Specific Features of Sulfide Ores in the Pobeda Hydrothermal Cluster, Mid-Atlantic Rise 17°07′–17°08′ N

Abstract

Based on materials obtained in Cruise 37 of the R/V Professor Logatchev (2014‒2015), the paper discusses formation conditions, morphology, isotope age, and mineral and chemical composition of sulfide ores in the Pobeda-1 (17°08.7′ N MAR) and Pobeda-2 (17°07.45′ N MAR) hydrothermal ore fields (Pobeda ore cluster) discovered in blocks 37 and 39 confined to the Russian exploration area. Morphogenetic types of ores are defined and their formation conditions are examined.