Kalahari Mn Field - Mamatwan oxide ore

Location - South Africa

Age (of portore) - 2250 Ma

Original size - 160 million tonnes of Mn

References

Gutzmer, J., 1996, Genesis and alteration of the Kalahari and Postmasburg manganese deposits, Griqualand West, South Africa. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Schneiderhan, E.A., Gutzmer, J., Strauss, H., Mexger, K., and Beukes, N.J., 2006, The chemostratigraphy of a Paleoproterozoic MnF- BIF succession – the Voëlwater Subgroup of the Transvaal Supergroup in Griqualand West, South Africa: South African Journal of Geology, v. 109, p. 63-80.

Liu, T-B., Maynard, J.B., and Alten, J., 2006, Superheavy S isotopes from glacier-associated sediments of the Neoproterozoic of south China: Oceanic anoxia or sulfate limitation?, in Kesler, S.E., and Ohmoto, H., eds., Evolution of Early Earth's Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Biosphere--Constraints from Ore Deposits: Boulder CO, Geological Society of America, Memoir 198, p. 205-222.

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 oxide
30.0
6.74
8.64
0.15
11.52
1.64
0.66
0.59
0.05
0.02
17.4
MMT-094 todorokite-mangomelane 68.3 6.07 1.20 0.01 2.12 1.58 0.56 0.82 0.05 0.019 14.4
MMT-091 todorokite-mangomelane 65.3 7.01 3.44 0.07 4.69 1.74 0.08 0.41 0.05 0.010 12.1
MMT-095 todorokite-mangomelane 62.4 6.75 6.99 0.01 2.07 1.18 1.08 0.82 0.05 0.021 14.1
MMT-093 todorokite-mangomelane 61.8 6.88 4.65 0.03 1.41 2.79 0.87 0.48 0.05 0.015 16.0
MMT-096 todorokite-mangomelane 55.0 6.74 15.9 0.01 2.73 0.55 1.04 0.68 0.05 0.025 12.4
MMT-107 todorokite-mangomelane 48.9 6.18 2.86 0.36 16.7 1.36 0.11 0.64 0.05 0.009 19.3
MMT-108 todorokite-mangomelane 47.8 4.96 3.10 0.18 17.7 3.40 0.05 0.33 0.05 0.016 19.1
MMT-105 todorokite-mangomelane 46.7 5.54 5.30 0.17 15.2 1.47 1.49 0.79 0.05 0.014 20.3
MMT-104 todorokite-mangomelane 46.5 6.77 14.2 0.11 12.7 1.40 1.14 0.79 0.05 0.008 13.5
MMT-098 cement of breccia 36.5 5.35 42.1 0.17 1.00 0.64 1.53 0.48 0.04 0.046 9.30
MMT-092 todorokite-mangomelane 34.5 12.3 7.54 0.22 19.4 1.70 0.11 0.59 0.05 0.058 21.9
MMT-106 todorokite-mangomelane 33.8 5.63 1.60 0.21 27.4 1.10 0.20 0.45 0.05 0.013 25.2
MMT-086-MN jacobsite 28.3 7.42 3.46 0.38 26.6 2.37 0.37 0.37 0.05 0.029 28.1
SO-5100      supergene 14.6 37.1 18.5 2.58 5.60 3.36 0.86 0.10 0.15 0.040 15.0
MMT-099 hematite vein 9.6 64.8 15.0 0.34 4.27 0.69 0.04 0.13 0.04 0.003 4.60
MMT-084 hematized 8.1 24.2 4.09 0.36 21.4 9.14 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.012 32.5
MMT-103 goethite fault fill 6.7 10.2 63.7 1.03 8.82 0.67 0.22 0.07 0.05 0.071 8.00
MMT-100 goethite fault fill 5.5 17.8 61.5 0.22 6.23 0.46 0.03 0.01 0.05 0.085 7.40
MMT-083 jacobsite 3.8 17.6 0.83 0.22 38.3 3.05 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.013 36.2
MMT-085 hematized 2.8 17.8 1.43 0.31 40.7 1.18 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.014 35.3
MMT-086-HE hematized 2.7 17.9 1.78 0.34 39.3 2.25 0.02 0.14 0.05 0.013 35.3
SO-5108      Hotazel Fe fmn 0.1 35.0 67.1 0.17 0.09 0.07 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.040 0.86
MMT-101 goethite fault fill 0.1 80.5 12.0 0.06 0.01 0.12 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.001 3.40

 

