Global ferromanganese crust and abyssal ferromanganese nodule prospective occurrence regions

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Spatial_Reference_Information
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Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Theresa A. Fregoso
Originator: Manda V. Au
Originator: Kira Mizell
Originator: James Hein
Originator: Amy Gartman
Publication_Date: 20240924
Title:

Global ferromanganese crust and abyssal ferromanganese nodule prospective occurrence regions

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P13R3J6J

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested Citation: Fregoso, T.A., Au, M.V., Mizell, K., Hein. J., and Gartman, A., 2024, Global ferromanganese crust and abyssal ferromanganese nodule prospective occurrence regions: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi:10.5066/P13R3J6J.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13R3J6J

Description:

Abstract:

This data release is a polygon shapefile representing prospective occurrence regions of ferromanganese crusts and abyssal ferromanganese nodules on the seafloor throughout the global oceans. Polygons represent areas where oceanographic criteria, such as low sedimentation rate and moderate primary productivity, overlap with geologic criteria, including regions with appropriate seafloor morphology for each mineral type, such as seamounts and ridges or abyssal plains. The regions indicate where ferromanganese crusts and abyssal ferromanganese nodules are likely to occur but do not indicate whether minerals have been found in these regions, nor do they indicate the presence of a mineral deposit.

Purpose:

This work was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS ) Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program through the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, and in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management through Interagency Agreement M19PG00021 with the USGS. These shapefiles were created as part of the USGS effort to understand geologic and oceanographic processes that lead to the formation of marine minerals and where marine mineral resources occur. An area designated here as prospective does not mean that the region hosts marine minerals, and it does not indicate that the marine minerals occurring in that region will be economically viable. Regions not meeting the criteria for prospective designation are not included here. These regional outlines are intended to provide baseline information regarding where marine minerals are likely to occur throughout the global ocean, for use by scientists, resource managers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software for research purposes.

Supplemental_Information:

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the dataset in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20240905

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Planned
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.000000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 85.03045368200003
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.056409

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Theme_Keyword: Mineral Resources
Theme_Keyword: Physical/Chemical Features
Theme_Keyword: Assessments

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Theme_Keyword: metallic mineral resources
Theme_Keyword: earth sciences
Theme_Keyword: marine geology

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: mineral resources
Theme_Keyword: chemical analysis

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Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC

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Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place:

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Place_Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Indian Ocean
Place_Keyword: South Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Southern Ocean
Place_Keyword: Central Pacific Basin
Place_Keyword: Northwest Pacific Basin
Place_Keyword: Northeast Pacific Basin
Place_Keyword: Southwest Pacific Basin
Place_Keyword: Southeast Pacific Basin
Place_Keyword: Mid-Indian Basin
Place_Keyword: Wharton Basin
Place_Keyword: Ninetyeast Ridge
Place_Keyword: Crozet Basin
Place_Keyword: Natal Basin
Place_Keyword: Southwest Indian Ridge
Place_Keyword: Tasman Escarpment
Place_Keyword: East Tasman Plateau
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Place_Keyword: Penrhyn Basin
Place_Keyword: Manihiki Plateau
Place_Keyword: Magellan Rise
Place_Keyword: Samoa
Place_Keyword: Mid-Pacific Mountains
Place_Keyword: Mariana Trench
Place_Keyword: Japan Trench
Place_Keyword: Shatskiy Rise
Place_Keyword: Emperor Seamount Chain
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Place_Keyword: Kamehameha Basin
Place_Keyword: Clarion Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Hawaiian Ridge
Place_Keyword: Hess Rise
Place_Keyword: Patton Seamounts
Place_Keyword: Cascadia Basin
Place_Keyword: Spiess Seamount Chain
Place_Keyword: Jasper Seamount
Place_Keyword: Dispatch Seamount
Place_Keyword: Henderson Seamount
Place_Keyword: Crest Seamount
Place_Keyword: Rosa Seamount
Place_Keyword: Guatemala Basin
Place_Keyword: Clipperton Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Cocos Ridge
Place_Keyword: Carnegie Ridge
Place_Keyword: Peru-Chile Trench
Place_Keyword: Nazca Ridge
Place_Keyword: Peru Basin
Place_Keyword: Argentine Basin
Place_Keyword: Chile Rise
Place_Keyword: Rio Grande Rise
Place_Keyword: San Paulo Plateau
Place_Keyword: Brazil Basin
Place_Keyword: Sierra Leon Rise
Place_Keyword: Doldrums Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Guana Basin
Place_Keyword: Cape Verde Basin
Place_Keyword: Kane Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico Trench
Place_Keyword: Bermuda Rise
Place_Keyword: Hatteras Plain
Place_Keyword: New England Seamounts
Place_Keyword: North American Basin
Place_Keyword: Corner Seamounts
Place_Keyword: Sohm Plain
Place_Keyword: Oceanographer Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Newfoundland Basin
Place_Keyword: Sierra Leon Rise
Place_Keyword: Doldrums Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Guana Basin
Place_Keyword: Agulhas Basin
Place_Keyword: Agulhas Ridge
Place_Keyword: Cape Basin
Place_Keyword: Walvis Ridge
Place_Keyword: Bode Verde Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Angola Basin
Place_Keyword: Guinea Basin
Place_Keyword: Ascension Fracture Zone
Place_Keyword: Sierra Leon Basin
Place_Keyword: Canada Basin
Place_Keyword: Lomonosov Ridge

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data. This information is not intended for navigation purposes.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

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Map showing the locations of prospective regions of global marine minerals.

