DoctorMaya Kamenetsky

Project Total: $610,714; The comparison of previously unrecognised compositions of fluids in different parts of the deposit-hosting granites. We anticipate that secondary fluid inclusions in granitic minerals may record all stages of fluid evolution towards mineralizing (fertile) compositions. A special approach and methodologies will be created. The project aims at recognizing a step-wise progression from barren to metal-rich compositions of the fluid media that is parental to the Olympic Dam ores, however, other external sources, outside the host granite should also be taken into account. Funded by: BHP Billiton Ltd ($610,714); University of Tasmania.