Metal Earth Project: Gold Fluid Window
Project Information
Project Title:Gold Fluid Window Project Status:Active Contact:Dr. Antoine Godet, Research Associate, Université Laval. Research Team:Dr. Carl Guilmette, Associate Professor, Université Laval. Dr. Douglas K. Tinkham, Professor, Laurentian University. Dr. Bertrand Rottier, Assistant Professor, Université Laval. Dr. Antoine Godet, Research Associate, Université Laval. Dr. Georges Beaudoin, NSERC-Agnico-Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration, Université Laval. Dr. Crystal LaFlamme, Assistant Professor, Université Laval. |
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Academic Collaborators:
Dr. I. Pitcairn, Stockholm University
Dr. M. Smit, University of British Columbia
Dr. C. Patten, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dr. J. Kolb, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dr. J. Marsh, PDF, Laurentian University
Dr. D. Mole, PDF, Laurentien University
Dr. B. Quesnel, RA, Laval University
Dr. C. Scheffer, RA, Laval University
Dr. G. Barré, PDF, Laval University
Dr. S. Toth, RA, Laurentian University
Dr. T. Jorgensen, RA, Laurentian University
I. Siles Malta, PhD candidate, Laval University
B. Coldebella, PhD candidate, Laval University
M. Herzog, PhD candidate, Laval University
Scope of Project:
The “Gold Fluid Window” thematic project aims to define the P-T-t-X conditions to form typical orogenic gold fluids from potential sedimentary source rocks, and the geodynamic settings where these favorable conditions are met at the right time to form orogenic gold deposits.
The main objectives are to constrain the volume, chemistry and timing of fluid pulses released by important potential sources of volatiles, ligands and metals for gold deposits of endowed and less endowed segments of the Superior Craton.
This approach will reveal the different factors affecting gold endowment of mineralized systems such as source fertility, initial fluid composition, timing and rate of fluid generation, and the geodynamic setting at the mineralization stage. In addition, this study will allow to evaluate the relative importance of these different factors on the formation of an economic deposits, and thus to better target future well-endowed mineralized orogenic gold style systems.
Anticipated Outcomes:
The team anticipates the production of multiple publications and reports related to the main scientific questions related to our project (cf. Scope of the project)
Research Projects
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Metals, sulfur, and chlorine mobility during metamorphism of Neoarchean clastic basins and implications for gold mineralizing systems
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Diogo Ribeiro, PhD candidate, Laval University
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Modeling the composition, volume and timing of fluid generation from the Quetico metasediments
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Adrian Rehm, PhD candidate, Laurentian University |
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Timing, composition, and sources of plutonic rocks in the Pontiac and Quetico subprovinces
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Dr. Antoine Godet, RA, Laval University |
