Marcasite from Pacific Ocean


Canada
British Columbia Vancouver Island Alberni Mining Division ⓘ Catface Cu-Mo deposit	Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155

Fiji
Vanua Levu Nukundamu ⓘ Undu mine ("Udu mine")	Frenzel, G., & Ottemann, J. (1967). Eine Sulfidparagenese mit kupferhaltigem Zonarpyrit von Nukundamu/Fiji. Mineralium Deposita, 1(4), 307-316.

France
French Polynesia Tuamotu-Gambier (Tuamotu and Gambier Islands) Tuamotu Archipelago (Tuamotus) Mururoa ⓘ "Requin 3" drill hole	Ch. Wagner et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1988, 111, pp. 523-534.

New Zealand
Auckland Region Kawau Island ⓘ Kawau Island Copper Mine	Weaver, E.R. 1976-74 Reports on prospecting operations Kawau Is. Ministry of Economic Development MR 336
Canterbury Region ⓘ Clipper No. 1 well	Newman, R. J. (2015). Igneous and hydrothermal minerals and textures in the offshore Canterbury Basin. Masters Thesis University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences.
New Zealand Outlying Islands Kermadec Islands ⓘ Brothers Volcano	A. G. Reyes, C.E.J. DE Ronde, and C. W. R. Soong (2004) a Submarine Magmatic-hydrothermal System at Brothers Volcano, Kermadecs. Proceedings 26th NZ Geothermal Workshop pp 46-52 de Ronde, C.E.J. Hannington, M.D. Stoffers, P. Wright, I.C. Ditchburn, R.G. Reyes, A.G. Baker, E.T. Massoth, G.J. Lupton, J.E.
Waikato Region Thames-Coromandel District Thames ⓘ Bank of England Mine	Fraser, C. (1910) The Geology of the Thames Subdivision, Hauraki, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 10 (New Series), New Zealand Government, Wellington, 136 pages.
ⓘ Thames Mine	Simmons, S.F., White, N.C., John, D.A. (2005) Geological characteristics of epithermal precious and base metal deposits. Economic Geology 100th anniversary volume, 29, 485-522.
ⓘ Waiotahi Mine	FRASER, C. 1910: The Geology of the Thames Subdivision, Hauraki, Auckland. N.Z. Geol. Suru. Bull. 10.

