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Solwara 19
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Latitude:
-3.6660
Longitude:
148.7640
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Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
1039
Minimum Depth (mbsl):
1025
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
124.0
Host Rock:
NotProvided
Deposit Type:
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description:
Nautilus Minerals press release, January 14, 2010: "Solwara 19 occurs within the Sherburne Rifts region of the central Bismarck Sea approximately 150km WSW of Solwara 10. The system defined comprises a northerly trending zone of barite chimneys outcropping for approximately 110m, situated on a mound ESE of a large "old" caldera system."
Notes Relevant to Biology:
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
2009 commercial ROV Fugro FV300 (activity not confirmed)
Discovery References (text):
Nautilus Minerals press release, January 14, 2010.
Other References (text):
SRK Consulting (2011) Nautilus Minerals Incorporated NI43-101 Technical Report 2010 PNG, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Vanuatu and the ISA. Document Reference: NAT007 Nautilus 43-101 Technical Report 2011 Rev3.docx.
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