Instructors:

James Scoates – mailto:scoates@mail.ubc.ca
Ken Hickey – mailto:khickey@mail.ubc.ca

Course Learning Goals:

To provide a framework for examining processes in the concentration of metals in the Earth’s crust and for assessing mineral potential in a given region based on available geologic information and constraints. To establish these frameworks, this course is based on three different, yet complementary, modules (plus a term project):

Module 1: evaluation of the key mechanisms/processes for the concentration of metals (e.g., Ni-Cu-PGE-Cr-Ti) in magmatic ore deposits with an emphasis on the chemistry of magmas – first-half of course in lecture (+ lab);

Module 2: introduction to ore petrography using reflected light microscopy (textures in ore minerals preserve a record of how they formed and were modified at low temperatures) – first-half of course in lab;

Module 3: evaluation of the key mechanisms/processes for the concentration of metals (e.g., Cu-Au-Mo-Ag) by hydrothermal processes with an emphasis on nature of hydrothermal fluids, hydrothermal fluid flow, metal solubility, fluid:rock interaction, and alteration – second-half of course in lecture (+ lab).

For the most recent syllabus, see: https://nextcloud.eoas.ubc.ca/s/YFpAQPkNXHFyLmt