Summary
Exploration effectiveness derives from an understanding of the fundamental geological processes that give rise to anomalous concentrations of metals in Earth's Crust (e.g., intrusion-related hydrothermal veins, seafloor exhalative processes, polymetallic skarns). This understanding reduces exploration risk by contributing to smarter, conceptually-based targeting. This project has three interrelated goals:
(2) to define the relationships between Pb-Zn mineralization, Mo-W mineralization, intrusion, contact metamorphism and skarn development in the Salmo camp and its possible eastward extension; and
(3) to develop the use of metamorphic mineral assemblages as vectors to hydrothermal mineralization in this poly-metamorphosed region, with application to other metamorphosed terrains.
The project will provide outstanding training and education of one graduate student and three undergraduate students in field-based geoscience relevant to the minerals industry.