Manganese Oxides

A quick introduction to recognizing manganese oxide minerals in the field.
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  • @adhip0574
    @adhip0574 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, this is interesting! I am currently studying chemistry, and it is phenomenal to see its appearance in the world around us! More rocks, please!

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty much everything comes out of the ground in some way or anothe.

  • @karhukivi

    @karhukivi

    11 ай бұрын

    Iron and manganese oxides also "scavenge" other metals out of nearby soils and rocks, so when we take geochemical soil samples for Cu, Pb, Zn etc., we also analyse for Fe & Mn to see if they are present in sufficient quantity to be enhancing the other metal values and giving false indications of base metal mineralisation.

  • @kennethelistas6331
    @kennethelistas63312 жыл бұрын

    I just like watching your videos you really broaden my horizons when it come to geology, keep up the good work Sir

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    The great thing about geology is the never ending supply of interesting outcrops that I find in the field.

  • @vitorribeirosa
    @vitorribeirosa Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again for sharing this fraction of your expertise. Your videos encourage me to go to field more often.

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Great. We need more geologists in the field!

  • @geradkavanagh8240
    @geradkavanagh8240 Жыл бұрын

    That's the most concentrated manganese samples I've seen since I was was a kid in the Mount Isa/ Cloncurry area. Then again. That's where this was filmed.

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    That it is!

  • @kiphenricksen6029
    @kiphenricksen60292 жыл бұрын

    Short and informative! Thank you for setting me Strait this afternoon! This helped me out!

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Glad you found the info useful.

  • @NoelWillis
    @NoelWillis Жыл бұрын

    Love the mangense oxide - just need to find some more lithium!

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    True! New supplies of lithium and all the other metals required for the future energy transition will be a massive job for earth scientists of all disciplines.

  • @ulastan600
    @ulastan6002 жыл бұрын

    We are exciting to see mapping from you I’m waiting 🙏🏻

  • @hutchinsonsolarlunarplanet538
    @hutchinsonsolarlunarplanet5382 жыл бұрын

    All these years of rock hunting and geology I always thought it was MAGNESIUM dendritic pattern within the rock. Now I know that is wrong, its exactly MANGANESE oxide dendritic patterns within the rock. Thank you for the correction GeologyUpskill!

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    The day you stop learning is the day you should retire!

  • @hutchinsonsolarlunarplanet538

    @hutchinsonsolarlunarplanet538

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GeologyUpSkill Yes, retire from absolutely everything. One should be learning (or at least attempt to do so) right up until they're in the pine box after Florida.

  • @JRushHikes
    @JRushHikes2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome and informative video!

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Glad you found it useful.

  • @vernshein5430
    @vernshein5430 Жыл бұрын

    We saw manganese wad at the top of the Black Zone at the intermediate sulphidation Mt. Kare deposit in PNG, a smaller analogue to Porgera 15km away. It gave whopping big polymetallic anomalies. It'd sometimes have realgar and orpiment and was always with limonite so we used to code it HR in our mapping/logging for Halloween Rock ie. orange & black.........................

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    That would suggest lots of rhodochrosite and base-metal sulphides beneath the weathering zone. I would get excited about that!

  • @vernshein5430

    @vernshein5430

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GeologyUpSkill Yes the Stage 1 B veins at Mt. Kare and Porgera are base metal carbonate. Sometimes rhodochrosite with Au bearing arsenical pyrite, galena, low Fe sphalerite and locally chalcopyrite.

  • @RUPZ44
    @RUPZ44 Жыл бұрын

    Nice information.

  • @davidedgar2818
    @davidedgar28182 ай бұрын

    I have a sample of manganese from Eagle Mountain, California, a major Kaiser mine that produced high quality iron for steel production during WW2. Do you have any information on what minor trace elements were presemt at Eagle Mountain? I also have some iron ore samples that are highly magnetic but have a fiborous green crystalene matrix around them. I also have some more solid matrix pieces of the green that have some sort of pyrite in them.

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Ай бұрын

    The fibrous green mineral is probably actinolite. I dont have any info on the Kaiser mine, but Manganese oxides are notorious for scavenging other metal cations from the surrounding environment so it will likely have a mixed bag. Pyrite would be unusual with manganese oxides because the pyrite would usually oxidise also.

  • @sperroud
    @sperroud2 жыл бұрын

    the botroidal ox magnaese is psilomelane? great video as always nick!

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. All of the manganese oxides in this outcrop could be lumped into the psilomelane bucket because they are hard rather than sooty.

