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

Tue
3 Jan 2023

Natural growth of gold dendrites within silica gels

High-grade ores in low-sulfidation epithermal precious metal deposits include banded quartz veins...
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Tue
13 Dec 2022

An Early Cretaceous gold mineralization event in the Triassic West Qinling orogen revealed from U-Pb...

The West Qinling orogen in central China, formed from continental collision between the North...
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Thu
1 Dec 2022

Diversity of Net-Textured Sulfides in Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Insights from the Eagle’s Nest...

The Eagle’s Nest Ni-Cu-(platinum group element; PGE) deposit occurs within the 2.73 Ga Esker...
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Thu
1 Dec 2022

Genesis of Sublayer, Footwall Breccia, and Associated Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in...

The Ni‐Cu‐platinum group element (PGE) sulfide mineralization in the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact...
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