Metal Earth Project: Mantle Group
Project Information
Project Title:Mantle Group
Project Status: Active
Contact: Professor, University of Alberta |
Research Team:Dr. Helen Legros, Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Chiranjeeb Sarkar, Technical Specialist Jason Hinde, MSc student, funded by NSERC DERTS program Dr. Suzette Timmerman (funded by Banting Fellowship)
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Academic Collaborators:
Dr. Steven B. Shirey – Carnegie Institution for Science
Dr. Janina Czas, Hebrew University, Israel
Dr. Ryan Mathur, Juniata College, PA
Dr. J. Reimink, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Dan J. Schulze, University of Toronto
Dr. Larry Heaman, University of Alberta
Dr. Adrien Vezinet, University of Grenoble
Industry Collaborators:
Dr. Chris Lawley – Geological Survey of Canada
Dr. Bruce Kjarsgaard – Geological Survey of Canada
Dr. Hendrick Falk – Northwest territories geological Survey
Silver Range Resources
Saskatchewan Research Council
Scope of Project:
The Mantle Group research, for this subproject of Metal Earth, focuses on age and evolution of the early crust and the mantle lithosphere beneath the Superior craton and documentation of metal enrichment in the lithospheric mantle.
Anticipated Outcomes:
Our program aims to understand the role of cratonic mantle in influencing craton metal endowment. Specifically how, when and where the cratonic mantle stores metals and how these metals become transferred and enriched in the crust. We examine the relative endowments of the most ancient crust in the context of its formation mechanism, relative to endowed crustal terranes. We investigate how lithospheric thickness and hence geotherm may control the location of mineralisation. We also are developing new geochronometers and tracers of metal mineralisation, e.g., Nd isotope signatures in scheelite.
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Mantle age and geotherm beneath Elliott Lake, Ontario |
Dr. Helene Legros, Prof. Dan Schulze, Dr. Steve Shirey |
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Metal enrichment in mantle metasomatic lithologies |
Jason Hinde |
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Cu isotope tracing of mantle to crust base metal transfer |
Dr. Helen Legros, Dr. Janina Czas, Prof. Ryan Mathur (Juanita College) |
| Archean detrital gold-diamond occurrences | Dr. Suzette Timmermann, Dr. Adrien Vezinet, Dr. Jesse Reimink |
Transect Related Documents
Earths Source for Minerals - The Mantle
Metal Earth GeoHub - Mantle Related Documents
2022 Scientific Presentation by Helene Legros, Mantle Group: Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic lithospheric modification of the Superior and Slave craton: association with metal and REE mineralization
