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East Pacific Rise

East Pacific Rise: Seafloor Minerals

 

Mark Hannington

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Goldcorp Chair in Economic Geology

 

Mark Hannington

Background

Mark Hannington joined the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada in 2005.   His main areas of expertise are mineral deposits and related hydrothermal systems in the ancient geologic record and in the modern marine environment.

Research interests

Mark Hannington received a PhD. from the University of Toronto in 1989 and spent 15 years as a Research Scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada before coming to the University of Ottawa.  His research combines the study of active volcanoes on the ocean floor, and associated metal-depositing hot springs ("black smoker vents"), with research on ancient volcanic environments that host many of the world’s largest and most valuable mineral deposits on land.  During the last 25 years, Dr. Hannington and his students have participated on 29 research cruises in nearly all of the world’s oceans, including to submarine volcanoes on the East Pacific Rise, the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland, New Zealand, Tonga, Mediterranean, Antarctica, and Papua New Guinea.  This work has focused on understanding the origins of base and precious metal deposits at submarine volcanoes and has led to the discovery of a number of previously unknown mineral deposit types on the seafloor.  Recently, Dr. Hannington’s work has made important contributions to the understanding of natural loading of metals to the oceans from volcanic and hydrothermal sources, including metals with potential far-field environmental significance.  His comparisons between modern volcanoes and ancient volcanic environments in Canada are also leading to new and improved models for land-based mineral exploration, including the recognition of new types of submarine epithermal gold deposits and high-sulfidation VMS.  Dr. Hannington is the Goldcorp Chair in Economic Geology and the former chief editor of the international research journal Economic Geology (2001-2008).  Economic Geology is one of the oldest scientific publications in North America and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.  Dr. Hannington was only the 5th editor of the journal and the first to be located outside the United States.

Projects

  • NSERC Discovery and Accelerator Grant, Marine Mineral Resources and Metals in the Marine Environment (2013-2018)
  • CAMIRO-NSERC CRD Industrial Partnership Project, Global Geochemistry of Shales in Ore-Forming Environments (2010-2013)
  • Kidd Creek Deposit, Deep Mine Geometallurgy Project and Noranda Volcanic Complex (Xstrata Copper Canada Ltd.) (2007-2011)
  • NSERC Discovery and Accelerator Grant, Metallogeny of Modern and Ancient Oceans (2005-2013)
  • Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility, Major Resource Support (2008-2011)
  • Tectonic, magmatic, and hydrothermal processes within the Western Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea 2009-2010 (IFM-GEOMAR Project SO-203)
  • Volcanic and hydrothermal processes in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy 2006-2007 (IFM-GEOMAR Project PO-340/Cherokee)
  • Tectonic, magmatic, and hydrothermal processes within the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, New Zealand 1998-2007 (German-New Zealand partnership Project, Sonne-ROPOS Cruises SO-135, SO-167, SO-192, SITKAP Pisces Cruise)
  • Mineral and metal assessment of the Endeavour Ridge Marine Protected Area, Juan de Fuca Ridge, 2003-2010 (Canada-U.S. partnership, RV Thomson-Atlantis/AII)
  • Petrology, gold mineralization, and biological communities at shallow submarine volcanoes of the New Ireland Fore-Arc, Papua New Guinea (German-Canadian partnership project: 1994-2003, Cruises SO-94, SO-133, SO-166)
  • Gold and base metal mineralizaton of the Bousquet-LaRonde district, Southern Abitibi, 2000-2003 (NRCan Targeted Geoscience Initiative)
  • Shallow submarine hydrothermal activity of the Iceland Plateau, 1997-2002 (German-Canadian partnership project, Cruises PO-290, PO-259, PO-229)
  • Hydrothermal activity in the Southern Ocean, 2001 - Ridge-hotspot intersections of the Southern EPR (Foundation Seamounts, Cruise SO-157) and rifted crust of the Antarctic Peninsula (Bransfield Strait, Cruise SO-155)
  • Geochemistry of interflow carbonaceous sediments of the Kidd Creek volcanic Complex, 2000-2004 (NRCan-Falconbridge Ltd.-Laurentian University- University of Tasmania)
  • Mineral-chemical studies of regional-scale hydrothermal alteration in the Central Blake River Group, Western Abitibi Subprovince, 1994-1999 (CAMIRO Project 94E07)
  • Kidd Creek Project: The giant Kidd Creek volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Western Abitibi Subprovince, 1992-1996 (NRCan, Falconbridge Ltd., Laurentian University partnership project)
  • Shallow submarine hydrothermal systems - A resource assessment, 1994-1996 (Marine Minerals Technology Center, Canada-U.S. partnership project)
  • Drilling of the active TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 1994-1996 (Ocean Drilling Program, Leg 158)
  • Characteristics of gold mineralization in massive sulphide deposits of the Notre Dame Bay area, Central Newfoundland, 1991-1994 (Canada-Newfoundland Mineral Development Agreement)

