Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Laurentian University of Sudbury
$130,047.00
Geology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of the Black Thor - Black Label mafic-ultramafic intrusion and associated Cr and Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization, McFaulds Greenstone Belt, Ontario
EF 2015-16
Résumé
The recently-discovered world-class Black Thor - Black Label chromite deposit in the McFaulds Lake (""Ring of Fire"") area of northern Ontario will make Canada a major produce of this strategic metal. However, exploration for additional resources requires that we understand why these particular rocks contain so much chromite when so many other rocks in Ontario and elsewhere with apparently similar compositions contain so little chromite. This project will use state-of-the-art geological, mineralogical, textural, geochemical, and isotopic analytical methods to evaluate how the magma that formed the rocks was generated, how so much chromite accumulated, and how to recognize this process in other areas. It will train 1 PhD student and 3 MSc students, contribute to our knowledge of these deposits in particular and chromite deposits in general, and aid in mineral exploration in the McFaulds Lake area and elsewhere in the world.
Programme
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
446109-2012
Name nom
Lesher, CarlMichael
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
2015
Competition year année de concours
2012
Award amount
130047
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
3
Nb partie
4
Application title
Geology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of the Black Thor - Black Label mafic-ultramafic intrusion and associated Cr and Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization, McFaulds Greenstone Belt, Ontario
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The recently-discovered world-class Black Thor - Black Label chromite deposit in the McFaulds Lake (""Ring of Fire"") area of northern Ontario will make Canada a major produce of this strategic metal. However, exploration for additional resources requires that we understand why these particular rocks contain so much chromite when so many other rocks in Ontario and elsewhere with apparently similar compositions contain so little chromite. This project will use state-of-the-art geological, mineralogical, textural, geochemical, and isotopic analytical methods to evaluate how the magma that formed the rocks was generated, how so much chromite accumulated, and how to recognize this process in other areas. It will train 1 PhD student and 3 MSc students, contribute to our knowledge of these deposits in particular and chromite deposits in general, and aid in mineral exploration in the McFaulds Lake area and elsewhere in the world.