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
na
426
na
44
15
bd
bd
na
na
bd
4
na
331
na
na
15
na
188
bd
MMT-094
1472
34
26
0.5
bd
3
144
12
332
bd
MMT-091
MMT-095
367
38
3
6
bd
5
125
11
273
bd
MMT-093
85
49
14
1
bd
4
111
22
129
bd
MMT-096
80
46
35
19
bd
6
186
11
655
bd
MMT-107
175
35
22
0.5
bd
0.5
238
23
73
bd
MMT-108
907
47
20
2
bd
2
191
18
23
bd
MMT-105
527
62
0.5
0.5
bd
9
480
17
65
bd
MMT-104
518
60
16
11
bd
6
259
19
75
bd
MMT-098
18
57
16
8
bd
0.5
341
12
557
bd
MMT-092
222
30
11
9
bd
7
897
14
4
bd
MMT-106
566
27
11
0.5
bd
4
263
7
66
bd
MMT-086-MN
170
47
9
8
bd
6
737
14
0.5
bd
SO-5100     
160
2
8
6
23.9
62.8
0.18
12
10.1
47
15.2
MMT-099
44
24
59
15
bd
5
66
46
227
bd
MMT-084
142
3
23
1
bd
1
268
11
0.5
bd
MMT-103
1105
52
55
20
bd
4
256
32
26
bd
MMT-100
3937
68
73
21
bd
1
75
23
4
bd
MMT-083
83
10
19
14
bd
2
113
21
0.5
bd
MMT-085
145
24
14
9
bd
3
670
22
19
bd
MMT-086-HE
137
3
0.5
0.5
bd
3
175
13
0.5
bd
SO-5108     
8.9
1
8
10
0.6
3.7
0.07
13
3.4
2
2.4
MMT-101
97
0.5
89
11
2
0.5
23
60
7
bd

blank or na = 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
10
11
2.2
10.4
2.4
na
2.5
na
2.3
na
1.8
na
na
na
MMT-094
MMT-091
MMT-095
MMT-093
MMT-096
11
16
2.3
11
2.2
2
1.8
1.3
1.6
MMT-107
MMT-108
MMT-105
9.6
5.9
2.1
9.8
2.5
3
2.8
2.2
1.8
MMT-104
MMT-098
MMT-092
MMT-106
MMT-086-MN
SO-5100     
4.1
5.2
0.56
2.5
0.5
0.16
0.74
0.12
1.01
0.24
0.87
0.14
0.9
0.16
MMT-099
MMT-084
MMT-103
MMT-100
MMT-083
MMT-085
MMT-086-HE
SO-5108     
2.3
3.1
0.26
1
0.1
0.07
0.29
0.025
0.38
0.08
0.32
0.025
0.3
0.06
MMT-101

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
Ce/Ce* @Al=0
Eu/Eu* @Al=0
LaN/YbN @Al=0
avg
28.1
11.4
16.1
14.6
10.2
na
8.2
na
9.3
0.539
na
3.026
0.54
na
3.03
MMT-094
MMT-091
MMT-095
MMT-093
MMT-096
29.97
16.72
16.79
15.47
9.52
6.54
7.26
0.745
4.130
MMT-107
MMT-108
MMT-105
26.16
6.17
15.33
13.78
10.82
9.80
11.29
0.308
2.317
MMT-104
MMT-098
MMT-092
MMT-106
MMT-086-MN
SO-5100     
11.17
5.43
4.09
3.52
2.16
1.84
2.42
2.07
4.07
0.804
0.804
2.743
MMT-099
MMT-084
MMT-103
MMT-100
MMT-083
MMT-085
MMT-086-HE
SO-5108     
6.27
MMT-101

Isotopes

 

Sample
%S ore δ34S ore, sulfide %S host δ34S host, sulfide δ13C pdb δ18O pdb δ18O smow Stotal % Ccarb % 87Sr/86Sr
avg        
-7.51
21.59
-9.12
.
 
MMT-094        
0.0025
0.0355
 
MMT-091        
-10.80
19.51
-11.20
0.0000
1.0561
 
MMT-095        
0.0025
0.0300
 
MMT-093        
0.0025
0.0273
 
MMT-096        
-8.40
24.71
-6.00
0.0025
0.1419
 
MMT-107        
-8.60
19.41
-11.30
0.0030
2.6743
 
MMT-108        
-9.60
19.01
-11.70
0.0015
3.9842
 
MMT-105        
-7.40
24.11
-6.60
0.0070
2.3469
 
MMT-104        
-7.60
25.91
-4.80
0.0025
0.4666
 
MMT-098        
-9.00
25.01
-5.70
0.0025
0.0573
 
MMT-092        
-8.40
24.71
-6.00
0.0210
3.9569
 
MMT-106        
-7.40
22.51
-8.20
0.0150
5.4033
 
MMT-086-MN        
-8.00
18.41
-12.30
0.0200
6.6859
 
SO-5100             
0.0356
3.9214
 
MMT-099        
0.0025
0.7532
 
MMT-084        
-4.00
22.61
-8.10
0.0015
8.6780
 
MMT-103        
-8.10
25.01
-5.70
0.0145
0.5458
 
MMT-100        
0.0025
0.9469
 
MMT-083        
-5.10
17.01
-13.70
0.0100
9.7423
 
MMT-085        
-4.70
19.21
-11.50
0.0080
9.4148
 
MMT-086-HE        
-5.60
16.71
-14.00
0.0095
9.4148
 
SO-5108             
0.0493
0.0000
 
MMT-101        
0.0821
0.4284