The main topic of short-course on ore deposits

 

• The first part of the course in the morning by Dr. Flavien Choulet
  • General features
    - Some common terms
    - Classification of deposits
    - Metallogenic processes
    - Ore deposits and geological/geodynamical cycles
  • Ore deposits
    - Magmatic deposits
    - Magmatic-hydrothermal deposits
    - Hydrothermal deposits
    - Sedimentary deposits
    - Surficial deposits
  • Earth through time
  • Geodynamics and metal cycles
  • Metallogenic periods from Archean to Today

 

 

• The second part in the afternoon by Dr. Alexandre Tarantola

1. Fundamental aspects of fluid inclusions

  1.1. Geological fluids within the Earth’s crust

  1.2. Relative chronology between cristallization/deformation/fluid event(s)

  1.3. Petrography and typology of fluid inclusions

  1.4. Analytical techniques for analyzing fluid inclusions

  1.5. The isochoric – isoplethic ideal model

  1.6. Pure H2O system

  1.7. NaCl-H2O system, Salts-H2O system

2. Hydrothermal ore deposits

  2.1. Fluid composition in hydrothermal ore deposits

  2.2. MVT deposits (Dr. J. Pironon)