A quick introduction to recognizing manganese oxide minerals in the field. The full Fieldcraft for Geologists series is here: geologyupskill.thinkific.com/
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@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
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much everything comes out of the ground in some way or anothe.
@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.
@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
2 жыл бұрын
The great thing about geology is the never ending supply of interesting outcrops that I find in the field.
@vitorribeirosa Жыл бұрын
Thanks again for sharing this fraction of your expertise. Your videos encourage me to go to field more often.
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Great. We need more geologists in the field!
@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
Жыл бұрын
That it is!
@kiphenricksen60292 жыл бұрын
Short and informative! Thank you for setting me Strait this afternoon! This helped me out!
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad you found the info useful.
@NoelWillis Жыл бұрын
Love the mangense oxide - just need to find some more lithium!
@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.
@ulastan6002 жыл бұрын
We are exciting to see mapping from you I’m waiting 🙏🏻
@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
2 жыл бұрын
The day you stop learning is the day you should retire!
@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.
@JRushHikes2 жыл бұрын
Awesome and informative video!
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad you found it useful.
@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
Жыл бұрын
That would suggest lots of rhodochrosite and base-metal sulphides beneath the weathering zone. I would get excited about that!
@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 Жыл бұрын
Nice information.
@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
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.
@sperroud2 жыл бұрын
the botroidal ox magnaese is psilomelane? great video as always nick!
@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 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that there iron oxides rocks with black dots so the manganese is associated with iron in regolith environments
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Iron and manganese are close friends.
@nathansiddle5381 Жыл бұрын
This wouldn't happen to be somewhere in the Overhang Jaspelite by any chance, would it?
@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 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic. I have seen these but mistook them for haematite.
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Hematite can form similar structures, but red streak will tell the difference. Manganese oxides always produce a black streak.
@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
Жыл бұрын
This one is in north Queensland near Mount Isa, but probably too small to be economic.
@bharateeyudu1961
Жыл бұрын
@@GeologyUpSkill thanks sir for your kind information
@IQRA2
7 ай бұрын
We have manganese Mines if you are interested in investment kindly let me know?
@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
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
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
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 Жыл бұрын
Can oxidized manganese become red like oxidized iron?
@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
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.
@parhamahmadi90176 ай бұрын
Hi, how to distinguish massive manganese oxides from goetith?
@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
6 ай бұрын
Thank you
@titaberotofficialchanel3533 Жыл бұрын
How much per kilo of mangganese?
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Historically, the price has hovered around USD $2000/tonne, but you need a pretty large volume to make an orebody.
@minhphuongtran85364 ай бұрын
Có giá trị cao không?
@GeologyUpSkill
4 ай бұрын
Chúng tôi sẽ không biết cho đến khi việc khoan hoàn tất.
@Venu19 Жыл бұрын
Sir. Does magnese ore attracts magnets?
@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).
@gekkogordon68662 жыл бұрын
Am interested in Mno2 high grade … pyrolusite mineral .. I need your services .. can I have your contact ?
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
geologyupskill@gmail.com will find me.
@randomguyodst46 Жыл бұрын
Where this location at????
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Near the Pilgrim Fault southwest of Cloncurry
@IQRA2
7 ай бұрын
We have manganese Mines if you are interested in investment kindly let me know?
Пікірлер: 60
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
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much everything comes out of the ground in some way or anothe.
@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.
I just like watching your videos you really broaden my horizons when it come to geology, keep up the good work Sir
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
The great thing about geology is the never ending supply of interesting outcrops that I find in the field.
Thanks again for sharing this fraction of your expertise. Your videos encourage me to go to field more often.
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Great. We need more geologists in the field!
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
Жыл бұрын
That it is!
Short and informative! Thank you for setting me Strait this afternoon! This helped me out!
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad you found the info useful.
Love the mangense oxide - just need to find some more lithium!
@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.
We are exciting to see mapping from you I’m waiting 🙏🏻
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
2 жыл бұрын
The day you stop learning is the day you should retire!
@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.
Awesome and informative video!
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad you found it useful.
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
Жыл бұрын
That would suggest lots of rhodochrosite and base-metal sulphides beneath the weathering zone. I would get excited about that!
@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.
Nice information.
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
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.
the botroidal ox magnaese is psilomelane? great video as always nick!
@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.
I noticed that there iron oxides rocks with black dots so the manganese is associated with iron in regolith environments
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Iron and manganese are close friends.
This wouldn't happen to be somewhere in the Overhang Jaspelite by any chance, would it?
@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.
Fantastic. I have seen these but mistook them for haematite.
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Hematite can form similar structures, but red streak will tell the difference. Manganese oxides always produce a black streak.
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
Жыл бұрын
This one is in north Queensland near Mount Isa, but probably too small to be economic.
@bharateeyudu1961
Жыл бұрын
@@GeologyUpSkill thanks sir for your kind information
@IQRA2
7 ай бұрын
We have manganese Mines if you are interested in investment kindly let me know?
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
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
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
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
Can oxidized manganese become red like oxidized iron?
@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
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.
Hi, how to distinguish massive manganese oxides from goetith?
@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
6 ай бұрын
Thank you
How much per kilo of mangganese?
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Historically, the price has hovered around USD $2000/tonne, but you need a pretty large volume to make an orebody.
Có giá trị cao không?
@GeologyUpSkill
4 ай бұрын
Chúng tôi sẽ không biết cho đến khi việc khoan hoàn tất.
Sir. Does magnese ore attracts magnets?
@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).
Am interested in Mno2 high grade … pyrolusite mineral .. I need your services .. can I have your contact ?
@GeologyUpSkill
2 жыл бұрын
geologyupskill@gmail.com will find me.
Where this location at????
@GeologyUpSkill
Жыл бұрын
Near the Pilgrim Fault southwest of Cloncurry
@IQRA2
7 ай бұрын
We have manganese Mines if you are interested in investment kindly let me know?