A geochronological and mineralogical study on the seafloor massive sulfides from the Pobeda hydrothermal cluster at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge was carried out. To improve the reliability of geochronological data, the 230Th/U ages were measured for both the bulk samples and monomineral separates. The oldest age ca. 52 kyr within Pobeda-1 and ca. 107 kyr within Pobeda–2 fields have been obtained. Then, several episodes of hydrothermal activity were identified within both fields up to ca. 0.3 kyr ago and up to ca. 4.3 kyr ago, respectively.
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A radiochemical study was carried out on massive sulfides from three hydrothermal fields in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The main objective was to check whether 230Th/U dating yields reliable results. The absolute 230Th/U ages of massive sulfide samples of three hydrothermal fields at the Mid Atlantic Ridge were determined 58.2±4.2 ka and 16.8±1.0 ka for the "Logatchev-1" site, 3.9±0.4 ka for the "Logatchev-2" site and 23.0±1.5 ka, 3.9±0.6 ka and 2.2±0.3 ka for the "Rainbow" site. The dates correspond to the activation periods of hydrothermal ore formation systems.
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A geochronological and geochemical study on 10 samples of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) from the inactive Peterburgskoye hydrothermal field at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) was carried out. The 230Th/U ages of the SMS are the oldest for the Quaternary hydrothermal ores ever found at the ocean floor. According to them the hydrothermal activity at Peterburgskoye field started at least 170 ka and continued down to 63 ka. The oldest hydrothermal ores from this field consist mainly of pyrite and chalcopyrite and have geochemical properties typical for SMS associated with basalts.
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