  • @user-uv1pe4to4x
    @user-uv1pe4to4x Жыл бұрын

    I noticed that there iron oxides rocks with black dots so the manganese is associated with iron in regolith environments

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. Iron and manganese are close friends.

  • @nathansiddle5381
    @nathansiddle5381 Жыл бұрын

    This wouldn't happen to be somewhere in the Overhang Jaspelite by any chance, would it?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Bingo! There seems to be a fluid event that extracts manganese from the carbonates in the Overhang Jaspilitie and dumps it in the Pilgrim Fault and related structures.

  • @stevo728822
    @stevo728822 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. I have seen these but mistook them for haematite.

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Hematite can form similar structures, but red streak will tell the difference. Manganese oxides always produce a black streak.

  • @bharateeyudu1961
    @bharateeyudu1961 Жыл бұрын

    Sir it's nice to see your videos, where is this deposit sir,We looking to invest in mining if you suggest some big potential deposit

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    This one is in north Queensland near Mount Isa, but probably too small to be economic.

  • @bharateeyudu1961

    @bharateeyudu1961

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GeologyUpSkill thanks sir for your kind information

  • @IQRA2

    @IQRA2

    7 ай бұрын

    We have manganese Mines if you are interested in investment kindly let me know?

  • @matheusviolante8364
    @matheusviolante83642 жыл бұрын

    I just came back from a field work and we found tons on manganese concretions (plus Fe concretions and limonite after pyrite) but it still puzzles me what exactly was the source for that Mn. Oh well, at least I had tons of fun using my hydrogen peroxide on them hahaha

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    If it's in veins, there is a good chance the primary mineral is rhodochrosite and that can be an indicator for gold and silver in epithermal systems.

  • @matheusviolante8364

    @matheusviolante8364

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GeologyUpSkill I am not sure about the origin of the manganese, but in the area we mapped there were plenty of qz veins, we found limonite after py in metaquartzarenites and the area is studied exactly because it used to be (still is to some extent) a site for gold exploration. Still much to learn, though, since I'm still at the undergraduate level.

  • @bharateeyudu1961

    @bharateeyudu1961

    Жыл бұрын

    @@matheusviolante8364 dear matheus we have commercial interest in manganese mining , we are in the mining field since 35 years if have any potential reserves of manganese , if u can help in giving information we can exploration

  • @travismorgan29
    @travismorgan29 Жыл бұрын

    Can oxidized manganese become red like oxidized iron?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    usually not. There are lots of iron oxides that can develop a black surface crust that may include some manganese, but if the streak is brown or red, it's probably dominated by goethite and other iron oxides.

  • @travismorgan29

    @travismorgan29

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GeologyUpSkill Thanks! There was an old manganese mine on an island made up primarily of red chert. Many sources say the island (and therefore chert) is red from manganese oxides rather than iron oxides, but I was skeptical of whether this is possible. There are clearly contrasting black clusters of manganese throughout it.

  • @parhamahmadi9017
    @parhamahmadi90176 ай бұрын

    Hi, how to distinguish massive manganese oxides from goetith?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    6 ай бұрын

    Goethite is usually a brown colour. Manganese oxides are usually black. There is a little overlap, but it is a pretty good rule of thumb.

  • @parhamahmadi9017

    @parhamahmadi9017

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @titaberotofficialchanel3533
    @titaberotofficialchanel3533 Жыл бұрын

    How much per kilo of mangganese?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Historically, the price has hovered around USD $2000/tonne, but you need a pretty large volume to make an orebody.

  • @minhphuongtran8536
    @minhphuongtran85364 ай бұрын

    Có giá trị cao không?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    4 ай бұрын

    Chúng tôi sẽ không biết cho đến khi việc khoan hoàn tất.

  • @Venu19
    @Venu19 Жыл бұрын

    Sir. Does magnese ore attracts magnets?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    No. If it attracts a magnet, you can be sure that it contains some magnetite or ilmenite (although that may be mixed with manganese oxides).

  • @gekkogordon6866
    @gekkogordon68662 жыл бұрын

    Am interested in Mno2 high grade … pyrolusite mineral .. I need your services .. can I have your contact ?

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    2 жыл бұрын

    geologyupskill@gmail.com will find me.

  • @randomguyodst46
    @randomguyodst46 Жыл бұрын

    Where this location at????

  • @GeologyUpSkill

    @GeologyUpSkill

    Жыл бұрын

    Near the Pilgrim Fault southwest of Cloncurry

  • @IQRA2

    @IQRA2

    7 ай бұрын

    We have manganese Mines if you are interested in investment kindly let me know?