Professional activities

  • Honorary Research Professor, CODES-ARC, 2010-2013
  • Director, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, 2009-2012
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Helmholtz Centre, GEOMAR 2012-present
  • Adjunct, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Adjunct, Department of Geology, Laurentian University, Sudbury
  • Member, CAMIRO Geology Expert Committee, 1998-2010

Teaching

  • GEO3920 Field Studies II, 2012-present
  • GEO4302/5193 Abitibi Field School, 2009-present
  • GEO5302 Joint Modular Course in Hydrothermal Ore Deposits, 2007-present
  • GEO4371/5124 Advanced Mineral Deposits,  2006-present

Publications

 

Jamieson, J.W., Clague, D.A., and Hannington, M., 2013, Hydrothermal sulfide accumulation along the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, (submitted)

 

Jamieson, J.W., Hannington, M., Clague, D.A., Kelley, D.S., Delaney, J.R., Holden, J.F., Tivey, M.K., and Kimpe, L.E., 2013, Sulfide geochronology along the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: G-Cubed , v. 14, doi: 10.1002/ggge.20133, 16 p.

 

Laurila, T.E., Hannington, M.D., Petersen, S., and Garbe-Schoenberg, D., 2013, Early depositional history of metalliferous sediments in the Atlantis II Deep of the Red Sea: Evidence from rare earth element geochemistry: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (in press).

 

Monecke, T., Petersen, S., and Hannington, M.D., 2013, Constraints on water depth of massive sulfide formation: Evidence from modern seafloor hydrothermal systems in suprasubduction settings: (submitted).

 

Hannington, M.D., 2013, The role of black smokers in the Cu mass balance of the oceanic crust: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 374, p. 215-226.

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Gibson, H.L., Hannington, M., Goutier, Monecke, T.J. Dubé, B., Houlé, M.G., 2013, Preface for A Special Issue on Archean Magmatism, Volcanism, and Ore Deposits – Part 2. Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: Economic Geology, v. 109. no. 1 (in press).

 

Dubé, B., Mercier-Langevin, P., Kjarsgaard, I., Hannington, M., Bécu, V., Côté, J., Moorhead., Legault, M., and Bedard, N., 2013, The Bousquet 2-Dumagami world-class Archean Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Abitibi, Quebec: Special Issue of Economic Geology on the Metallogeny of Archean Greenstone Belts: Economic Geology, v. 109, no. 1 (in press).

 

Jamieson, J.W., Wing, B.A., Farquhar, J., and Hannington, M.D., 2013, Neoarchean seawater sulphate concentrations from sulphur isotopes in massive sulphide ore: Nature Geoscience, v. 6, p. 61-64 (online 2 December, 2012; featured in ScienceDaily, December 10).

 

Kurzweil, F., Claire, M., Thomazo, C., Peters, M., Hannington, M., and Strauss, H., 2013, Atmospheric sulfur rearrangement 2.7 billion years ago: Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 366, p. 17-26 (featured in Nature Geoscience "Research Highlights", April 2013, v. 6, no. 6).

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Houlé, M.G., Dubé, B., Monecke, T., Hannington, M., Gibson, H.L., and Goutier, J., 2013, Preface for A Special Issue on Archean Magmatism, Volcanism, and Ore Deposits – Part 1. Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide and greenstone-hosted gold deposits: Economic Geology , v. 107, p. 745-753.

 

Leybourne, M.I., Schwarz-Schampera, U., de Ronde, C.E.J., Baker, E.T., Faure, K., Walker, S.L., Hannington, M.D., Resing, J., Butterfield, D.A., Massoth, G.J., Timm, C., Graham, I.J., and Wright, I.C., 2012, Submarine magmatic-hydrothermal systems at the Monowai Volcanic Centre, Kermadec Arc: Special Issue of Economic Geology on the Metallogeny of Submarine Volcanic Arcs (in press).

 

Petersen, S., Monecke, T., Westhues, A., Hannington, M., Gemmell, J.B., Sharpe, R., Peters, M., Strauss, H., Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N., Gibson, H., and Kleeberg, R., 2012, Drilling shallow-water massive sulfides at the Palinuro volcanic complex, Aeolian Island arc, Italy: Special Issue of Economic Geology on the Metallogeny of Submarine Volcanic Arcs (in press).

 

Laurila, T., Petersen, S., Devey, C.W., Baker, E.T., Augustin, N., and Hannington, M.D., 2012, Tectonic and magmatic controls on hydrothermal activity in the Woodlark Basin: G-Cubed, v. 13, no. 9, September 2012, 13 p.

 

Monecke, T., Petersen, S., Hannington, M.D., Anzidei, M., Esposito, A., Giordano, G., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Augustin, N., Melchert, B., and Hocking, M., 2012, Eruption craters associated with shallow submarine gas venting off Panarea island, Italy: Bulletin of Volcanology , v. 74, no. 9, pp 1937-1944.

