The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC)

A semi-autonomous exploration geoscience research centre at Laurentian University focused on Precambrian ore systems research, education, and exploration methodology and targeting.

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Recent Publications

Fri
10 Nov 2023

Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope evidence for juvenile Penokean sources (ca. 1.9 Ga) in the SW Grenville...

The Proterozoic evolution of Laurentia involved intermittent orogens and arc-related crustal...
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Sat
30 Sep 2023

Post-Archean Nb-REE-U enrichment in the Superior craton recorded in metasomatised mantle rocks...

Mantle xenoliths in a Mesoproterozoic lamprophyre dyke at Elliot Lake, Ontario, located on the...
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Fri
8 Sep 2023

Depositing >1.5 Mt of Tin Within <1 m.y. of Initial Granitic Intrusion in the San Rafael Tin...

The San Rafael Sn (-Cu) deposit, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southeast Peru, is one of...
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Thu
31 Aug 2023

Origin, nature, and evolution of the northern Pontiac subprovince, Canada: Insights from the...

The metasedimentary subprovinces of the Superior Province provide critical insights into the...
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