Workpackage 7 EMODnet geology

WP7 Minerals

Geological Survey of Ireland

Maria Judge, Charise McKeon, Ali Robinson, Janine Guinan, Archie Donovan, Koen Verbruggen

Objective
To identify and map the occurrences of mineral deposits (including aggregates,
oil and gas and metalliferous minerals), within the EEZ of participating
countries, based on information available to the project partners, including
publicly‐available information (those not held under commercial restrictions)
Description/deliverables
Compile mineral deposit information and develop web mapping services for
sharing spatial data between public organisations and authorities including EC
and EU research, policy making institutions and commercial stakeholders for the
sustainable geo‐energy and mineral supply of Europe.


Phase 1 – Aggregate & Hydrocarbons
Published Data


WP7 Task Guide circulated
March 11th 2014
A guide to the deliverables
associated with EMODnetGeology Phase II work
package 7: Minerals; where
‘minerals’ refer to marine
mineral deposits on or under
the seabed.
The types of mineral deposits that occur on

and/or beneath the seafloor, to be included
in EMODnet work package 7 are:
• aggregates
• hydrocarbons
• gas hydrates
• marine placer deposits
• phosphorite deposits
• evaporite deposits
• polymetallic sulphides
• polymetallic nodules
• cobalt rich ferromanganese crust


Phase II Deposit Types Received (By Country)
September 2014
Aggregates

Hydrocarbons

Gas
Hydrates

Marine
Placer

Phosphorite

Estonia

Denmark

Portugal

Latvia

Finland

Ireland

Russia

Poland

France

France

Ireland

Lithuania

Latvia

Norway

Norway

Poland

Poland

Romania

Portugal

Russia

Russia

Spain

Sweden

Sweden

Spain

Evaporite

Polymetallic
Sulphides

Polymetallic
Nodules

Cobalt
Rich FeMn Crust

Portugal

Estonia

Portugal

Spain

Latvia

Spain

Russia
Spain


Aggregate Deposits
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit Type

Name of deposit type

Units

Quantitative measurement of deposit if available

Status

E.G. License, exploration, exploitation etc.

Operator

Operating company

Exploitation Type

Mining Method

Block Name

Name of the block, concession or deposit area

Block Number

Number of the block, concession or deposit area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of deposit

Depth to seabed (m)

Depth to deposit from sea surface


Hydrocarbon Deposits
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code. e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit Type

Name of deposit type (Oil, Gas, etc)

Units

Quantitative measurement of deposit

Status

E.G. License, under exploration, production

Operator

Operating company

Exploitation Type

Production Method (Platform, seabed completion etc)

Block Name

Name of the block, concession or deposit area

Block Number

Number of the block, concession or deposit area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of block

Depth to Reservoir (m)

Depth to reservoir from sea bed

Host Rock Formation & Age

Host rock formation & age


Gas Hydrate Deposits
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code. e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit Type

Name of deposit type (Gas Hydrates)

Units

Quantitative measurement of deposit, if available.

Status

E.G. License, under exploration, exploitation

Operator

Operating or exploring company if appropriate.

Exploitation Type

Production Method if relevant

Area Name

Name of the area, concession or deposit area

Area Number

Number of the area, concession or deposit area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of deposit

Depth to deposit (m)

Depth to deposit from sea bed

Marine Placer Deposits
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit type

Deposit: Placer, Type: (e.g. ilmenite, rutile etc)

Units

Quantitative measurement of resource or reserve, if available.

Status

E.G. License, under exploration, exploitation

Operator

Operating or Exploring company

Exploitation Type

Mining Method if applicable

Area Name

Name of the area, concession or deposit area

Area Number

Number of the area, concession or deposit area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of deposit

Depth to deposit (m)

Depth to deposit from sea surface


Phosphorite Deposits
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit Type

Deposit: Phosphorite,
Type :Nodular/Bioclastic/Phosphatization

Setting

Epeiric/Continental margin/Seamount/Insular; if known

Units

Quantitative measurement of deposit if available.

Status

E.G. License, under exploration, exploitation

Operator

Operating company

Exploitation Type

Mining Method

Area Name

Name of the area, concession or resource area

Area Number

Number of the area, concession or resource area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of deposit

Depth to deposit (m)

Depth to deposit from sea surface


Polymetallic Nodules
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit Type

Name of deposit type (Polymetallic nodules)

Main Morphology

Morphology type/ commentary on nodule size

Main Minerals

Main minerals

All other commodities

Secondary minerals (gangue)

Status

E.G. License, exploration, exploitation etc

Operator

Operating company

Area Name

Name of the area, concession or deposit area

Area Number

Number of the area, concession or deposit area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of deposit

Depth to deposit (m)

Depth to deposit from sea surface


Cobalt rich Ferromanganese Crusts
Field

Information

Code

Two letter country code, which corresponds to ISO3166‐ code e.g. FI, SE, LV, IE

Deposit Type

Name of deposit type (Cobalt rich ferromanganese crust)

Setting

Description of geological setting

Main Commodity

Commodity type

All other commodities

Secondary commodities

Units

Quantitative measurement

Status

E.G. License, under exploration

Operator

Operating company

Area Name

Name of the area, concession or deposit area

Area Number

Number of the area, concession or deposit area

Data Provider

Name of organisation providing data

Data Provider Contact

What are the organisation/institute information contact details – email is required

Area Extent (Sq. Km)

Area of deposit

Depth to seabed (m)

Depth to deposit from sea surface


WP7 Phase II – What's Next??
Assess Phase I deposit types V’s Phase II deposit types submitted to date for:
• Any duplication of deposit type areas
• Deposit type areas submitted to Phase II which may no longer be viable/exist (as per
submitted to Phase I)
• Published deposit types which have not been submitted to date by project partners
Following from the data assessment the following will be addressed:

• Keep Phase I and Phase II deposit
types separate for publishing or
update for Phase II based on
Phase I?
• Add additional deposit types?
• Timelines for data publication?

Timeline

Deliverable

March

GSI to circulate WP 7 Minerals Task Guide to all partners.

May 31st

First round of data collation.
Updates and new, readily available (in‐house) data to submit,
in shapefile format, by all partners to the GSI.

May 31st September 30th

Available third party data compilation and submission.

September 30th

EMODnet progress meeting. GSI to present updated draft
distribution maps of: Aggregates, Hydrocarbons, and the
“new” deposit types.

September 30th

EMODnet progress meeting. GSI to present update and initial
draft compilation of mineral deposits layers

November 1st

Final data submission form all partner

November 30th
2014

Completed draft of layers published and hosted live on the
EMODnet viewer

Post November
2014

Case studies and six monthly updates thereafter


Please submit your data!!!
We ask that once your shapefiles and attribution data are complete, to please deliver these
data to Charise McKeon at the GSI () by November 1st 2014.
On receiving your data, GSI will standardise these data, then author WMS service layers,
which will be consumed within the EMODnet viewer.
If you require comment or advice at any time, on any aspect of WP7, then feel free to
contact the relevant personnel.
Please submit your data for compilation to Charise McKeon ()

cc’ing: Maria Judge ()

Thank You for Listening


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Data Gaps‐ examples of data mapped on the
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