Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0208323
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Transport of metals in vapours and brines: new insights into the formation of the Earth's mineral deposits. Traditional models for the formation of hydrothermal ore deposits assume that aqueous fluids transported the metals. This view is challenged by new observations showing that gold and copper are preferentially enriched in vapours coexisting with salty aqueous fluids in some deposits. This project uses state-of-the-art techniques and develops new instruments to measure experimentally the partitioning of metals between solid, fluid and vapour at temperatures typical for natural ore deposits (350-550C, pressures varying for vapour saturated to 1 kb). By improving our understanding of metal transport within the Earth's crust, these data will lead to improved models and technologies for exploring and processing base and precious metals.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2002
End Date: 07-2007
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $614,983.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Exploration Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Ore Deposit Petrology | Inorganic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
