Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0771982

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0771982

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Numerical modelling of deformation partitioning and its role in metamorphism, tectonism and mineralization. Targeting blind mineralization is the biggest problem facing the Australian mining industry. The modelling developed in this project will integrate deformation, fluid and chemical processes and provide a means for understanding the deformation partitioning that localizes epigenetic ore regionally as well as along portions of large-scale structures. Applying this to known ore deposits may delineate adjacent plus regionally distributed zones where the deformation event responsible for mineralization is locally present at sufficient intensity to form ore. This would allow targeted deep drilling in ground with no ore close to the surface saving millions in drilling costs and dramatically increasing the financial viability of this industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-2007

End Date: 07-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $179,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geology | Structural Geology | Geotectonics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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