2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 135
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T12. Advances in Analytical Techniques and New Approaches to the Study of Ore Deposits

Society of Economic Geologists

 

Werner Halter and Thomas Pettke, Advocates
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8:00 AM
RECENT ADVANCES IN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES IN ORE DEPOSITS RESEARCH
BODNAR, Robert J., Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, rjb@vt.edu, rjb@vt.edu
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8:20 AM
VAPOR TRANSPORT OF ORE METALS IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
WILLIAMS-JONES, Anthony E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill Univ, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, MIGDISOV, Artaches A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7 and ARCHIBALD, Sandy M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, willyj@eps.mcgill.ca, willyj@eps.mcgill.ca
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8:40 AM
EXPERIMENTS USING PRE-FRACTURED QUARTZ TO TRAP VOLATILE PHASES: CAN WE BELIEVE THE DATA?
SIMON, Adam C.1, FRANK, Mark R.2, PETTKE, Thomas3, CANDELA, Philip A.1, HEINRICH, Christoph A.3, PICCOLI, Philip M.1 and GLASCOCK, Michael D.4, (1)Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Carnegie Institute of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015-1305, (3)Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zentrum NO, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland, (4)Research Reactor Center, Univ of Missouri, Research Park, Columbia, MO 65211, asimon@geol.umd.edu, asimon@geol.umd.edu
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9:00 AM
PLATINUM AND GOLD SOLUBILITY AND PARTITIONING BEHAVIOR IN SYNTHETIC MAGMATIC MELT – BRINE MIXTURES
HANLEY, Jacob, Department of Geology, Univ of Toronto, Earth Sciences Centre, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, PETTKE, Thomas, Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zentrum NO, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland, MUNGALL, James E., Geology, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada and HEINRICH, Christoph A., Department of Earth Sciences, Institute for Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum NO, Sonneggstr. 5, Zurich, 8092, hanley@geology.utoronto.ca, hanley@geology.utoronto.ca
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9:15 AM
USE OF ION MICROPROBE FOR PROOF OF LIFE IN SEDIMENT-HOSTED ORE DEPOSITS
SAUNDERS, James A., Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, FAYEK, Mostafa, Oak Ridge National Lab, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-2008, LEE, Ming-Kuo, Department of Geology, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849 and RICIPUTI, Lee, Chemical & Analytical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6365, saundja@auburn.edu, saundja@auburn.edu
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9:30 AM
LASER-ABLATION ICP-MS ANALYSIS OF MELT INCLUSIONS: ANALYTICAL APPROACH AND DATA EVALUATION
HALTER, Werner E., PETTKE, Thomas and HEINRICH, Christoph A., Department of Earth Sciences, Institute for Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum NO, Sonneggstr. 5, Zurich, 8092, halter@erdw.ethz.ch, halter@erdw.ethz.ch
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9:45 AM
THE CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF MELTS AND FLUIDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PORPHYRY-TYPE COPPER-GOLD-PGE DEPOSIT AT ELATSITE, BULGARIA
PETTKE, Thomas1, KOUZMANOV, Kalin2, HALTER, Werner1 and HEINRICH, Christoph A.3, (1)Earth Sciences, Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Rscs, ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum NO, Zurich, CH-8092, (2)Earth Sciences, Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Rscs, ETH Zurich, ETh Zentrum NO, Zurich, CH-8092, (3)Earth Sciences, Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Rscs, ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum NO, Zurich, CH-8092, Switzerland, thomas.pettke@erdw.ethz.ch, thomas.pettke@erdw.ethz.ch
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10:00 AM
APPLICATION OF LA-ICP-MS TO SULFIDE MELT INCLUSION ANALYSIS: EXAMPLE FROM BROKEN HILL, AUSTRALIA
SPARKS, Heather A., Geology Department, The Australian National University, ACT, Canberra, 0200 and MAVROGENES, John A., Geology Department and Reserch School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National Univ, ACT, Canberra, 0200, sparky@geology.anu.edu.au, sparky@geology.anu.edu.au
 
10:15 AM
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10:30 AM
COPPER ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN MAGMATIC AND HYDROTHERMAL ORE DEPOSITS
LARSON, Peter B., RAMOS, Frank C. and MAHER, Kierran, Department of Geology, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164, plarson@wsu.edu, plarson@wsu.edu
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10:45 AM
NATURAL VARIATION OF MERCURY ISOTOPES IN HYDROTHERMAL ORE DEPOSITS DETERMINED BY MULTIPLE COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY
SMITH, Christopher N.1, KLAUE, Bjoern1, KESLER, Stephen E.1, BLUM, Joel D.1 and VIKRE, Peter G.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, mail stop 175, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, cnsmth@umich.edu, cnsmth@umich.edu
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11:00 AM
A TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING SELENIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS IN GEOLOGIC MATERIALS USING A CHG-ICP-DRC-MS, WITH APPLICATIONS TO SE-RICH VOLCANIC-HOSTED MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE FINLAYSON LAKE DISTRICT, YUKON
LAYTON-MATTHEWS, Daniel1, LEYBOURNE, Matthew2, PETER, Jan3 and SCOTT, Steven D1, (1)Geology, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russel St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, (3)Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, laytonmatthews@geology.utoronto.ca, laytonmatthews@geology.utoronto.ca
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11:15 AM
TRACE ELEMENT AND ISOTOPE MICROANALYSES SUPPORT A DEEP ORE FLUID SOURCE AT THE GETCHELL CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSIT, NORTHERN NEVADA
CLINE, Jean S.1, SHIELDS, David1, RICIPUTI, Lee2, FAYEK, Mostafa3, COPP, Tracy L.4, MUNTEAN, John5 and HOFSTRA, Albert H.6, (1)Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada - Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)Chemical & Analytical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6365, (3)Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)U.S. Geol Survey, MS-973, Box 25046, Denver, 80225, (5)Placer Dome Exploration, 240 S. Rock Blvd., Suite 117, Reno, NV 89509, (6)U.S. Geol Survey, MS-973, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, jcline@nevada.edu, jcline@nevada.edu
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11:30 AM
SOLUBILITY LIMIT OF GOLD IN ARSENIAN PYRITE FROM CARLIN-TYPE AND EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS: EMPA, SIMS, HRTEM AND QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS
REICH, Martin1, PALENIK, Christopher S.1, UTSUNOMIYA, Satoshi2, BECKER, Udo1, STIXRUDE, Lars1, KESLER, Stephen E.3 and EWING, Rodney C.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 425 E. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, (2)Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2958 Cooley Bld, 2355 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, mreichm@umich.edu, mreichm@umich.edu
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11:45 AM
RESTORATION OF THE EOCENE LANDSCAPE IN THE CARLIN-JERRITT CANYON MINING DISTRICT: CONSTRAINING DEPTH OF MINERALISATION FOR CARLIN-TYPE AU-DEPOSITS USING LOW-TEMPERATURE APATITE THERMOCHRONOLOGY
HICKEY, Kenneth A., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, DONELICK, Raymond A., Apatite to Zircon, Incorporated, 1075 Matson Rd, Viola, ID 83872-9709, TOSDAL, Richard M., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 4N1 and MCINNES, Brent I.A., CSIRO Exploration and Mining, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 1670, khickey@eos.ubc.ca, khickey@eos.ubc.ca
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