Understanding the Discovery Process….
Allan Trench
14 February 2013
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Dan Wood
Nova is a major grassroots nickel-copper sulphide discovery – the first in what may be an entirely new unexplored district.
Mark Bennett
Shannan Bamforth
The geological aspects.
Tim Craske
Discovery is seeing what others haven’t.........or Discovery is being able to take advantage of different circumstances
Grant “ROCKY” Osborne
Potentials of oxide chemistry on iron ore genesis and exploration
Ana-Sophie Hensler, Rosaline Figu...
13 February 2013
Introduction Historic perspective on BIF-iron models •Pre 1970’s Syngenetic, supergene, hydrothermal models •1950’s to 2010 Mineral System Analyses •2010 onwards •The BIF-hosted Iron System •Tr...
Steffen Hagemann
•Introduction •Reactive Transport Models •Chromatographic reality check •Mass balance approach •Fluid source? •Genetic model •Implications, and Conclusions
Katy Evans
Case studies in Brazil 1. Greenstone-belt hosted (Algoma-type) BIF-related deposits –Carajás Mineral Province: Serra Norte (N4 and N5) deposits 2. Metamorphic, basin-hosted (Lake superior-type) BIF related –Iron Quadrangle