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MDRU ACTIVE Projects

MDRU research projects are developed as a collaboration between MDRU members and UBC faculty and researchers. Our projects focus on delivering value for the research sponsors, training students and postdoctoral research fellows to be highly skilled employees. If you have a research project idea or a problem you’d like to solve, please contact us – we’d love to hear from you.

BC PORPHYRY PROJECT

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GOLDEN TRIANGLE STRATIGRAPHY PROJECT

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MDRU COLOMBIA METALLOGENY

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Carbonate Alteration footprints

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Red Chris Porphyry Project

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Analytical Method Development

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Ore Body Knowledge

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Structure and Zn-Pb mineralization in the Selwyn basin

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Northern Toodoggone exhumation project

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Unlocking Critical Metal Potential

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Unlocking Canada’s Sedimentary Rock-hosted Critical Metal Potential

  • Ore Deposit: SHMS Zn-Pb-Ag
  • Commodity: Germanium, Indium, Lead, Silver, Zinc
  • Research Themes: Critical Metals
  • Location: Canadian cordillera in BC, Yukon and the NWT
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Ken Hickey, Shaun Barker, Joel Saylor, Dominique Weis
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Ore Body Knowledge

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry, Skarn, Various
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Various
  • Research Themes: Base Metals, Copper, Exploration Methods, New Projects
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Cassady Harraden, Erik Eberhardt, Bern Klein, Shaun Barker, Lindsey Heagy, Jacob Forshaw, Xiaolong Wei, Haruna Grema
  • Students: Carolina Marin Suarez, Rossana Borelli
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Analytical Method Development

  • Ore Deposit: Various
  • Commodity: Various
  • Research Themes: Exploration Tools
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Shaun Barker, Brian McNulty, Kate Rubingh, Cassady Harraden, Maria Alejandra Rodriguez Mustafa
  • Students: Filippo Maria Vescovi, Kyle Powers
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Red Chris Porphyry Project

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Magmatic Fertility, Mineral Exploration Vectors
  • Location: British Columbia, Canada
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Brian McNulty, Shaun Barker
  • Start Date: 2022
  • End Date: 2025
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Northern Toodoggone Exhumation Project

  • Ore Deposit: Epithermal
  • Commodity: Gold, Silver
  • Research Themes: Exhumation, Precious Metals
  • Location: British Columbia
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Ken Hickey
  • Students: Taylor Quinn
  • Start Date: 2021
  • End Date: 2024
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Structure and Zn-Pb Mineralization in the Selwyn Basin

  • Ore Deposit: SHMS Zn-Pb-Ag
  • Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
  • Research Themes: Base Metals, Structural Geology
  • Location: Yukon, Northwest Territories
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Ken Hickey, Merilie Reynolds (NTGS)
  • Students: Quinton Willms, Darius Kamal, Jinglin Xu
  • Start Date: 2019
  • End Date: 2025
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Golden Triangle Stratigraphy Project

  • Research Themes: Base Metals, Critical Metals, New Projects
  • Location: British Columbia
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Shaun Barker, Kate Rubingh, Brian McNulty, Nikola Denisová, Mana Rahimi
  • Students: Jessica Baldwin, Shaun Haney, Kyle Powers, Zane Rahabi
  • Start Date: 2022
  • End Date: 2025
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Recognizing Cryptic Alteration and Vectoring Towards Carbonate-Hosted Hydrothermal Ore Deposits

  • Ore Deposit: Carlin-type, CRD, Hydrothermal, Porphyry, Skarn
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Various, Zinc
  • Research Themes: Base Metals, C&O Isotopes, Copper, Cryptic Alteration, Exploration Methods, Exploration Tools, Fluid Flow, Geochemistry, Gold Deposits, Portable XRF, Structural Geology, UV Photography, UV-V's Reflectance Spectroscopy
  • Location: Deer Trail (Utah, USA – MAG Silver) | Olympias (Halkidiki Peninsula, Greece – Eldorado Gold) | Eulalia (Mexico – Reyna Silver)
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Shaun Barker, Andrew Steiner, Lucas Furlan, Ken Hickey, Greg Dipple, Mark MacLachlan, Max Hohl
  • Students: Spyridon Fragkou, Cassis Lindsay
  • Start Date: 2022
  • End Date: 2025
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BC Porphyry Project

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper
  • Research Themes: Base Metals, Copper, New Projects
  • Location: British Columbia
  • Project Status: Active
  • Researchers: Shaun Barker, Farhad Bouzari, Cassady Harraden, Mana Rahimi, Maria Alejandra Rodriguez Mustafa, Natasha Barrett
  • Students: Derek Huaze Xu, Krystal Xiao, Fabrizzio Abello, Spencer Purnell, Cansu Karatas Ahmadli, Nichole Moerhuis, Warren Wegener, Maxwell Porter, Filippo Maria Vescovi
  • Start Date: 2022
  • End Date: 2025
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WTMP – Magmatic Evolution and Metallogeny of Subduction to Post-Subduction Magmas in Anatolia, Turkey (WTMP Phase 1)

  • Ore Deposit: Epithermal, Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Regional Metallogeny
  • Location: central Anatolia, Turkey
  • Project Status: Completed
  • End Date: 2018
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