NOTICE OF MEETING

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With GSA New South Wales Division & Geodiversity Research Centre
This will also be a great opportunity to wish Al Dunlop all the best as he heads for retirement

 

 

DATE:         Thursday   20th February 2004   -   5.30pm for 6pm

 

VENUE:      The Rugby Club – Rugby Place - Sydney

 

SPEAKER: Associate Professor W. D. Maier

 

TOPIC:       “Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Deposits in southern Africa”

 

The first focus of the talk will be on PGE deposits, including reef-type and basal PGE mineralization in the Bushveld Complex (Merensky, UG2, Platreef), its satellite intrusions (Uitkomst Complex), and the recently discovered reef-type mineralization in magnetites and magnetite gabbros of the 3 Ga Stella intrusion.

The second focus will be on Ni sulfide deposits, notably the Kabanga deposit of Tanzania which bear similarities to the Petchega deposits in Russia. Exploration efforts in other igneous bodies, notably the Tete gabbro-anorthosite complex of Mozambique, the Karoo-basalt related Insizwa Complex of SA, and the Morokweng impact crater in SA will be reviewed.

 

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Organising Committee:

Steve Collins   Vicki Diemar  Lindsay Gilligan  Phil Hellman   Cay Mims    Kim Stanton-Cook     Chris Torrey

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