EA3400:03
Ore Genesis
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 36 hours practicals. Semester 2.
Staff: Dr T Baker, Dr P Williams, Professor N Oliver.
Processes or ore formation, including the geochemistry of ore-forming fluids, wall-rock interactions and fluid migration; the styles, attributes and geological context of mineralised rock-systems.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide an introduction to methods in metallogenic studies including ore microscopy, fluid inclusion studies and stable isotope geochemistry;
- to give an understanding of the nature and origin of metalliferous ore deposits.
Assessment by a three-hour theory examination (60%); practical exercises and one 3,000 word assignment (40%).