Table 1 Average content in ppm (mg kg−1) of selected elements in hydrothermal vent samples from the Kolumbo deposit
Sample | Si | Al | Fe | Pb | As | Sb | Zn | Cu | Hg | Tl | Ag | Au |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NA014-003 Politeia spire-1 (ISSC) | 11000 | 3070 | 107000 | >10000 | 2740 | >2000 | >10000 | 1210 | >100 | 435 | >100 | 17 |
NA014-003 Politeia spire-1 (OAsL) | 36400 | 688 | 6850 | 5930 | >10000 | >2000 | 5950 | 35 | >100 | >1000 | >100 | 0.9 |
NA014-003 Politeia spire-1 (SFeC) | 21100 | 1010 | 19800 | 4130 | 7290 | >2000 | 1470 | 11 | >100 | 868 | >100 | 0.7 |
NA014-003 Politeia spire-1 composite | 14100 | 9280 | 163000 | 66400 | 6430 | 12600 | 60900 | 1690 | 571 | 505 | 1710 | 18 |
NA014-005 Diffuser II | 7470 | 311000 | 42500 | 5440 | 4650 | 1210 | 2760 | 0.1 | 50 | 763 | 16 | |
NA014-007 Champagne active mound (base) | 16600 | 16500 | 313000 | 19700 | 2290 | 8010 | 3900 | 848 | 967 | 260 | 218 | 2 |
NA014-016 Poet's Candle sulphide | 5910 | 172000 | 53500 | 2640 | 5680 | 17800 | 2210 | 1 | 200 | 686 | 9 | |
NA014-027 Champagne active mound-1 (N = 2) | 25100 | 3240 | 242000 | 28800 | 2910 | 5690 | 2630 | 1510 | 1074 | 429 | 191 | 6 |
NA014-028 Champagne active mound -2 (N = 2) | 11700 | 1170 | 217000 | 55700 | 5770 | 6300 | 3620 | 3480 | 0.7 | 831 | 614 | 5 |
NA014-039 Politeia spire-2 (ISSC) | 9070 | 4920 | 201000 | >10000 | 2230 | >2000 | >10000 | 2940 | >100 | 415 | >100 | 32 |
NA014-039 Politeia spire-2 (SFeC) | 5280 | 1270 | 10600 | 5990 | 747 | 1380 | 1430 | 10 | 79 | 80 | >100 | 0.4 |
NA014-039 Politeia spire-2 composite | 2510 | 5470 | 101000 | 67100 | 2350 | 22400 | 3060 | 1300 | 481 | 280 | 1910 | 12 |
AVERAGE | 14100 | 5890 | 166000 | 35000 | 3810 | 8330 | 10200 | 1640 | 397 | 389 | 871 | 9 |
MAX | 36400 | 16500 | 313000 | 67100 | 7290 | 22400 | 60900 | 3761 | 1070 | 868 | 1910 | 32 |
N | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 |
