Sunday |
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Industry Perspective |
| a review of the characteristics of metal concentrations |
7.30 pm | Eric Seedorff, Specialty Product Systems Introduction |
7.40 pm | Oumar Toguyeni, BHP-Billiton Bauxite, a high dollar value laterite |
8.00 pm | Cam Allen, Teck-Cominco Zn deposits - sulfide and oxide |
8.20 pm | Richard Moore, Falconbridge Ni laterites - the new generation |
8.40 pm | Neil Phillips, CSIRO Gold deposits - new targets |
9.00 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
9.00 am - 12.30 pm | Metal Mobility in the Natural Environment |
| chemical and biological processes involved in metal mobility |
9.00 am | Gordon Southam, Northern Arizona University Introduction |
9.10 am | Jill Banfield, University of Wisconsin, Madison Sphalerite (ZnS) deposits forming in natural biofilms of sulfate-reducing bacteria |
9.50 am | Discussion |
10.05 am | Charlie Alpers, US Geological Survey Geochemistry of soluble, efflorescent sulfate minerals and their role in storage and release of metals, acidity, and oxidation potential |
10.45 am | Discussion |
11.00 am | Derek Lovley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst The potential role of metal-reducing microorganisms in the formation of ore deposits |
11.40 pm | Discussion & General Discussion |
12.00 pm | Poster Introductions: Low-temperature geochemistry, climate and the environment |
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Climate, Tectonics and Metal Mobility |
| interrelationships among large-scale climatic/tectonic processes and metal mobility and concentration |
7.30 pm | Dick Holland, Harvard University Introduction |
7.35 pm | Jerry Dickens, Rice University The role of paleoenvironment in the formation of sediment-hosted metal ores: three examples from Australia |
8.15 pm | Discussion |
8.30 pm | Alan Wallace, US Geological Survey Relation of rhyolite volcanism, lakes, and faulting to middle Miocene epithermal deposits, Ivanhoe district, Nevada, and the regional preservation and destruction of Miocene epithermal deposits |
9.10 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
9.00 am - 12.30 pm | Metal Enrichment - Cu and Au |
| processes leading to the near-surface enrichment of Cu & Au |
9.00 am | Dick Sillitoe, consultant, London Introduction |
9.10 am | Paulo Vasconcelos, University of Queensland Paleoclimatic and geomorphological controls on Au and Cu supergene enrichment |
9.50 am | Discussion |
10.05 am | Tim Mote, Bechtel Corporation Controls on supergene and exotic copper enrichment processes at El Salvador, Chile |
10.45 am | Discussion |
11.00 am | Philippe Freysinnet, BRGM Enrichment and depletion processes of gold in various tropical weathering conditions. Implications to supergene deposit formation. |
11.40 am | Discussion |
12.00 pm | Poster Introductions: High-temperature geochemistry and ore deposits |
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Paleosurface: Preservation and Destruction |
| processes that may preserve or destroy metal concentrations in subaerial and submarine environments |
7.30 pm | Steve Kesler, University of Michigan Introduction |
7.35 pm | Bruce Taylor, Geological Survey of Canada Tectonic and climatic factors accompanying the history of uplift of the central and southern Andes: factors affecting secondary enrichment of copper deposits |
8.15 pm | Discussion |
8.30 pm | Mark Hannington, Geological Survey of Canada Post-depositional processes in seafloor massive sulfide deposits and their preservation in the geologic record |
9.10 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
9.00 am - 12.30 pm | Metal Enrichment - Ni, Fe and Mn |
| processes leading to near-surface concentration of Fe, Ni & Mn |
9.00 am | Hiroshi Ohmoto, Penn State University Introduction |
9.10 am | Mark Barley, University of Western Australia A new look at Archean-Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations and iron ores |
9.50 am | Discussion |
10.05 am | Charles Butt, CSIRO Nickel laterites: old and new, wet and dry, green and brown |
10.45 am | Discussion |
11.00 am | Nic Beukes, Rand Afrikaans University Lateritization and the origin of high-grade iron and manganese ores with special reference to the Paleoproterozoic |
11.40 pm | Discussion and General Discussion |
12.00 pm | Poster Introductions: Fluid flow, regional geochemistry and thermodynamic |
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Business meeting |
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Crustal Fluid Circulation |
| processes of fluid flow in the crust that may concentrate metals |
7.30 pm | Grant Garven, The John Hopkins University Introduction |
7.35 pm | Alison Ord, CSIRO Deformation, fluids and evolving orogens |
8.15 pm | Discussion |
8.30 pm | Martin Appold, University of Iowa Reactive transport modeling of MVT ore formation in a tectonically-generated topography-driven flow system |
9.10 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
9.00 am - 12.30 pm | Tectonics and Ore Deposits |
| large-scale tectonic processes leading to metal concentration and the formation of ore deposits |
9.00 am | Dick Tosdal, University of British Columbia Introduction |
9.10 am | Rich Goldfarb, US Geological Survey Formation and preservation of orogenic gold deposits--the controlling factors. |
9.50 am | Discussion |
10.10 am | Suzanne Kay, Cornell University Magmatism, lower crustal evolution and Neogene Mineralization in the Central Andes |
10.50 am | Discussion |
11.10 am | Brent McInnes, CSIRO The role of subduction in alkaline arc magmatism and Cu-Au metallogenesis:The Rosetta Stones of Lihir Island |
11.50 am | Discussion and General Discussion |
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Research Frontiers |
| panel discussion |
7.30 pm | Ross Large, University of Tasmania Introduction |
7.40 pm | Larry Cathles, Cornell University Review and new ideas |
7.50 pm | Murray Hitzman, Colorado School of Mines Review and new ideas |
8.00 pm | Jim Franklin, consultant, Ottawa Review and new ideas |
8.10 pm | Noel White, consultant, Brisbane Review and new ideas |
8.20 pm | General Discussion |