 

Hannington, M.D., Jamieson, J., Monecke, T., Petersen, S., and Beaulieu, S., 2011, The abundance of seafloor massive sulfide deposits: Geology, v. 39, no. 12, 1155-1158, plus cover.

 

Hannington, M.D., 2011, Comments on what processes at mid-ocean ridges tell us about volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: Mineralium Deposita, v. 45, no. 5-6, p. 659-663.

 

Kristall, B., Nielsen, D., Hannington, M.D., Kelley, D.S., and Delaney, J.R., 2011, Chemical microenvironments within sulfide structures from the Mothra Hydrothermal Field: Chemical Geology, v. 290, p. 12-30.

 

Hardardóttir, V., Hannington, M., Hedenquist, J., Kjarsgaard, I., and Hoal, K., 2010, Cu-rich Scales in the Reykjanes Geothermal System, Iceland: A Quenched Seafloor Black Smoker Analog: Economic Geology, v. 105, p. 1143-1155.

 

de Ronde, C.E.J., Massoth, G.J., Butterfield, D.A., Christenson, B.W., Ishibashi, J., Ditchburn, R.G., Hannington, M.D., Braithwaite, R.L., Lupton, J.E., Dziak, R.P., Kamenetsky, V.S., Graham, I.J., and Zellmer, G.F., 2010, Submarine hydrothrmal activity and gold-rich mineralization at Brothers volcano, Kermadec arc, New Zealand: Special Issue of Mineralium Deposita, Issues and Controversies in the Geological Setting and Genesis of Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide Deposits: Mineralium Deposita, v. 45, p. 541-584.

 

Hannington, M.D., Jamieson, J., Monecke, T., and Petersen, S., 2010, Modern seafloor massive sulfides and base metal resources – Towards a global estimate of seafloor massive sulfide potential: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 15, p. 317-338.

 

Hocking, M.W., Hannington, M.D., Percival, J.B., Stoffers, P., Schwarz-Schampera, U., and de Ronde, C.E.J., 2010, Clay Alteration of Volcaniclastic Material in a Submarine Geothermal System, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 191, no. 3-4, p. 180-192.

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Hannington, M.D., Dubé, B., and Bécu, V., 2010, The gold content of VMS deposits: Special Issue of Mineralium Deposita, Issues and Controversies in the Geological Setting and Genesis of Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide Deposits: Mineralium Deposita, v. 45, p. 509-539

 

Giorgetti, G., Monecke, T., Kleeberg, R., and Hannington, M.D., 2009, Low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of trachybasalt at Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea: Formation of smectite and metastable precursor phases: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 57, no. 6, p. 725-741.

 

Hannington, M.D., and Monecke, T., 2009, Global exploration models for polymetallic sulphides in the Area:  An assessment of lease block selection under the Draft Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides: Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, v. 27, no. 2, p. 132-159.

 

Hannington, M.D., 2009, Modern submarine hydrothermal systems – a global perspective on distribution, size and tectonic settings, in Cousens, B.L. and Piercey, S.J., eds., Submarine Volcanism and Mineralization: Modern Through Ancient: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Short Course Volume 19, p 91-146.

 

Hardardóttir, V., Brown, K., Fridriksson, Th., Hedenquist, J., Hannington, M., and Thorhallsson, S., 2009, Metal concentrations in deep liquid of the Reykjanes geothermal system, southwest Iceland: Implications for the composition of seafloor black smoker fluids: Geology, v. 37, no. 12, p. 1103-1106.

 

Monecke, T., Petersen. S., Lackschewitz, K., Hügler, M., Hannington, M., and Gemmell, J.B., 2009, Shallow submarine hydrothermal systems in the Aeolian volcanic arc, Italy: EOS Article, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 90, no. 13, p. 110-111.

 

Glasby, G. P., K. Iizasa, M. Hannington, H. Kubota, K. Notsu, 2008, Mineralogy and composition of Kuroko deposits from northeastern Honshu and their possible modern analogues from the Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc south of Japan: Implications for mode of formation: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 34, p. 547-560.

 

Langley, S., Igric, P., Takahashi, Y., Sakai, Y., Fortin, D., Hannington, M., and Schwarz-Schampera, U., 2008, Preliminary characterization and biological reduction of putative biogenic iron oxides (BIOS) from the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, southwest Pacific Ocean: Geobiology, v. 7, no. 1, p. 35-49.

 

Dubé, B., Gosselin, P., Mercier-Langevin, P., Hannington, M.D., and Galley, A., 2007, Gold-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit Types: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division and Geological Survey of Canada Special Publication No. 5 ISBN-13: 978-1-897095-24-9, p. 75-94.

 

Dubé, B., Mercier-Langevin, P., Hannington, M., Lafrance, B., Gosselin, P., and Gosselin, G., 2007, The LaRonde giant Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Abitibi Quebec: mineralization, alteration footprint, genesis and implications for exploration: Economic Geology, v. 102, no. 4, p. 633-666.

 

Galley, A.G., Hannington, M.D., and Jonasson, I.R., 2007, Volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit Types: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division and Geological Survey of Canada Special Publication No. 5 ISBN-13: 978-1-897095-24-9, p. 141-162.

