SMEDG – PREVIOUS MEETING

DATE: Tuesday, 12th August, 1980 at 4.30 pm.

VENUE: Rugby Club, (1st Floor), Crane Place, Sydney

SPEAKER: Dr. David Mason

TOPIC: “Geology and Exploration Case History, Arvik Polaris Zn-Pb Deposit, Canada”

This Mississippi Valley-type deposit (25 million tonnes at 20% combined Zn plus Pb) was discovered in 1971 by Cominco in a remote part of the Canadian Arctic. Dr. Mason was project geologist during 1971-74.

SMEDG ORGANISING COMMITTEE

..R Cox………..JF Gilfillan………GG Lowder………..MJ Turbott..