
16
7.4
680
4
0.8
55
27
75
47
L9
S2
291
27
34
38
3.8
29
6
32
7.6
1264
4
  
47
30
45
49
S4
301
28
27
33
5.1
22
5
5.1
6.3
1174
3
  
44
19
31
40
L8
 
 
8.2
26
 
0.8
  
31
  
92
  
 
 
22
30
94
S5
SI
 
 
 
 
7.1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
  
65
L19
 
 
 
 
9.3
  
 
 
 
 
8
  
 
22
  
88
L20
 
 
 
 
3.9
  
 
 
 
 
4
  
 
14
  
35
L21
 
 
 
 
6.2
  
 
 
 
 
6
  
 
18
  
65

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 35.0 113.6 8.53 34.9 7.2 1.6 7.0 1.04 6.0 1.1 3.0 0.4 2.36 0.3
L18 51.6 198 13.4 55.5 11.3 2.68 10.9 1.52 8.64 1.58 4.03 0.5 2.91 0.4
S3 29.5 76.1 6.98 29 5.92 1.13 5.55 0.87 5.07 0.94 2.59 0.33 2.07 0.28
L9
S2 34.6 111 8.15 32.6 6.63 1.69 6.93 1.05 6.16 1.17 3.14 0.41 2.48 0.34
S4 24.3 69.3 5.6 22.6 4.76 0.98 4.73 0.71 4.28 0.83 2.35 0.33 1.98 0.29
L8
S5
SI 26.3 54.6 6.5 26.3 5.49 1.17 4.9 0.73 4.11 0.82 2.16 0.32 1.87 0.3
L19 30.6 54 7.55 30.5 6.4 1.37 5.58 0.81 4.63 0.87 2.4 0.33 2.04 0.3
L20 15.4 26.1 3.57 14 2.85 0.75 2.7 0.40 2.43 0.49 1.37 0.19 1.18 0.19
L21 20.9 34.3 4.72 18.8 3.83 0.8 3.53 0.52 3.15 0.62 1.8 0.25 1.61 0.24

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 95.4 119 62.3 49.1 31.0 18.6 23.0 17.9 9.52 1.540 0.698 10.022 1.8554 0.6555 9.3293
L18 140.6 207 97.8 78.1 48.9 30.8 35.6 26.2 11.73 1.764 0.738 11.982
S3 80.4 79.5 50.9 40.8 25.6 13.0 18.1 15.0 8.35 1.243 0.602 9.630
L9
S2 94.3 116 59.5 45.9 28.7 19.4 22.6 18.1 10.00 1.549 0.762 9.428
S4 66.2 72.4 40.9 31.8 20.6 11.3 15.5 12.2 7.98 1.392 0.631 8.293
L8
S5
SI 71.7 57.1 47.4 37.0 23.8 13.4 16.0 12.6 7.54 0.978 0.689 9.504
L19 83.4 56.4 55.1 42.9 27.7 15.7 18.2 14.0 8.23 0.832 0.701 10.136
L20 42.0 27.3 26.1 19.7 12.3 8.62 8.82 6.90 4.76 0.825 0.826 8.819
L21 56.9 35.8 34.5 26.4 16.6 9.20 11.5 8.97 6.49 0.809 0.665 8.772

Isotopes, C-S
Sample
 TC % TOC % Ccarb TS % δ13C pdb δ18O pdb δ18O smow δ34S sulfide   87Sr/86Sr
avg 6.64 0.54 0.80 0.07            
L18
8.54
0.71
7.82
0.11
            
S3
2.97
0.6
2.36
0.03
            
L9
8.22
0.27
7.94
0.04
            
S2
6.86
0.57
6.30
0.12
            
S4
6.62
0.55
6.07
0.04
            
L8
7.15
0.74
6.41
2.08
            
S5
4.21
0.42
3.79
0.53
            
SI
5.99
0.57
5.42
0.75
            
L19
4.88
0.51
4.37
0.15
            
L20
4.63
0.16
4.46
0.01
            
L21
7.38
0.17
7.21
0.28