 

Hein, J.R., Zierenberg, Z.A., Maynard, J.B., and Hannington, M.D., 2007, Barite-forming environments along a rifted continental margin, Southern California Borderland: Deep Sea Research II, v. 54, p. 1327-1349.

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Dubé, B., Hannington, M., Davis, D., Lafrance, B., and Gosselin, G., 2007, The LaRonde-Penna Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Abitibi greenstone belt, Quebec: Part I. Geology and geochronology: Economic Geology, v. 102, no. 4, p. 585-610.

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Dubé, B., Hannington, M. Richer-Laflèche, and Gosselin, G., 2007, The LaRonde-Penna Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Abitibi greenstone belt, Quebec: Part II. Lithogeochemistry and paleotectonic setting: Economic Geology, v. 102, no. 4, p. 611-632.

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Dubé, B., Lafrance, B., Hannington, M., Galley, A., Moorehead, J., and Gosselin, P., 2007, Metallogeny of the Doyon-Bousquet-LaRonde mining camp. Abitibi Greenstone belt, Quebec, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit Types: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division and Geological Survey of Canada Special Publication No. 5 ISBN-13: 978-1-897095-24-9, p. 673-702.

 

Mercier-Langevin, P., Dubé, B., Lafrance, B., Hannington, M., Galley, A., Marquis, R., and Davis, W.D., 2007, Preface: A group of papers devoted to the LaRonde Penna Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, eastern Blake River Group, Abitibi greenstone belt, Quebec: Economic Geology, v. 102, no. 4, p. 577-584.

 

Monecke, T., Giorgetti, G., Scholtysek, O., Kleeburg, R., Goetze, J., Hannington, M., Petersen, S., and Herzig, P., 2007, Textural and mineralogical changes associated with the incipient hydrothermal alteration of glassy dacite at the submarine Pacmanus hydrothermal system, Eastern Manus Basin: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 160, no. 1-3, p. 23-41.

Giorgetti, G., Monecke, T., Kleeburg, R., and Hannington, M., 2006, Low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of silicic glass at the Pacmanus hydrothermal vent field, Manus Basin: An XRD, SEM, and EAM-TEM study: Clays and Clay Minerals, Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 54, No. 2, p. 242-253.

Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2006, Chapter 13. Input from the deep: Hot vents and cold seeps, in Schulz, H.D., and Zabel, M., eds., Marine Geochemistry, 2nd Edition: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 457-480.

Jamieson, J.W., Wing, B.A., Hannington, M.D., and Farquhar, J., 2006, Isotopic disequilibrium in sulfide mineral pairs from sulfur multiple isotopes – Implications for ore genesis at the Kidd Creek VMS deposit, Ontario, Canada: Economic Geology, v. 101 no. 5, p. 1055-1062.

Kristall, B., Kelley, D.S., Hannington, M.D., and Delaney, J.R., 2006, The growth history of an intermediate temperature, diffusely venting sulfide structure from the Juan de Fuca Ridge: A petrological and geochemical study: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 7, no. 7, Q07001, DOI:10.1029/2005GC001166, 30 p.

Stoffers, P., Worthington, T., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Hannington, M., Massoth, G., and Shipboard Scientific Party, 2006, Submarine volcanoes and high-temperature hydrothermal venting on the Tonga Island arc, S.W. Pacific: Geology, v. 34, p. 453-456.

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.L., Walker, S.L., Greene, R.R., Soong, C.W.R., Ishibashi, J., Lebon, G.T., and Bray, C.J., 2005, Evolution of a submarine magmatic-hydrothermal system: Brothers Volcano, Southern Kermadec Arc, New Zealand: Economic Geology, v. 100, no. 6, p. 1097-1134.

Hannington, M.D., de Ronde, C.E.J., and Petersen, S., 2005, Sea-floor tectonics and submarine hydrothermal systems: 100th Anniverary Volume of Economic Geology, p. 111-142.

Ihle, T., Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2005, Siting of gold and characteristics of gold-bearing massive sulfides from the interior of the felsic-hosted Pacmanus massive sulfide deposits, Eastern Manus Basin, PNG, in Y. Mao and F.P. Bierlein, eds., Mineral Deposit Research – Meeting the Global Challenge: Proceedings of the 8th Biennial SGA Meeting, Beijing, China, 18-21 August 2005, Springer-Verlag, p. 623-626.

Monecke, T., Hannington, M.D., Gale, D., and Roth, T., 2005, The submarine volcanic succession hosting the massive sulfide and sulfosalt Eskay Creek deposit, Canada, in Y. Mao and F.P. Bierlein, eds., Mineral Deposit Research – Meeting the Global Challenge: Proceedings of the 8th Biennial SGA Meeting, Beijing, China, 18-21 August 2005, Springer-Verlag, 655-658.

Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., Kuhn, T., Franz, L., Hannington, M., Monecke. T., and Gemmell, J.B., 2005, Shallow drilling of seafloor hydrothermal systems using the BGS Rockdrill: Conical Seamount (New Ireland Fore-Arc) and Pacmanus (Eastern Manus Basin), Papua New Guinea: Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, 23, no. 3, p. 175-193.

Petersen, S., Kuhn, T., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2005, Factors controlling precious metal and base metal enrichments at the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field, 14 45’N on the MAR – new insights from cruise M60/3, in Y. Mao and F.P. Bierlein, eds., Mineral Deposit Research – Meeting the Global Challenge: Proceedings of the 8th Biennial SGA Meeting, Beijing, China, 18-21 August 2005, Springer-Verlag, p. 679-682.

Petersen, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Herzig, P., Hannington, M., and Jonasson, I., 2004, Hydrothermal precipitates associated with bimodal volcanism in the Central Bransfield Strait, Antarctica: Mineralium Deposita, v. 39, p. 358-379.

Hannington, M.D., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Galley, A.G., and Taylor, B., 2003, Mineral-chemical studies of metamorphosed alteration in the Kristineberg volcanogenic massive sulfide district, Sweden: Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 423-442.

Hannington, M.D., Santaguida, F., Kjarsgaard, I.M., and Cathles, L.M., 2003, Regional greenschist facies hydrothermal alteration in the central Blake River Group, western Abitibi subprovince, Canada: Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 393-422.

Kuhn, T., Herzig, P.M., Hannington, M.D., Garbe-Schonberg, D., and Stoffers, P., 2003, Origin of fluids and anhydrite precipitation in the Grimsey hydrothermal field north of Iceland: Chemical Geology, v. 202, p. 5-21.

Müller, D., Franz, L., Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2003, Comparison between magmatic activity and gold mineralization at Conical Seamount and Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea: Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 79, p. 259-283.

Stix, J., Kennedy, B., Hannington, M., Fiske, R., Gibson, H., Mueller, W., and Franklin, J., 2003, Caldera-forming processes and the origin of submarine volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: Geology, v. 31, no. 4, p. 375-378.

Allen, R.L., Weihed, P., and Global VMS Research Project Team (14 others, including M. Hannington), 2002, Global comparisons of volcanic-associated massive sulphide districts, in Blundell, D.J., Neubauer, F., and Von Quadt, A., eds., The Timing and Location of Major Ore Deposits in an Evolving Orogen: Geological Society of London Special Publication 204, p. 13-37.

Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., Hannington, M.D., Jonasson, I.R., and Arribas, A. Jr., 2002, Submarine epithermal-style gold mineralization near Lihir Island, New Ireland fore-arc, Papua New Guinea: Economic Geology, v. 97, p. 1795-1813.

Stoffers, P., Worthington, T., Hekinian, R., Petersen, S., Hannington, M., and Shipboard Scientific, 2002, Silicic volcanism and hydrothermal activity on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge: EOS Articles, Transactions Am. Geophys. Union, v. 83, no. 28, p. 301, 304.

Wright, I.C., Stoffers, P., Hannington, M., de Ronde, C.E.J., Herzig, P., Smith, I.E.M., and Browne, P., 2002, Towed-camera investigations of shallow-intermediate water depth submarine basaltic stratavolcanoes of the southern Kermadec arc: Marine Geology, v. 185, p. 207-218.

Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P., Stoffers, P., Scholten, J., Garbe-Schonberg, D., Jonasson, I.R., Roest, W., and Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001, First high-temperature submarine hydrothermal vents and massive anhydrite deposits off the north coast of Iceland: Marine Geology, v. 177, no. 3-4, p. 199-220.

Marteinsson, V.T., Kristjansson, J.K., Kristmannsdottir, H., Dahlkvist, M., Saemundsson, K., Hannington, M., Geptner, A., and Stoffers, P., 2001, Discovery and description of giant submarine smectite cones on the seafloor in Eyjafjordur, North Iceland, and a novel thermal microbial habitat: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 67, no. 2, 827-833.

McInnes, B.I.A., Gregoire, M., Binns, R.A., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2001, Hydrous metasomatism of oceanic sub-arc mantle, Lihir, Papua New Guinea.  Part 1: Petrology and geochemistry of fluid-metasomatized mantle wedge xenoliths: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 188, p. 169-183.

Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2000, Chapter 13. Input from the deep: Hot vents and cold seeps, in Schulz, H.D., and Zabel, M., eds., Marine Geochemistry: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 398-416.

Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 2000, Third dimension of a presently forming VMS deposit: TAG Hydrothermal Mound, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26oN: Mineralium Deposita, v. 35, p. 233-259.

Hannington, M.D., Barrie, C.T., and Bleeker, W., 1999, The giant Kidd Creek volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, western Abitibi Subprovince, Canada: Preface and Introduction: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p. 1-30.

Hannington, M.D., Barrie, C.T., and Bleeker, W., 1999, The giant Kidd Creek volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, western Abitibi Subprovince, Canada: Summary and Synthesis: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p.661-672.

