Latitude: 26°8'23"N
Longitude: 44°49'55"W
The TAG mound, about 3,650 meters below sea level, is approximately 200m in diameter and up to 50m high. It is located on the east margin of the Mid-Atlantic ridge axial valley.
References
- Mozgova, N.N., Borodaev, Y.S., Stepanova, T.V., Cherkashev, G.A., and Zhirnov, E.A. (2000): Noble Metals in Sulfide Assemblages from Deep Sectors of the Active TAG Mound (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26°08' N). Lithology and Mineral Resources 35(1), 1-18.
- Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D. (2000): Third dimension of a presently forming VMS deposit: TAG hydrothermal mound, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26°N. Mineralium Deposita 35, 233-259.
- Shaoyong Jiang, Tao Yang, Liang Li, Kuidong Zhao, and Hongfei Ling (2006): Lead and sulfur isotopic compositions of sulfides from the TAG hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic ridge. Acta Petrologica Sinica 22(10), 2597-2602.
- Canadian Mineralogist Vol.26, pp. 697-711 (1988)
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