CWEDG Technical Meeting
Thursday 19 September 2024
Coachman Hotel, 48 Welcome Street, Parkes
6:00pm for 6.30pm
Lithocaps – Characteristics, Origins and Exploration Tools
Lithocaps, often exceeding 10 km in width and 1 km in thickness, can host or conceal significant
porphyry and high-sulfidation epithermal resources. Combining geology, spectral analysis, whole
rock geochemistry, and mineral chemistry helps develop effective vectoring tools. This talk will
discuss new advances in understanding the genesis of lithocaps and the latest exploration tools.
Speaker:
Dr Lejun Zhang
CODES, University of Tasmania
Dr. Lejun Zhang is a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geology at the Centre for Ore Deposit and
Earth Sciences (CODES) at the University of Tasmania. He did his PhD studies on a skarn deposit
in the Middle Lower Yangtze belt in China. His research is focused on characterising the
geochemical footprints of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits, particularly lithocaps and high
sulfidation epithermal deposits, and the processes that control element dispersion. He specializes
in applying spectral, whole-rock, and alteration mineral chemistry data for enhancing exploration
in lithocap environments. He works closely with exploration and mining professionals to develop
new exploration tools, exploration models, and to advance the understanding of the formation of
ore systems that span across continents, including North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
and Australia.
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Date
Thursday, 19 September 2024
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Time
6:00PM for 6:30PM
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Venue
Coachman Hotel
48 Welcome Street, Parkes
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