GEOL 5606
Modular Course in Exploration for Magmatic Ore Deposits
Mineral Exploration Research Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario

Day 1, Saturday 05 April 2008
0900 1030 Classifications, host rocks, tectonic settings, genetic processes Michael Lesher (MERC)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Metal partitioning Pedro Jugo (MERC)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1500 Sulfur solublility and partial melting Pedro Jugo (MERC)
1500 1530 Coffee
1530 1700 Stable isotopes, S/Se ratios, and radiogenic isotopes Michael Lesher (MERC)

Day 2, Sunday 06 April 2008
0900 1030 Multi-component mass balances, R and R' factors Michael Lesher (MERC)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Phase equilibria in the Fe-S, Fe-Ni-S, and Fe-Ni-Cu-S systems Andy McDonald (MERC)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1500 Platinum group element mineralogy Andy McDonald (MERC)
1500 1530 Coffee
1530 1700 Practical: R-factor modeling Michael Lesher (MERC)

Day 3, Monday 07 April 2008
0900 1030 Sulfide ore textures Katya Bazilevskya (MERC)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Komatiite volcanology and Ni-Cu-PGE deposits Michael Lesher (MERC)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1500 Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in the Raglan Belt Michael Lesher (MERC)
1500 1530 Coffee
1530 1700 Practical: 100% sulfide recalculation Michael Lesher (MERC)

Day 4, Tuesday 08 April 2008
0900 1030 Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt Michel Houle (OGS)
1030 1130 Coffee
1130 1230 Alexo Ni-Cu-(PGE) Deposit Michel Houle (OGS)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1500 Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits in the Thompson Nickel Belt Michael Lesher (MERC)
1500 1530 Coffee
1530 1700 Practical: Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE ores Michael Lesher (MERC)

Day 5, Wednesday 09 April 2008
0900 1000 Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE deposit Nicolas Tonnelier (MERC)
1000 1030 Practical: Jinchuan Tonnelier & Lesher (MERC)
1000 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Pechenga Ni-Cu-PGE deposits Tony Green (Consultant) or Michael Lesher (MERC)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1445 Voisey's Bay Ni-Co deposit Peter Lightfoot (Vale Inco)
1445 1500 Coffee
1500 1700 Practical: Voisey's Bay Peter Lightfoot (Vale Inco)

Day 6, Thursday 10 April 2008
0900 1030 Fe-Ti-V oxide mineralization at Panzhihua Michael Lesher (MERC)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Fe-Ti-V oxide mineralization in the Pipestone Lake Anorthosite Jobin-Bevans (CCIC) - TENTATIVE
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1430 PGE mineralization in the East Bull Lake Suite Jobin-Bevans (CCIC) - TENTATIVE
1430 1530 PGE mineralization in the Nipissing Diabase Jobin-Bevans (CCIC) - TENTATIVE
1530 1545 Coffee
1545 1700 Practical: EBLI and Nipissing suites Jobin-Bevans (CCIC) - TENTATIVE

Day 7, Friday 11 April 2008
0900 1030 Geology of the Sudbury Igneous Complex Peter Lightfoot (Vale Inco)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Sudbury Sublayer Norite Ed Pattison (Wallbridge)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1500 Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in the SIC Paul Golightly (Consultant)
1500 1530 Coffee
1530 1700 Practical: Sudbury Ni-Cu-PGE ores Michael Lesher (MERC)

Day 8, Saturday 12 April 2008 - Sudbury Footwall Ore Workshop
see separate schedule below

Day 9, Sunday 13 April 2008 - Sudbury Footwall Ore Workshop
see separate schedule below

Day 10, Monday 14 April 2008
0900 1030 Noril'sk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE deposits Tony Naldrett (U Toronto)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 Introduction to PGE deposits Sarah-Jane Barnes (UQAC)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1500 Merensky Reef, UG-2, and Plat Reef Tony Naldrett (U Toronto)
1500 1530 Coffee
1530 1700 Exploration methods for PGE deposits Sarah-Jane Barnes (UQAC)
Practical: Bushveld PGE Barnes (UQAC) and Naldrett (U Toronto)

Day 11, Tuesday 15 April 2008
0900 1030 PGE mineralization at Lac des Iles Michael Lesher (MERC)
1030 1100 Coffee
1100 1230 TBA
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1430 Chromitite Deposits Michael Lesher (MERC)
1430 1500 Coffee
1430 1700 Surficial geochemistry of Ni-Cu-PGE deposits (TENTATIVE) David Burrows (Vale Inco)
Practical: Stillwater Chromitites (ALTERNATE) Michael Lesher (MERC)

Day 12, Wednesday 16 April 2008
0900 1000 Exploration geophysics of Ni-Cu-PGE deposits Kevin Stevens (HTX Minerals)
1000 1100 Vale Inco exploration strategies TBA
1100 1145
1145 1230 Xstrata exploration strategies Nic Fenner (Xstrata)
1230 1330 Lunch
1330 1430 Exploration management Scott McLean (HTX Minerals) - TENTATIVE
1430 1500 Coffee
1430 1700 Summary and discussion of key exploration criteria Michael Lesher (MERC)