Opening the magmatic-hydrothermal window: high-precision U-Pb geochronology of the Mesoproterozoic Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia

L Courtney-Davies, CL Ciobanu… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Establishing timescales for iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposit formation and the
temporal relationships between ores and the magmatic rocks from which hydrothermal …

Zircon trace element evidence for early hydrothermal activity on Mars

J Gillespie, AJ Cavosie, D Fougerouse, CL Ciobanu… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Finding direct evidence for hydrous fluids on early Mars is of interest for understanding the
origin of water on rocky planets, surface processes, and conditions essential for habitability …

~ 1760 Ma magnetite-bearing protoliths in the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia: Implications for ore genesis and regional metallogeny

L Courtney-Davies, CL Ciobanu, MR Verdugo-Ihl… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spatial associations between banded iron formation and iron-oxide Cu-Au (IOCG) style
mineralization are well documented in the Gawler Craton (South Australia), but the possible …

Hematite geochemistry and geochronology resolve genetic and temporal links among iron-oxide copper gold systems, Olympic Dam district, South Australia

L Courtney-Davies, CL Ciobanu, MR Verdugo-Ihl… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wirrda Well and Acropolis prospects,~ 25 km south from the Olympic Dam
deposit, are among several dozen examples of iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) …

[HTML][HTML] Zircon-hosted melt inclusion record of silicic magmatism in the Mesoproterozoic St. Francois Mountains terrane, Missouri: Origin of the Pea Ridge iron oxide …

KE Watts, CN Mercer - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Voluminous silicic magmatism was coeval with iron ore mineralization in the St. Francois
Mountains terrane in southeast Missouri, part of the broader Mesoproterozoic Granite …

Remnants of a 1.55 Ga Hybrid Between Metasomatic Iron Alkali-Calcic and Unconformity-Related Uranium Environments in the Kiggavik Region, Nunavut, Canada

I Burron, M Fayek, J Brown, D Quirt - Economic Geology, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Uranium mineralization in the Kiggavik, Bong, End, and Andrew Lake deposits (Thelon
region, Nunavut) was preceded by host-rock albitization, brecciation, silicification, and …

Copper-arsenic nanoparticles in hematite: Fingerprinting fluid-mineral interaction

MR Verdugo-Ihl, CL Ciobanu, A Slattery, NJ Cook… - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Metal nanoparticles (NP) in minerals are an emerging field of research. Development of
advanced analytical techniques such as Z-contrast imaging and mapping using high-angle …

Breaking up the temporal link between granitic magmatism and iron oxide-copper–gold (IOCG) deposits in the Carajás Mineral Province, NW Brazil

PIF Toledo, CPN Moreto, LVS Monteiro… - Mineralium …, 2024 - Springer
Iron oxide-copper–gold (IOCG) deposit genesis is often genetically linked to magmatism due
to temporal association between granite and mineralization and participation of magma …

Mafic mineral clots and microgranular enclaves in A-type Hiltaba Suite granites from the Gawler Craton, South Australia: Origins and implications

A Kontonikas-Charos, K Ehrig, NJ Cook, CL Ciobanu - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
The origins of mafic mineral clots and microgranular enclaves in Mesoproterozoic granites
were investigated in a case study of felsic A-type Hiltaba Suite granites from the Gawler …

Zircon compositional systematics from Devonian oxidized I-type granitoids: examination of porphyry Cu fertility indices in the New Brunswick Appalachians, Canada

F Yousefi, DR Lentz, CRM McFarlane… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Zircon is a common, widely distributed accessory mineral in most igneous rocks and its
refractory nature records magmatic evolution in terms of oxygen and U-Th-Pb isotopes, and …