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Geology, Hydrothermal Activity, and Sea-Floor Massive Sulfide Mineralization at the Rumble II West Mafic Caldera

Apr 30, 2012

Authors: MATTHEW I. LEYBOURNE, CORNEL E. J. DE RONDE, RICHARD J. WYSOCZANSKI, SHARON L. WALKER, CHRISTIAN TIMM, HAROLD L. GIBSON, DANIEL LAYTON-MATTHEWS, EDWARD T. BAKER, MALCOLM R. CLARK, FABIO CARATORI TONTINI, KEVIN FAURE, JOHN E. LUPTON, DANIEL J. FORNARI, S. ADAM SOULE, AND GARY J. MASSOTH,

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Geological and Geochemical Studies of the Côté Lake Au(-Cu) Deposit Area, Chester Township, Northern Ontario

Apr 30, 2012

Authors: Daniel J. Kontak, Robert A. Creaser and Michael A. Hamilton

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How to make better use of physical properties in mineral exploration: The exploration site measurement

Apr 29, 2012

Authors: Richard Smith, Mark Shore, Desmond Rainsford

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Sensitivity cross-sections in airborne electromagnetic methods using discrete conductors

Apr 29, 2012

Authors: Richard S. Smith, Roman Wasylechko

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Qualitative geophysical interpretation of the Sudbury structure

Apr 29, 2012

Authors: Oladele Olaniyan, Richard S. Smith

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A multiple transmitter/receiver system: the advantage of summing responses from multiple transmitters

Apr 29, 2012

Authors: Joshua Lymburner and Richard Smith

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Using spatial derivatives of electromagnetic data to map lateral conductance variations in thin-sheet models: Applications over mine tailings ponds

Apr 29, 2012

Authors: Michal Kolaj and Richard Smith

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Suitability of an organic residual cover on tailings for bioenergy crop production: A preliminary assessment

Oct 24, 2011

Authors: Hargreaves, J., Lock, A., Beckett, P., Spiers, G. A., Tisch, B, Lanteigne, L., Posadowski, T. and Soenens, M.

To test the potential for production of bioenergy crops, such as canola and corn, an organic cover was constructed over acid-producing mine tailings containing nickel and copper, belonging to Vale in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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Characterization of Dust and Weathering Products from the Karbash Smelter area, Ural Mountains, Russia

Jun 29, 2011

Authors: J. Hechler , V. Udachin , P. Aminov , P.J. Beckett , G.A. Spiers

Karabash is a copper smelting town in the Chelyabinsk District of the southern Ural Mountains of Russia. The town and surrounding areas are affected by sulphur dioxide emissions, deposition of metal-rich particulates from the smelter, acid drainage from old mine workings, and leachates from waste dumps and tailings dams.

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Biogeochemical Extraction for Rare Earth Elements and Uranium with Minimal Mine Legacy

Jun 9, 2011

Authors: A. L. Williamson, S. Hall, G. A. Spiers

Define and compare laboratory experiment and industry application conditions to optimize parameters promoting biogeochemical mineral dissolution of the pyrite-containing uranium ore of the Quirke Syncline

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Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Carbonate-Hosted Base Metal Mineralization in the Mesoproterozoic Borden Basin (Nanisivik District), Nunavut

May 18, 2011

Author: Turner

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THE PITARRILLA, SILVER-ZINC-LEAD DEPOSIT, SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL: A RECONSTRUCTION OF ITS VOLCANO-SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT, A DESCRIPTION OF ITS MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION STYLES, AND PETROGENESIS OF ITS EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE VOLCANIC STRATA

May 1, 2011

Author: CLAIRE MARIE JEANNE FLORENCE NELLY SOMERS

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CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS WITHIN SYNVOLCANIC FAULTS OF THE ~2.7Ga, MINE SEQUENCE, NORANDA DISTRICT, QUEBEC

May 1, 2011

Author: STEPHEN M. ZUBOWSKI

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Emplacement of metabreccia and Cu-PGE-rich sulfide veins along the Whistle offset of the Sudbury impact structure

May 1, 2011

Author: Lindsay C. Bygnes

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STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HIDDEN LAKE SYNCLINE AND THE HINGE ZONE OF THE BEAVER ROAD ANTICLINE, CREIGHTON, SASKATCHEWAN

May 1, 2011

Author: DAVID THOMAS LEWIS

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BLACK ROCK COATINGS OF THE GREATER SUDBURY AREA: METAL-BEARING HYDROUS SILICA AS A PRODUCT OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING BY ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF S02

May 1, 2011

Authors: NATHALIE M. MANTHA

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Lead Isotope and Trace Element Variations in the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada: Interplays between ores, overlying magmatic silicates, and underlying country rocks

May 1, 2011

Author: Galen McNamara

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Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen and the Archean Abitibi Subprovince: Characteristics and Metallogeny

Apr 30, 2011

Authors: Harold Gibson, Sally Pehrsson, Phillips Thurston and Bruno Lafrance

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The Volcanological and Structural Evolution of a Paleoproterozoic Rifted Arc Flin Flon Mining District

Apr 30, 2011

Author: Harold Gibson

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Structural evolution of the VMS Flin Flon mining district, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Apr 30, 2011

Authors: Lafrance, B., Gibson, H.L., Pehrsson, S., Schetselaar, E., DeWolfe, M.Y. and Lewis, D.

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Comparing the volcanology and geochemistry of the Neoarchean VMS‐ endowed and VMS‐deprived greenstone belts in the Wawa Subprovince of the Superior Craton

Apr 30, 2011

Authors: Robert Lodge, Harold Gibson, Greg Stott

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Submarine Fire-Fountain deposits at the Hine Hina Hydrothermal Vent Field, Lau Back-Arc Basin: Basaltic pyroclastic eruptions at 1850 m water depth

Apr 30, 2011

Authors: Harold Gibson, Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Peter Stoffers and Roger Hekinian

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Wandering gravel-bed rivers and high-constructive stable channel sandy fluvial systems in the Ross River area, Yukon Territory, Canada

Apr 30, 2011

Authors: Darrel G.F. Long, Grant W. Lowey

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