2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 100
Monday, 29 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T65. Metallogeny and Isotope Geochemistry—New Approaches, New Perceptions, New Paradigms

Society of Economic Geologists

 

Holly Stein, Judith L. Hannah and Aaron Zimmerman, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
METALLOGENIC PROVINCES AND EPOCHS: DEFINITIONS AND ORIGINS
KESLER, Stephen E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and WILKINSON, Bruce H., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, skesler@umich.edu, skesler@umich.edu
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1:50 PM
RE-OS DATING OF C-RICH SLATE FROM THE WESTERN WAWA SUBPROVINCE, MINNESOTA
YANG, Gang1, HANNAH, Judith L.1, ZIMMERMAN, Aaron1, STEIN, Holly J.1 and BEKKER, Andrey2, (1)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., N.W, Washington, DC 20015-1305, Gang.Yang@colostate.edu, Gang.Yang@colostate.edu
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2:05 PM
A NEW APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING ORE FORMATION PROCESSES: MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF SULFIDE MINERALS OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX
PENNISTON-DORLAND, Sarah1, WING, Boswell2, FARQUHAR, James3, BROWN, Michael1, NEX, Paul4, SHARMAN-HARRIS, Elizabeth2 and KINNAIRD, Judith5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, (3)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center and Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (4)Umbono Group of Companies, Johannesburg, South Africa, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, Wits 2050, South Africa, sarahpd@geol.umd.edu, sarahpd@geol.umd.edu
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2:20 PM
UNDERSTANDING SPHALERITE COLLOFORM GROWTH IN PRIMARY SULPHIDES USING EBSD AND S ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
BARRIE, Craig David1, BOYLE, Alan P.2, PRIOR, David J.3, BOYCE, Adrian J.4, WILKINSON, Jamie J.5 and CROWTHER, Helen5, (1)elementar Americas, Inc, 520 Fellowship Road, Suite D-408, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054-3409, (2)Earth & Ocean Sciences, Univ of Liverpool, 4 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GP, (3)Earth & Ocean Sciences, Univ of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, (4)Isotope Geoscience Unit, Scottish Universities Environmental Rsch Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, craig.barrie@elementaramericas.com, craig.barrie@elementaramericas.com
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2:35 PM
VAPOR TRANSPORT AND RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION OF MO ISOTOPES DURING MAGMATIC/HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORE GENESIS
HANNAH, Judith L.1, STEIN, Holly J.2, WIESER, Michael E.3, DE LAETER, John R.4 and VARNER, Michael D.3, (1)AIRIE Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, USA, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway, (2)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, USA, and Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, (3)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (4)Department of Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia, jhannah@warnercnr.colostate.edu, jhannah@warnercnr.colostate.edu
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2:50 PM
AGE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF XENOTIME OVERGROWTHS FROM THE BELT SUPERGROUP: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE SPAR LAKE RED BED STRATABOUND CU-AG DEPOSIT
ALEINIKOFF, John N., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, EVANS, K.V., US Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, HAYES, Timothy S., U.S. Geological Survey, E.N.R. Building, Tucson, AZ 85719, LOWERS, Heather A., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225 and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov
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3:05 PM
AGE AND ORIGIN OF QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO
ROSENBERG, Philip E., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164 and RAMOS, Frank C., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, rosenberg@wsu.edu, rosenberg@wsu.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
MAFIC MAGMAS AS GOLD SOURCES FOR EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS: INSIGHTS FROM HIGH-PRECISION PB ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENTS OF GOLD ORES FROM DIVERSE VOLCANO-TECTONIC SETTINGS
KAMENOV, George D., Department of Geology, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, SAUNDERS, James, Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, HAMES, Willis, Geology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 and PERFIT, Michael, Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, kamenov@ufl.edu, kamenov@ufl.edu
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3:45 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR PROTRACTED, INCREMENTAL EMPLACEMENT OF PLUTONS UNDER MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS: A NEW LOOK AT OLD DATA
PORTER, John P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, porter.jp@gmail.com, porter.jp@gmail.com
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4:00 PM
RE-OS DATING OF OROGENIC W-MO DEPOSITS IN THE MID NORWEGIAN CALEDONIDES
LARSEN, R.B., Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, N-7491, Norway and STEIN, H.J., AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 USA, and CEED Centre of Excellence, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, P.O. Box 104, Norway, rune.larsen@ntnu.no, rune.larsen@ntnu.no
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4:15 PM
RE-OS DATING OF ARSENOPYRITE: PANACEA OR PROBLEMATIC?
STEIN, H.J.1, YANG, G.2, ZIMMERMAN, A.2, PANDIT, M.K.3, RAUT, P.K.4 and HANNAH, J.L.5, (1)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 USA, and CEED Centre of Excellence, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, P.O. Box 104, Norway, (2)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (3)Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, (4)Geological Survey of India, GSI Complex, Seminary Hills, Nagpur, 440006, India, (5)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, and Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, holly.stein@colostate.edu, holly.stein@colostate.edu
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4:30 PM
TESTING THE ROBUSTNESS OF RE-OS LOW-LEVEL SULFIDE CHRONOMETERS: AN EXAMPLE FROM METAMORPHOSED VMS ORES, TRANS HUDSON OROGEN, CANADA
MORELLI, Ryan M., Earth and Atmospheric Science, Univ of Alberta, 2-04D Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3 and CREASER, Robert A., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, rmorelli@ualberta.ca, rmorelli@ualberta.ca
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4:45 PM
A NEW MOLYBDENITE REFERENCE MATERIAL (RM) FROM HENDERSON, COLORADO FOR INTER-LABORATORY COMPARISON AND GLOBAL STANDARDIZATION
MARKEY, Richard J.1, ZIMMERMAN, Aaron1, STEIN, Holly J.2, HANNAH, Judith L.1, SELBY, Dave3 and CREASER, Robert A.4, (1)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, and Geological Survey of Norway, 7491 Trondheim, Norway, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Science Labs, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, Aaron.Zimmerman@Colostate.edu, Aaron.Zimmerman@Colostate.edu
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5:00 PM
METAL CHLORIDES TO METAL ALLOYS: AN INVESTIGATION OF MAGMATIC CL ABUNDANCES FROM DEPTH TO QUENCH AND ASSOCIATED PRECIOUS METAL-BEARING MINERALS
BAXTER, Nichelle L., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, HUNTER, Beth, KEITH, Jeffrey, Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Brighan Young University, S-371 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, CHRISTIANSEN, Eric, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 and DORAIS, Michael, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, nichellebaxter@hotmail.com, nichellebaxter@hotmail.com
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5:15 PM
DETERMINING POTENTIAL GOLD HOST ROCKS IN POORLY EXPOSED PROTEROZOIC METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
LAMBECK, Alexis, Onshore Energy and Minerals Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, ACT, Australia, Canberra, 2601, Australia and HUSTON, David, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, 2601, Australia, Alexis.Lambeck@ga.gov.au, Alexis.Lambeck@ga.gov.au
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