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Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_Report:

Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Prospective indicates that a region is consistent with the geologic and oceanographic criteria required to potentially host marine minerals. This does not mean that a region hosts marine minerals, and it does not indicate that the marine minerals occurring in that region will be economically viable. Regions not meeting the criteria for prospective designation are not included here. These regional outlines are intended to provide baseline information regarding where marine minerals may occur.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. Locations are based on consideration of global scale maps showing overlapping criteria listed in process steps.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

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Originator: International Ocean Discovery Program
Publication_Date: 2024
Title: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
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Originator: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Originator: National Science Foundation
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General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) 2020 grid - continuous terrain model of the global oceans and land

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Used in conjunction with other data to determine possible locations of marine minerals.

Source_Information:

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Originator: NASA Ocean Biology (OB.DAAC)
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Mean annual sea surface chlorophyll-a concentration for the period 2009-2013 (composite dataset created by UNEP-WCMC). Data obtained from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua Ocean Colour website (NASA OB.DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA). Accessed 28/11/2014.

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Source_Contribution:

Used in conjunction with other data to determine possible locations of marine minerals.

Source_Information:

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Originator: Adriana Dutkiewicz
Originator: R. Dietmar Muller
Originator: Simon O'Callaghan
Originator: Hjortur Jonasson
Publication_Date: 2015
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Source_Contribution:

Used in conjunction with other data to determine possible locations of marine minerals.

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Time_Period_Information:

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Source_Contribution:

Used in conjunction with other data to determine possible locations of marine minerals.

Source_Information:

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MEDUSA-2.0: an intermediate complexity biogeochemical model of the marine carbon cycle for climate change and ocean acidification studies

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Source_Contribution:

Used in conjunction with other data to determine possible locations of marine minerals.

Source_Information:

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Source_Contribution:

Used in conjunction with other data to determine possible locations of marine minerals.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Global-scale oceanographic and geologic spatial datasets were compiled and visually overlaid to determine regions meeting all the known criteria for ferromanganese crust formation (hard rock substrate on seamounts, low sedimentation rate), and abyssal ferromanganese nodule formation (flat and sediment-covered basins, low sedimentation rate, low to moderate primary productivity, depths below the carbonate compensation depth, seafloor lithology).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GEBCO
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Chloro
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Seafloor seds
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sed thick
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: MEDUSA
Process_Date: 2022
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Surface

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Marine geologic samples were compiled to cross references with areas identified in initial step.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: IMLGS
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ODP
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: IODP
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DSDP
Process_Date: 2022
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Samples

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Regions that met all the formation criteria for ferromanganese crusts, and separately, ferromanganese nodules, and contained confirmed crust and nodule samples, were outlined by hand to create prospective region shapes.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Surface
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Samples
Process_Date: 2022
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Maps

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Prospective region shapes were converted to a set of shapefiles in ArcGIS software for each region type, crust, nodule or both for use in applications such as maps, modeling, or other. Shapefiles are determined at basin scale and as a result some shapefiles include features above the sea surface to which source datasets were not applied. Areas were further refined using the highest resolution available bathymetric data based on the geomorphology of the seafloor.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Maps
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA DEM
Process_Date: 2024

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

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Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

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Entity_Type_Definition: Regions of potential marine minerals in the global oceans
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

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Attribute_Definition_Source: producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: 13 4
Attribute_Units_of_Measure:

Sequential numbers that will serve as the identification number for each region.

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Ocean
Attribute_Definition: Undersea marine area where prospective region occurs.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units.
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Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Area in Km2
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001

Attribute:

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Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Area in Km2
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Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Polygon shapefile showing potential areas of Ferromanganese in the global oceans, labeled by polygon number and grouped by crust, nodule, or both.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

The entity and attribute information were generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the data set. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

These data are available in shapefile format (Global_Prospective_Ferromanganese_regions_WGS84.shp and associated files) contained in a single zip file (Global_Prospective_Ferromanganese_regions_WGS84.shp.zip) accompanied by CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata and browse graphic.

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

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Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/65b15547d34e36a39044a928

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13R3J6J

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of data, metadata, and browse graphic. The second link points to the landing page for the entire data release.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites: data can be viewed with most GIS software packages.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240924
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P13R3J6J/Global_Propsective_Ferromanganese_Regions.html>