Pacific Ocean
China Sea Taiwan Basin ⓘ GC10 bore	Mei Zhang, Xiaoming Sun, Yang Lu, Li Xu, Huifang Xu, and Hongfeng Lu (2011): Mineral Deposits 30(4), 725-734
East Pacific Rise ⓘ EPR 13° N	Econ Geol (1985) 80:221-249
ⓘ EPR 16°43'S	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
ⓘ EPR 7°S-23°S	Magnetite Olivine Pyroxene Plagioclase Glass Chalcedony Quartz Opaline “allophane” Kaolinite Chlorite Calcite Smectite Illite pyrite Sphalerite Chalcopyrite marcasite Wurtzite Covellite Goethite
EPR 9-10° N ⓘ C vent	Peng Xiaotong, and Zhou Huaiyang (2005): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 48(11), 1891-1899.
ⓘ K vent	Peng Xiaotong, and Zhou Huaiyang (2005): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 48(11), 1891-1899.
ⓘ Guaymas Basin	Hannington, H.D., Peter, J.M., Scott, S.D. (1986) Gold in sea-floor polymetallic sulfide deposits. Economic Geology: 81: 1867-1883.
Juan de Fuca Ridge complex ⓘ Axial Seamount	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
ⓘ Endeavor segment	Papanicolaou, E. A. (2020). The effects of sulphide oxidation on the preservation of hydrothermal chimneys from the endeavour segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge (Doctoral dissertation, Memorial University of Newfoundland).
Mothra vent field ⓘ Finn Chimney	Schrenk, M. O., Kelley, D. S., Delaney, J. R., & Baross, J. A. (2003). Incidence and diversity of microorganisms within the walls of an active deep-sea sulfide chimney. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(6), 3580-3592.
ⓘ EPR 21° N	Haymon, R. M. (1983). Hydrothermal deposition on the East Pacific Rise at 21 N. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 19(1-3), 493-495.
ⓘ Explorer Ridge	Hannington, H.D., Peter, J.M., Scott, S.D. (1986) Gold in sea-floor polymetallic sulfide deposits. Economic Geology: 81: 1867-1883.
ⓘ Middle Valley	AMES, D.E., FRANKLIN, J.M. & HANNINGTON, M.D. (1993) Mineralogy and geochemistry of active and inactive chimneys and massive sulfide, Middle Valley, northern Juan de Fuca Ridge: an evolving hydrothermal system. Canadian Mineralogist 31, 997-1024.
Southern Gorda Ridge ⓘ Escanaba Trough	Tuomo Törmänen (2005) Ore Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Formation of the Sediment-hosted Sea Floor Massive Sulfide Deposits at Escanaba Trough, NE Pacific, with Emphasis on the Transport and Deposition of Gold. Thesis University of Oulu
ⓘ Galápagos hotspot (GRAFZI project)	Lalou, C., Brichet, E., & Lange, J. (1989). Fossil hydrothermal sulfide deposits at the galapagos-spreading-centre near 85-degrees-00 west-geological setting, mineralogy and chronology. Oceanologica acta, 12(1), 1-8.
Tonga-Kermadec Arc ⓘ Clark seamount	Schwarz-Schampera, U., Herzig, P. M., Hannington, M. D., & Stoffers, P. (2001). Shallow submarine epithermal-style As-Sb-Hg-Au mineralization in the active Kermadec arc, New Zealand. Mineral deposits at the beginning of the 21st century: Lisse, Holanda, Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, 333-335.
ⓘ TA25 West vent field	Choi, Sun Ki, Pak, Sang Joon, Park, Jung-Woo, Kim, Hyun-Sub, Kim, Jonguk, Choi, Sang-Hoon (2023) Trace-element distribution and ore-forming processes in Au–Ag-rich hydrothermal chimneys and mounds in the TA25 West vent field of the Tonga Arc. Mineralium Deposita, 58 (1) 135-160 doi:10.1007/s00126-022-01136-w
ⓘ Volcano No.1	Schwarz-Schampera, U.,et al. (2007) Cruise Report SONNE 192/2, MANGO. Marine Geoscientific Research on Input and Output in the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone

Papua New Guinea
New Ireland Province Lihir Island area ⓘ Conical seamount	Econ Geol (2004) 99:1711-1725 Petersen, S., Herzig, P. M., Hannington, M. D., Jonasson, I. R., & Arribas, A. (2002). Submarine gold mineralization near Lihir Island, New Ireland fore-arc, Papua New Guinea. Economic Geology, 97(8), 1795-1813.

Tonga
Southern Lau Basin ⓘ Valu Fa Ridge	Stackelberg, U. V. N., & Petersen, S. (1990) Hydrothermal Mineralization from the Valu Fa Ridge, Lau Back-Arc Basin (SW Pacific). Marine Mining 9:271-301

USA
Alaska Aleutians East Borough ⓘ Scarp Occurrence	(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
Kenai Peninsula Borough Seward Mining District ⓘ Fairview Prospect	(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Vanuatu
ⓘ Futuna Trough	Iizasa, K., Kawasaki, K., Maeda, K., Matsumoto, T., Saito, N., & Hirai, K. (1998). Hydrothermal sulfide-bearing Fe-Si oxyhydroxide deposits from the Coriolis Troughs, Vanuatu backarc, southwestern Pacific. Marine Geology, 145(1-2), 1-21.
ⓘ Vate Trough	Iizasa, K., Kawasaki, K., Maeda, K., Matsumoto, T., Saito, N., & Hirai, K. (1998). Hydrothermal sulfide-bearing Fe-Si oxyhydroxide deposits from the Coriolis Troughs, Vanuatu backarc, southwestern Pacific. Marine Geology, 145(1-2), 1-21.

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