Studies of VHMS-related alteration: geochemical and mineralogical vectors to ore AMIRA P.439 Final Report, Volume 1, May 1998

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The final Report for P439 is divided into four volumes: Vol. 1: Executive Summary Vol. 2: Ore Deposit case studies and related research Vol. 3: Regional studies and volcanic facies controls. Vol. 4: Field meeting guide, Mt Windsor Volcanic Belt. Acknowledgements This project has been supported by the following companies and organisations: Aberfoyle Resources Limited Copper Mines of Tasmania Denehurst Limited Mineral Resources Tasmania Normandy Exploration Pasminco Exploration Queensland Metals Corporation Ltd RGC Exploration Rio Tinto Exploration On behalf of the research team I would like to thank all the company representatives, collaborators and AMIRA for their support and scientific interaction throughout this three year program. In particular we are indebted to those companies that provided access to their deposits for the case studies: RGC, Pasminco, Murchison Zinc, Copper Mines of Tasmania and Aberfoyle. This project would not have been possible without the very significant contributions by a number of dedicated and hardworking postgraduate students: Catherine Gifkins, Robina Sharpe, Mark Doyle, Holger Paulick, Bill Wyman and Russell Fulton. Thanks also for the tireless work of Mike Blake in organising the alteration data sheets, and to Nilar Hlaing for printing and collating the papers. As usual June Pongratz has done a great job in coordinating and producing this final report. We hope that the final outcome of this project is the discovery of a new VHMS deposit in the near future. Ross R. Large