>Anyone who gets this project will be very lucky. It is one of the
>finest hard-rock economic geology projects that I have seen in 50
>years. This is serious geology of very great economic importance.
>Also Flin Flon, with Aggeneys, and Broken Hill, is one of those
>spectacular Sedex Pb/Zn 1700Ma deposits world-wide. Potential
>students who love the field, thin sections, petrology, and
>geochemistry, go for it. On this rare occasion, I wish that I were
>21 not 71!!
John Dewey
>POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT THE MINERAL EXPLORATION RESEARCH CENTRE,
>LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY, CANADA
>
>Structure and Stratigraphy of the Trout Lake VMS deposit, Manitoba
>
>The Trout Lake VMS deposit occurs within the Paleoproterozoic Flin
>Flon greenstone belt in the Trans-Hudson Orogen. It is a strongly
>sheared and imbricated deposit that has never been previously
>studied. The structural and stratigraphic setting of the deposit is
>unknown with respect to the main VMS deposits in Flin Flon. Whether
>the deposit occupies the same stratigraphic horizon or is
>stratigraphically lower down or higher up than the present-producer
>Triple Seven and Callinan deposits has significant implications for
>models that are being developed for the structural and volcanic
>evolution of the Flin Flon district and Trans Hudson. The Trout Lake
>mine project will involve detailed underground structural and
>stratigraphic mapping of the deposit and 3D reconstruction of the
>deposit using mine level plans and cross sections as well as
>available drill cores. Major and trace element geochemistry of the
>volcanic rocks will be done to understand their petrogenesis,
>constrain their stratigraphy, and compare their stratigraphy to that
>of other Flin Flon deposits. Detrital zircons in interleaved
>sedimentary rocks will be dated using the laser ablation ICPMS at
>Laurentian University. The textures and microstructures of deformed
>sulphide and silicate minerals will be analyzed under the SEM and
>optical microscope to characterize their flow regime and kinematics.
>The study promises interesting new results on the deformation of VMS
>deposits in general and on the structural and stratigraphic setting
>of the deposit in the Flin Flon mining camp.
>
>Application deadline: NOW
>The funding is in place and the project must begin this summer. The
>salary is generous and all research expenses are covered by the
>fellowship.
>
>Applications:
>Applications must include a full CV including list of publications,
>a statement of research background and interest, and names and
>contact details of three academic referees.
>
>Applications should be sent by e-mail to Dr. Bruno Lafrance
>([log in to unmask]).
>Tel: (705)675-1151 extension 2264.
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John F. Dewey FRS, UC Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Geology
Department of Geology
UC Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis CA 95616
Telephone Nos:
530 752 5829 (UC Davis)
011 44 (0)1865 735525 (home)
011 44 (0)1865 276792 (University College)
530 752 0915 (Fax: )
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