Hannington, M.D., Kjarsgaard, I., and Bleeker, W., 1999, Sulfide mineralogy, geochemistry and ore genesis of the Kidd Creek deposit. Part I.  The North, Central, and South Orebodies: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p. 163-224.

Hannington, M.D., Kjarsgaard, I., and Bleeker, W., 1999, Sulfide Mineralogy, geochemistry, and ore genesis of the Kidd Creek Deposit. Part II. The bornite zone: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p. 225-266.

Hannington, M.D., Poulsen, K.H., Thompson, J.F.H., and Sillitoe, R.H., 1999, Chapter 14. Volcanogenic gold in the massive sulfide environment, in Barrie, C.T., and Hannington, M.D., Volcanic-Associated Massive Sulfide Deposits: Processes and Examples in Modern and Ancient Settings: Reviews in Economic Geology, Vol. 8, p. 319-350.

Barrie, C.T., and Hannington, M.D., 1999, Chapter 1. Classification of VMS deposits based on host rock compositions, in Barrie, C.T., and Hannington, M.D., eds., Volcanic-Associated Massive Sulfide Deposits: Processes and Examples in Modern and Ancient Settings: Reviews in Economic Geology, Vol. 8, p. 1-13.

Barrie, C.T., Hannington, M.D., and Bleeker, W., 1999, Chapter 11. The giant Kidd Creek deposit, an example of a mafic/ultramafic-dominant system, in Barrie, C.T., and Hannington, M.D., eds., Volcanic-Associated Massive Sulfide Deposits: Processes and Examples in Modern and Ancient Settings: Reviews in Economic Geology, Vol. 8, p. 247-260.

Barrie, C.T., Cousens, B.L., Hannington, M.D., Bleeker, W., and Gibson, H.L., 1999, Lead and neodymium isotope systematics of the Kidd Creek mine sequence and ore: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p. 497-510.

Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1999, Recent advances in the study of polymetallic massive sulfides and gold mineralization at the modern seafloor, in Cronan, D.S., ed., CRC Handbook of Marine Mineral Deposits: CRC Press Inc., p. 347-368.

Herzig, P.M., Petersen, S., and Hannington, M.D., 1999, Epithermal-type gold mineralization at Conical Seamount: A shallow submarine volcano south of Lihir Island PNG, in Stanley, C.J., et al., eds., Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing,  Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and 10th IAGOD, London, England, Balkema, Rotterdam, p.527-530.

Koopman, E.R., Hannington, M.D., Santaguida, F., and Cameron, B.I., 1999, Petrology and geochemistry of proximal hydrothermal alteration at Kidd Creek: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p. 267-296.

Percival, J.B., Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P.M., Jonasson, I.R., 1999, Clay mineral associations in sulphide-bearing volcanic rocks and sediments from the Lihir Area, Papua New Guinea, in Kodama, H., Mermut, A.R., Torrence, J.K., eds., Clays For Our Future, Proceedings of the 11th International Clay Conference, p. 689-696.

Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1999, Geochemical variations in metalliferous sediments from the TAG hydrothermal mound, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26oN, in Stanley, C.J., et al., eds., Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing,  Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and 10th IAGOD, London, England, Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 563-566.

Prior, G., Gibson, H.L., Watkinson, D.H., Cook, R., and Hannington, M.D., 1999, Rare earth and high field strength element geochemistry of the Kidd Creek rhyolites: Evidence for Archean felsic volcanism and VMS formation in an Iceland-style rift environment: Economic Geology, Monograph 10, p. 457-484.

Stoffers, P., Hannington, M.D., Wright, I., Herzig, P., de Ronde, C., 1999, Elemental mercury at submarine hydrothermal vents in the Bay of Plenty, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Geology, v 27, no. 10, p. 931-934.

Stoffers, P., Wright, I., de Ronde, C., Hannington, M., Villinger, H., Herzig, P., and Shipboard Scientific Party, 1999, Little-studied arc-backarc system in the spotlight: EOS Articles (Transactions Am. Geophys. Union), v. 80, no. 32, p. 353-359.

Tivey, M.K., Stakes, D.S., Cook, T.L., Hannington, M.D., and Petersen, S., 1999,  A model for the growth of steep-sided vent structures on the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Results of a Petrologic and Geochemical Study: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, B10, p. 22,859-22,883.

Hannington, M.D., Galley, A.G., Herzig, P.M., and Petersen, S., 1998, A comparison of the TAG Mound and stockwork complex with Cyprus-type massive sulfide deposits: Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume Leg 158, p. 389-415.

Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P.M., Petersen, S., Gregoire, D.C., and Belanger, P., 1998, Major and trace element geochemistry of shipboard samples from Site 957, TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume Leg 158, p. 27-39.

Herzig, P.M., Hannington, M.D., and Arribas, A. Jr., 1998, Sulfur isotopic composition of hydrothermal precipitates from the Lau Backarc: Implications for magmatic contributions to seafloor hydrothermal systems: Mineralium Deposita, v. 33, p. 226-237.

