EGRU invites you to the sixth workshop on Mineral Systems in Northwest Queensland.  The workshop will provide an opportunity for geoscientists from industry, academia and government to get together to discuss new geological insights and new developments in exploration techniques.

If you plan to come along to the workshop please register by Friday 6 June.

Workshop Schedule

Technical Session

1.5 days of presentations and core viewing
Lunchtime Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday 25 June
Ibis Styles Hotel
Cnr Rodeo Dr and Camooweal St, Mount Isa

Social Events
(included in registration for the Technical Program)

Tuesday 24 June
Informal dinner & drinks
The Deck, Mount Isa Hotel
13 Miles Street

Wednesday 25 June
Snacks & drinks
The Lodge Room, Buffs Club
Cnr Grace & Simpson Streets

Field Trip
Thursday 26 June
Elaine Dorothy Cu-Au-REE Skarn

 

Registration Fees

AUD inclusive of GST

Technical Session

EGRU Member              $1040.00
Non Member                 $1340.00
Student                           $ 520.00
Speaker                            Free

Field Trip
(Numbers are limited)

EGRU Member              $180.00
Non Member                 $180.00
Student                           $110.00

Register for the workshop here.

Registration will close on Friday 6 June.

If you have any questions please contact EGRU_training@jcu.edu.au.

Technical Session

The preliminary program of presentations is here.

The program includes the following presentations:

The Eloise-Jericho ISCG mineral system – New insights Mike Taylor
AIC Mines
Greater Duchess copper gold project update
Paul Tan
Carnaby Resources
New insights on the paragenesis of the Ernest Henry Orebody
Evolution Mining
Mount Isa Copper – structural controls on mineralisation and new drill results Peter Rea
MIM Glencore
Insights into the Mt Isa Cu and Zn-Pb-Ag System from Exploring the Fringes Alex Brown
LithInsight
Exploring for copper oxide deposits in the Lady Annie project area Nathan Chapman
Austral Resources
The Westmoreland uranium project
Laramide Resources
Initial findings and implications from first pass exploration drilling and geochronology from the Jessica and Carrara Projects Luke Pickering
South32
New insights into the geology of the Maronan lead-silver and copper-gold deposit Andrew Barker
Maronan Metals
The Elaine Dorothy Cu-REE skarn deposit Catherine Nyakecho
EGRU, JCU
Geology of the Rocklands Cu deposit Elena Belousova
GSQ
Updates from Dugald Nick Dyriw
MMG
Cobalt mineralisation in IOCG deposits of the Cloncurry District Avish Kumar
EGRU JCU
IOCG, ISCG, Cu-REE skarns, Au, Mo-Re deposits in the district: many deposit types in one mineral system Vladimir Lisitsin
GSQ
Predictive reality – mineral systems models and ore deposit classification for exploration

Nick Cook
SMI, UQ

Drone-borne Hyperspectral Imaging: technology update and its application for environmental monitoring at the Mary Kathleen site Katerina Savinova
SMI, UQ
Tracking the evolution of mineral systems using apatite petrochronology and geochemistry: A case study from the Ernest Henry Iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposit Xin Wang
UQ
Future directions for mineral systems research in NW Queensland Ioan Sanislav
EGRU,  JCU
Isotope Geochemistry: capabilities and innovative applications for fingerprinting and exploring for resources Alex McCoy-West
EGRU, JCU
There will also be a core display.

 

 

 

Field Trip

Elaine Dorothy Cu-Au-REE skarn 

This one-day field trip will visit surface exposures around the Elaine Dorothy Cu-Au deposit.  The deposit is hosted in metasediments and calcic skarns of the Paleoproterozoic Corella Formation and shows evidence of a complex history of metasomatic alteration and deformation. Participants will have the opportunity to view the surface expression of an undeveloped mineral deposit, investigate the structural relationships and the development of sodic, calcic and potassic alteration.
The area contains beautiful examples of garnet and diopside skarn, complete albitisation of calcsilicates and intense biotite and tremolite alteration. U-Pb dating of garnet skarn indicate initial skarn formation at ~1720 Ma synchronous with the Burstall intrusion and subsequent modification at ~ 1580 Ma and ~1520 Ma by metamorphic and hydrothermal overprinting respectively.
Although traditionally it was interpreted that the Cu-Au mineralization formed at ~ 1520 Ma recent observations suggest that that may not be the case and the deposits experienced a more complex history with mineralization starting as early as ~1720 Ma followed by a complex history of overprinting and remobilization.

Field Trip Requirements
Moderate physical fitness
Supportive footwear
Hat, long sleeves, long pants, high vis preferred

 

 

 

(Photos: Elaine Dorothy deposit, courtesy of Catherine Nyakecho)

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