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Magmatic Nickel Sulphide Deposits
10 to 27 July 2006
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Magmatic Nickel Sulphide Deposits - Volume 1, North America

Overview
  • The Tour - Geological Summaries of the deposits and regions to be visited.

  • World Class Ni-Cu-PGE Deposits: Key Factors in their Genesis; Naldrett A J - 1999, Mineralium Deposita v34 pp 227-240.

  • Formation of Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Ore Deposits and Processes Affecting Their Copper and Platinum Group Element Contents; Barnes S-J and Lightfoot P C - 2005, in Hedenquist J W, Thompson J F H, Goldfarb R J and Richards J P (Eds.), Economic Geology 100th Aniversary Volume, SEG, Denver, pp 179-214.
Duluth Complex - Minnesota, USA *
  • Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks that form the footwall of the Duluth Complex; Peterson D M and Severson M J - 2002, in Miller J D, et al., (Eds.), 2002 -Geology and Mineral Potential of the Duluth Complex and Related Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota; Minnesota Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 58, pp 76-93.

  • Volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Keweenawan Supergroup in Northeastern Minnesota; Green J C - 2002, in Miller J D, et al., (Eds.), 2002 -Geology and Mineral Potential of the Duluth Complex and Related Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota; Minnesota Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 58, pp 94-105.

  • Geology of the Duluth Complex; Miller J D and Severson M J - 2002, in Miller J D, et al., (Eds.), 2002 -Geology and Mineral Potential of the Duluth Complex and Related Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota; Minnesota Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 58, pp 106-143.

  • Geology of the Beaver Bay Complex and related hypabyssal intrusions; Miller J D and Green J C - 2002, in Miller J D, et al., (Eds.), 2002 -Geology and Mineral Potential of the Duluth Complex and Related Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota; Minnesota Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 58, pp 144-163.

  • Mineral potential of the Duluth Complex and related intrusions; Severson M J, Miller J D, Peterson D M, Green J C and Hauck S A - 2002, in Miller J D, et al., (Eds.), 2002 -Geology and Mineral Potential of the Duluth Complex and Related Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota; Minnesota Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 58, pp 164-200.
 Sudbury - Ontario, Canada *
  • The Sudbury Structure: Its Regional Geological and Geophysical Setting; Card K D, Gupta V K, McGrath P H - 1984, in Pye E G, Naldrett A J, Giblin P E (Eds), The Geology & Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 1, pp 25-43.

  • The General Geology of the Sudbury Area; Dressler B O - 1984, in Pye E G, Naldrett A J, Giblin P E (Eds), The Geology & Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 1, pp 57-82.

  • Cryptic variation and the petrology of the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive; Naldrett A J, Bray J G, Gasparrini T and Rucklidge J C - 1970, Economic Geology, v.65, pp 122-155.

  • The Role of Meteorite Impact, Source Rocks, Protores and Mafic Magmas in the Genesis of the Sudbury Ni-Cu-PGE Sulphide Ore Deposits; Keays R R, Lightfoot P C - 1999, in Keays R R, Lesher C M, Lightfoot P C, Farrow C E G, (Eds), Dynamic Processes in Magmatic Ore Deposits and their Application in Mineral Exploration, Geological Association of Canada, Short Course Notes, v.13, pp 329-366.

  • Chemical evolution and origin of Nickel Sulfide mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada; Lightfoot P C, Keays R R, Doherty W - 2001, Economic Geology, v96Ępp 1855-1875.

  • The Contact Sublayer of the Sudbury Igneous Complex; Naldrett A J, Hewins R H, Dressler B O - 1984, in Pye E G, Naldrett A J, Giblin P E (Eds.), The Geology & Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 1, pp 253-274.

  • Geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of the Worthington Offset Dike: a genetic model for offset dike mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex; Lightfoot P C, Farrow C E G - 2002, Economic Geology, v.97, pp 1419-1446.

  • Footwall Mineralisation of the Sudbury Igneous Complex; Morrison G G, Jago B C, White - 1994, in Lightfoot P C, Naldrett A J (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sudbury - Norilsk Symposium, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 5, pp 57-64.

