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MERC/DES/GSM – Exploration Symposium – November 5, 2015

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Nov. 5, 2015: Exploration Symposium

New Research and Concepts Focused on Gold, Ni-Cu-PGE-Cr, & VMS

 

  • Registration (lunch & coffee provided): $100 for professionals; $15 for students
  • Sign-up and payment by cheque to Laurentian University or by cash at the Willet Green Miller Centre (WGMC) Auditorium, Laurentian University, Sudbury (turn left, after entering by the front entrance)
  • Pay parking available in visitor’s lots A, B, C, D & E ($8/day – coins only)

 

Program Introduction: Dr Harold Gibson, MERC Director
Abitibi and Flin Flon Au (± Cu)
9:10-9:40; Dr. Dan Kontak – Overview on Gold and the Abitibi Thematic Gold Project
9:40-10:10; Dr. Bruno Lafrance – Structural controls on gold mineralization in the Archean Superior craton
10:10-10:30; Laura Katz – Evaluating the intrusion-related model for the Archean low-grade, high-tonnage Côté Gold deposit Au(Cu) deposit
Break 10:30-10:50;
Jordan McDivitt – Structural and Hydrothermal Overprinting of a Long-Lived Ore System in the Missanabie-Renabie Gold District
Kelly Malcolm – Recently Discovered High-Grade Au Mineralization in the Detour Lake Area: Implications for Exploration and Significant Au Endowment in the Northern Abitibi Region
Kate Rubingh – Structural geology of the New Britannia mine and nearby gold zones in the Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba, and implications for other gold deposits across the belt.
11:50-12:10; Frédéric Gaucher – Exploring for copper-gold deposits with geophysics in the Chapais-Chibougamau greenstone belt, Quebec
Lunch 12:10-1:10;
Sudbury and Ring of Fire Ni-Cu-PM-Cr
Dr. Michael Lesher – Overview of MERC Research on Cr and Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the McFauld’s Lake Greenstone Belt
Dr. Pedro Jugo – Recent advances in understanding the processes related to Pt-Pd-Au mineralization in Sudbury
Dr. Richard Smith – Geophysical Research in the Sudbury Basin
Sarah Hashmi & Dr. Matthew Leybourne – Applied Quaternary geology and the use of surficial media for mineral exploration: Case studies from central British Columbia and Sudbury
Break 2:40-3:00;
Flin Flon and Abitibi Cu-Zn-Au
Dr. Harold Gibson – Abitibi VMS deposits and features of Au-rich VMS deposits
Meg Engelbert- Selective gold enrichment in VMS systems: Insights from the Paleoproterozoic Chisel Basin, Snow Lake, Manitoba
For Information Contact: John Ayer (jayer@laurentian.ca)
For Registration Contact: Chantal Duval (cduval@laurentian.ca) (WGMC Rm. 5010)

 

 

5 novembre 2015 : Colloque sur l’exploration

Nouvelles recherches et nouveaux concepts centrés sur l’or, Ni-Cu-ÉGP et VMS

 

  • Inscription (ce qui comprend le repas du midi et le café) : 100 $ pour les professionnels; 15 $ pour les étudiants
  • Inscrivez-vous et remettez le paiement par chèque à l’ordre de l’Université Laurentienne ou en espèces au Centre Willet-Green-Miller (auditorium) de l’Université Laurentienne, à Sudbury (passez par l’entrée principale et tournez à la gauche).
  • Stationnement payant aux parcs des visiteurs (A), B, C, D et E (8 $/jour, pièces seulement)

 

Programme
Introduction : Harold Gibson, Ph.D., directeur du CREM
Cu-Zn-Au de Flin Flon et d’Abitibi
9 h 10 – 9 h 40 : Dan Kontak, Ph.D. – « Overview on Gold and the Abitibi Thematic Gold Project »
9 h 40 – 10 h 10 : Bruno Lafrance, Ph.D. – « Structural controls on gold mineralization in the Archean Superior craton »
10 h 10 – 10 h 30 : Laura Katz – « Evaluating the intrusion-related model for the Archean low-grade, high-tonnage Côté Gold deposit Au(Cu) deposit »
10 h 30 à 10 h 50 : Pause
Jordan McDivitt – « Structural and Hydrothermal Overprinting of a Long-Lived Ore System in the Missanabie-Renabie Gold District »
Kelly Malcolm – « Recently Discovered High-Grade Au Mineralization in the Detour Lake Area: Implications for Exploration and Significant Au Endowment in the Northern Abitibi Region »
Kate Rubingh – « Structural geology of the New Britannia mine and nearby gold zones in the Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba, and implications for other gold deposits across the belt »
11 h 50 – 12 h 10 : Frédéric Gaucher – « Exploring for copper-gold deposits with geophysics in the Chapais-Chibougamau greenstone belt, Quebec »
12 h 10 – 13 h 10 : Repas
Ni-Cu-PM-Cr de Sudbury et de la Ceinture de feu
Michael Lesher, Ph.D. – « Overview of MERC Research on Cr and Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the McFauld’s Lake Greenstone Belt »
Pedro Jugo, Ph.D. – « Recent advances in understanding the processes related to Pt-Pd-Au mineralization in Sudbury »
Richard Smith, Ph.D. – « Geophysical Research in the Sudbury Basin »
Sarah Hashmi et Matthew Leybourne, Ph.D. – « Applied Quaternary geology and the use of surficial media for mineral exploration: Case studies from central British Columbia and Sudbury »
14 h 40 – 15 h : Pause
Cu-Zn-Au de Flin Flon et d’Abitibi
Harold Gibson, Ph.D. – « Abitibi VMS deposits and features of Au-rich VMS deposits »
Meg Engelbert – « Selective gold enrichment in VMS systems: Insights from the Paleoproterozoic Chisel Basin, Snow Lake, Manitoba »
Information : John Ayer (jayer@laurentian.ca)
Inscription : Chantal Duval (cduval@laurentian.ca), salle 5010 du Centre WGM

 

 

Registration (lunch & coffee provided): $100 for professionals; $15 for students