Herzig, P.M., Petersen, S., and Hannington, M.D., 1998, Geochemistry and sulfur isotopic composition of the TAG hydrothermal mound, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26oN: Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume Leg 158, p. 47-68.

Petersen, S., Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1998, Fluid inclusion studies as a guide to the temperature regime within the TAG hydrothermal mound, 26oN, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume Leg 158, p. 163-178.

Herzig, P.M., Petersen, S., Tichomirowa, M., Hannington, M.D., and Arribas, A.Jr., 1997, Unusual sulfur isotopic composition of volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits at the modern seafloor: TAG Hydrothermal Mound (MAR) and Lau Back-Arc (SW Pacific), in H. Papunen, ed., Mineral Deposits Research and Exploration: Where do They Meet?, Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial SGA Meeting, Turku, Finland, Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 363-366.

Leg 158 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1996, Drilling An Active Hydrothermal System on a Sediment-Free Slow-Spreading Ridge: Leg 158 Initial Reports Volume, Site 957 Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Hydrothermal Mound, Ocean Drilling Program, 384 p.

Poulsen, H., and Hannington, M., 1996, Auriferous Volcanogenic Sulfide Deposits, in Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, O.R. Eckstrand, W.D. Sinclair, and R.I. Thorpe, Geology of Canada, no. 8, Decade of North American Geology (DNAG), Geological Society of America, P-1. p. 183-196.

Rona, R.A., Petersen, S., Becker, K., Von Herzen, P., Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P.M., Naka, J., Lalou, C., and Thompson, G., 1996, Heat flow and mineralogy of TAG relict high-temperature hydrothermal zones: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26oN, 45oW: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 23, no. 23, p. 3511-3514.

Santaguida, F., and Hannington, M., 1996, Characteristics of gold mineralization in massive sulphide deposits of the Notre Dame Bay area, Central Newfoundland: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 316-334.

Sillitoe, R.H., Hannington, M.D., and Thompson, J.F., 1996, High sulfidation deposits in the volcanogenic massive sulfide environment: Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 204-212.

Hannington, M.D., Jonasson, I.R., Herzig, P.M., and Petersen, S., 1995, Physical and chemical processes of seafloor mineralization, in Humphris, S., Fornari, D., and Zierenberg, R., eds., Physical, Chemical, Biological and Geological Interactions within Hydrothermal Systems: AGU Monograph 91, p. 115-157.

Hannington, M.D., Tivey, M.K., Larocque, A.C., Petersen, S., and Rona, P.A., 1995, The occurrence of gold in sulfide deposits of the TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 33, pt. 4, p. 1285-1310.

Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1995, Polymetallic massive sulfides at the modern seafloor: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 10, p. 95-115.

Leg 158 Scientific Party, 1995, Exploring an active seafloor hydrothermal system: Geotimes, August 1995, p. 21-23.

Leg 158 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1995, Drilling an active hydrothermal system at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge:  EOS Articles (Trans. Am. Geophys. Union) v. 76, p. 361.

Leg 158 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1995, The internal structure of an active sea-floor massive sulphide deposit: Nature, v. 377, no. 6551, p. 713-716.

Tivey, M.K., Humphris, S.E., Thompson, G., Hannington, M.D., and Rona, P.A., 1995, Deducing patterns of fluid flow and mixing within the active TAG mound using mineralogical and geochemical data: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, p. 2527-2556.

Herzig. P.M., Hannington, M.D., McInnes, B., Stoffers, P., Villinger, H., Seifert, R., Binns, R., Liebe, T., and Scientific Party, 1994, Submarine volcanism and hydrothermal venting studies in Papua New Guinea: EOS Articles (Trans. Am. Geophys. Union), v. 75, no. 44, p. 513-516.

Hannington, M.D., 1993, The formation of atacamite during weathering of sulfides on the modern seafloor: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 31, pt. 4, p. 945-956.

Ames, D.E., Franklin, J.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1993, Mineralogy and geochemistry of active and inactive chimneys and massive sulfides, Middle Valley, Northern Juan de Fuca Ridge - an evolving hydrothermal system: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 31, pt. 4, p. 997-1024.

Cameron, B.I., Brisbin, D., Hannington, M.D., and Koopman, E.R., 1993, Preliminary mineral chemical studies of phyllosilicates in host rocks to the Kidd Creek massive sulfide deposits, Timmins, Ontario: Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research Paper 93-1.

Herzig, P.M., Hannington, M.D., Fouquet, Y., von Stackelberg, U., Petersen, S., 1993, Gold-rich polymetallic sulfides from the Lau back-arc and implications for the geochemistry of gold in seafloor hydrothermal systems of the S.W. Pacific: Economic Geology, v. 88, no. 8, p. 2182-2209.

Kidd Creek Study Group, 1993, Cooperative research on the Kidd Creek volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Timmins, Ontario: Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research Paper 93-1 (written by M. Hannington).