  • Compositional Variation in the Sudbury Ores and Prediction of the Proximity of Footwall Copper-PGE Orebodies; Naldrett A J, Pessaran R, Asif M and Li C - 1994, in Naldrett A J, Lightfoot P C and Sheahan P (Eds), The Sudbury - Norilsk Symposium, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 5, pp 133-143.

  • The Craig Deposit, Sudbury, Ontario; Moore C M, Nikolic S - 1994, in Lightfoot P C, Naldrett A j (Eds), Proceedings of the Sudbury - Norilsk Symposium, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 5, pp 77-90.

  • Ore Deposits of the Copper Cliff Offset; Cochrane L B - 1984, in Pye E G, Naldrett A J, Giblin P E (Eds), The Geology & Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol.,1, pp 347-359.

  • Little Stobie Mine: A South Range Contact Deposit; Davis G C - 1984, in Pye E G, Naldrett A J, Giblin P E (Eds.), The Geology & Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario Geological Survey, Spec. Vol. 1, pp 361-369.
Voiseys Bay - Labrador, Canada *
  • The Nain-Churchill Boundary and the Nain Plutonic Suite: a regional perspective on the geologic setting of the Voiseys Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit; Ryan B - 2000, Economic Geology, v.95, pp 703-724.

  • Geological and Geochemical relationships in the Voiseys Bay Intrusion, Nain Plutonic Suite, Labrador, Canada; Lightfoot P C, Naldrett A J - 1999, in Keays R R, Lesher C M, Lightfoot P C, Farrow C E G, (Eds), Dynamic Processes in Magmatic Ore Deposits and their Application in Mineral Exploration, Geological Association of Canada, Short Course Notes, v.13, pp 1-30.

  • Geology and Petrology of the Voiseys Bay Intrusion: Reaction of Olivine with Sulfide and Silicate Liquids; Li C, Naldrett A J - 1999, Lithos, v.47, pp 1-31.

  • Physical controls associated with the distribution of Sulfides in the Voiseys Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit, Labrador; Evans-Lamswood D M, Butt D P, Jackson R S, Lee D V, Muggridge M G, Wheeler R I - 2000, Economic Geology, v.95, pp 749-769.

  • The mineralogy of the Voiseys Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit, northern Labrador, Canada: influence of oxidation state on textures and mineral compositions; Naldrett A J, Singh J, Krstic S, Li C - 2000, Economic Geology, v.95, pp 889-900.

  • Re-Os isotope systematics of the Voiseys Bay Ni-Cu-Co magmatic Sulfide system, Labrador, Canada: II. Implications for parental magma chemistry, ore genesis, and metal redistribution; Lambert D D, Frick L R, Foster J G, Li C, Naldrett A J - 2000, Economic Geology, v.95, pp 867-888.

  • The composition of mineralization at the Voiseys Bay Ni-Cu Sulfide deposit, with special reference to Platinum-group elements; Naldrett A J, Asif M, Krstic S - 2000, Economic Geology, v.95, pp 845-865.
Other Deposits - North America
  • Thompson Area - General Geology and Ore Deposits; Bleeker W - 1990, inĘGalley A G, Bailes A H, Syme E C, Bleeker W, Macek J J, Gordon T S, (Eds), Geology & Mineral Deposits of the Flin Flon and Thompson Belts, Manitoba, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits Guide Book No. 10, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2165, pp 93-136.

  • U-Pb Zircon and Re-Os Isotope Geochronology of Mineralized Ultramafic Intrusions and Associated Nickel Ores from the Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada; Hulbert L J, Hamilton M A, Horan M F and Scoates R F J - 2005, Economic Geology, v.100, pp 29-41.

  • Geology, Petrology, and Controls on PGE Mineralization of the Southern Roby and Twilight Zones, Lac des Iles Mine, Canada; Hinchey J G, Hattori K H and Lavigne M J - 2005, Economic Geology, v.100, pp 43-61.

  • Early Proterozoic Komatiite-Related Deposits (extract) - Deposits of the Cape Smith Belt, Quebec, Canada; Naldrett A J - 2004, in Naldrett A J, 2004 - Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration, Springer, Heidelberg, pp 101-114.

  • Deposits in layered intrusions (extract) - Stillwater Complex; Naldrett A J - 2004, in Naldrett A J, 2004 - Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration, Springer, Heidelberg, pp 523-531.
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