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.

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.

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

Technical Session

The technical program includes presentations from:

• Mike Taylor, AIC Mines
  The Eloise-Jericho ISCG mineral system – new insights
• Evolution Mining
  New insights on the paragenesis of the Ernest Henry Orebody
• Laramide Resources
  The Westmoreland Uranium Project
• Alex Brown, LithInsight
  Insights into the Mt Isa Cu and Zn-Pb-Ag system from exploring the fringes
• Andrew Barker, Maronan Metals
  New insights into the geology of the Maronan lead-silver and copper-gold deposit
• Peter Rea, MIM Glencore
  Mount Isa Copper – structural controls on mineralisation and new drill results
• Nick Dyriw, MMG
• South32
  Cannington Pb-Ag-Zn deposit
• Elena Belousova, Geological Survey of Queensland
  Geology of the Rocklands Cu deposit
• Vladimir Lisitsin, GSQ
  IOCG, ISCG, Cu-REE skarns, Au Mo-Re deposits in the district: many deposit types in one mineral system
• Nick Cook, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ
  Predictive reality – mineral systems models and ore deposit classification for exploration
• Alex McCoy-West, EGRU JCU
  Isotope Geochemistry: capabilities and innovative applications for fingerprinting and exploring for resources
• Avish Kumar, EGRU JCU
  Cobalt mineralisation in IOCG deposits of the Cloncurry District

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

(Photo credits: Catherine  Nyakecho)