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EA3400:03

Ore Genesis

Townsville

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 36 hours practicals. Semester 1.

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 theory examination (60%); practical exercises and one 3,000 word assignment (40%).