Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Laurentian University of Sudbury
$30,140.00
Volcanic architecture and three-dimensional alteration model for the Wolverine VMS Deposit, Yukon
FY 2006-07
Summary
Zinc-copper-lead volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits provide a significant proportion of the metals used in the Canadian manufacturing sector and are critical to the economic success of Canada. The Wolverine volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposit of the Finlayson Lake district is a newly discovered deposit of this type in southeastern Yukon and will likely enter into production in the next few years. This project is aimed at understanding the relationship and geometry of the rocks in this deposit in order to reconstruct the ancient undersea volcano that is spatially associated with the Wolverine deposit. In addition, this project will study the nature of seawater-rock interaction using field methods and chemical analysis of rocks and minerals. The results of this project will provide tools that will increase our knowledge and ability to search for these deposits both in the Finlayson Lake district, and elsewhere in Canada and the world.
Program
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
328323-2005
Name nom
Piercey, Stephen
Department département
Earth Sciences
Organization id
26
Institution établissement
Laurentian University of Sudbury
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2006
Competition year année de concours
2005
Award amount
30140
Program id
CRDPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
202
Area of application group en
Natural resources (economic aspects)
Area of application group fr
Ressources naturelles (aspects économiques)
Area of application en
Mineral resources ( prospecting, exploration, mining, extraction, processing)
Area of application fr
Ressources minérales (prospection, exploration, mines, extraction et préparation)
Research subject code
4003
Research subject group en
Earth science
Research subject group fr
Sciences de la terre
Research subject en
Economic geology
Research subject fr
Géologie économique
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Volcanic architecture and three-dimensional alteration model for the Wolverine VMS Deposit, Yukon
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Zinc-copper-lead volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits provide a significant proportion of the metals used in the Canadian manufacturing sector and are critical to the economic success of Canada. The Wolverine volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposit of the Finlayson Lake district is a newly discovered deposit of this type in southeastern Yukon and will likely enter into production in the next few years. This project is aimed at understanding the relationship and geometry of the rocks in this deposit in order to reconstruct the ancient undersea volcano that is spatially associated with the Wolverine deposit. In addition, this project will study the nature of seawater-rock interaction using field methods and chemical analysis of rocks and minerals. The results of this project will provide tools that will increase our knowledge and ability to search for these deposits both in the Finlayson Lake district, and elsewhere in Canada and the world.
