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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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Structure and tectonic controls on porphyry Cu and epithermal deposits – Cadia preservation, NSW, Australia

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Exploration Methods
  • Location: Orange, NSW, Australia
  • Project Status: Completed
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Structure and tectonic controls on porphyry Cu and epithermal deposits – Reko Diq, Pakistan

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Gold Deposits
  • Location: Chagai, Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Project Status: Completed
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Structure and tectonic controls on porphyry Cu and epithermal deposits – Veladero, Argentina

  • Ore Deposit: Epithermal
  • Commodity: Gold
  • Research Themes: Exploration Methods, Gold Deposits
  • Location: Iglesia, San Juan Province, Argentina
  • Project Status: Completed
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Structure and tectonic controls on porphyry Cu and epithermal deposits – Quellaveco, Peru

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Gold Deposits
  • Location: Moquegua, southern Peru
  • Project Status: Completed
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Shallow and deep alkalic mineral deposits: An integrated exploration model – Mt. Polley, BC

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Gold Deposits
  • Location: Cariboo region, central British Columbia
  • Project Status: Completed
  • End Date: 2009
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Shallow and deep alkalic mineral deposits: An integrated exploration model – Galore Creek, BC

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Gold Deposits
  • Location: Stikine region, British Columbia, Canada
  • Project Status: Completed
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Shallow and deep alkalic mineral deposits: An integrated exploration model – Porgera, PNG

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Gold Deposits
  • Location: central Papau New Guinea
  • Project Status: Completed
  • End Date: 2009
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Shallow and deep alkalic mineral deposits: An integrated exploration model – Lake Cowal, NSW, Australia

  • Ore Deposit: Porphyry
  • Commodity: Copper, Gold
  • Research Themes: Copper, Gold Deposits
  • Location: Lake Cowal, NSW, Australia
  • Project Status: Completed
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Yukon’s mid-Cretaceous plutons – from petrogenesis to ore genesis

  • Ore Deposit: Intrusion-related Gold, Skarn
  • Commodity: Gold
  • Research Themes: Regional Metallogeny
  • Project Status: Completed
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Volcanology of the El Dorado epithermal deposit, El Salvador

  • Ore Deposit: Epithermal
  • Commodity: Gold
  • Research Themes: Gold Deposits, Regional Metallogeny
  • Location: Cabanas area, eastern El Salvador
  • Project Status: Completed
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