Association of manganese ore and phosphorite-bearing facies in sedimentary sequences: Communication 1. Parastereses and parageneses of phosphorus and manganese in Mesozoic-Cenozoic and Upper Paleozoic rocks

It is shown that cooccurrences (parastereses) of chemical elements, minerals, sedimentary rocks, facies, and formations should be distinguished from their parageneses, which represent geological formations related to a single geological process. It has been established that phosphorus is concentrated in sedimentary manganese ores and is not accumulated in volcanosedimentary and hydrothermal deposits. Parageneses of Mn and P in sedimentary deposits are characterized. Parastereses of manganese ore and phosphorite-bearing facies in Oligocene rocks of southwestern Eurasia, Mesozoic and Upper Paleozoic sections of the Urals, and Mesozoic- Cenozoic sequences of Morocco are considered.