Rona, P.A., Hannington, M.D., Raman, C.V., Thompson, G., Tivey, M.K., Humphris, S.E., Lalou, C., and Petersen, S., 1993, Active and relict seafloor hydrothermal mineralization in the TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Economic Geology, v. 88, no. 8, p 1989-2017.

Rona, P.A., Bogdanov, Y.A., Gurvich, E.G., Rimski-Korsakov, N.A., Sagalevitch, A.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1993, Relict hydrothermal mounds at the TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 26oN, 45oW:  Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, no. B6, p. 9715-9730.

Santaguida, F. and Hannington, M.D., 1993, Preliminary results on gold mineralization in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, Central Newfoundland: Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey Branch, Current Research Report 93-1, p. 373-382.

Hannington, M.D., and Jonasson, I.R., 1992, Fe and Mn oxides at seafloor hydrothermal vents, In Skinner, H.C.W. and Fitzpatrick, R.W., eds., Biomineralization Processes of Iron and Manganese, Catena v. 21, p. 351-370.

Santaguida, F., Hannington, M.D., and Jowett, E.C., 1992, An alteration and sulphur isotope study of the Pilley's Island massive sulphides, Central Newfoundland In Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 92-1D, p. 265-274.

Stakes, D., Moore, W.S., Tengdin, T., Holloway, L., Tivey, M., Hannington, M., Edmond, J., and Todd, J.F., 1992, Cores drilled into active smokers on Juan de Fuca Ridge: EOS Articles (Trans. Am. Geophys. Union), v. 73, no. 26, p. 273-283.

Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P.M., Scott, S.D., Thompson, G., and Rona, P.A., 1991, Comparative mineralogy and geochemistry of gold-bearing sulfide deposits on the mid-ocean ridges: Marine Geology, v. 101, p. 217-248.

Hannington, M.D. and Gorton, M.P., 1991, Analysis of sulfides for gold and associated trace metals by direct neutron activation with a low-flux reactor: Geostandards Newsletter, v. 15, no. 1, p. 145-154.

Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P.M., and Scott, S.D., 1991, 8. Auriferous hydrothermal precipitates on the modern seafloor, In Foster, R.P., ed., Gold Metallogeny and Exploration: Blackie and Son Ltd., London, p. 249-282.

Herzig, P.M., Hannington, M.D., Scott, S.D., Maliotis, G., Rona, P.A., and Thompson, G., 1991, Gold-rich seafloor gossans in the Troodos ophiolite and on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 1747-1755.

Hannington, M.D., Herzig, P.M., and Alt, J.C., 1990, The distribution of gold in sub-seafloor stockwork mineralization from DSDP Hole 504B and the Agrokipia B deposit, Cyprus: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 27 p. 1409-1417.

Scott, S.D., Chase, R.L., Hannington, M.D., Michael, P.J. and McConachy, T.F., 1990, Sulfide deposits, tectonics, and petrogenesis of Explorer Ridge, Northeast Pacific Ocean, In Malpas, J., Moores, E.M., Panayiotou, A., and Xenophontos, C., eds., Troodos '87, Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere,  Geological Survey Department, Nicosia, Cyprus, p. 719-733.

Herzig, P.M., and Hannington, M.D., 1990, Gold Found in Lau Back-Arc Sulfides, EOS Articles, v. 71, no. 38, p. 1090.

Hannington, M.D. and Scott, S.D., 1989, Sulfidation equilibria as guides to gold mineralization in volcanogenic massive sulfides: Evidence from sulfide mineralogy and the composition of sphalerite: Economic Geology, v. 84, no. 7, p. 1978-1995.

Hannington, M.D. and Scott, S.D., 1989, Gold mineralization in volcanogenic massive sulfides: Implications of data from active hydrothermal vents on the modern seafloor: Economic Geology Monograph 6, p. 491-507.

Hannington, M.D. and Scott, S.D., 1988, Mineralogy and geochemistry of a hydrothermal silica-sulfide-sulfate spire in the caldera of Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 26, no. 23, p. 603-625.

Hannington, M.D. and Scott, S.D., 1988, Gold and silver potential of polymetallic sulfide deposits on the seafloor: Marine Mining, v. 7, no. 3, p. 271-285.

Hannington, M.D., Thompson, G., Rona, P.A., and Scott, S.D., 1988, Gold and native copper in supergene sulfides from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Nature, v. 333, no. 6168, p. 64-66.

Koski, R.A., Scott, S.D., Hannington, M.D., Delaney, J.R., and Tivey, M.K., 1987, Hydrothermal processes and massive sulfide deposits on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and other Northeast Pacific spreading axes, In Scholl, D.W., Grantz, A., and Vedder, J., eds., Geology and Resource Potential of Western North America and Adjacent Ocean Basins - Beaufort Sea to Baja California, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 6, p. 621-638.

Hannington, M.D., Peter, J.M. and Scott, S.D., 1986, Gold in sea-floor polymetallic sulfide deposits: Economic Geology, v. 81, no. 8, p. 1867-1883.


 

 

 

 

 

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