Copper Basin Exploration Science (CuBES)

铜盆地勘探科学 (CuBES)

• 批准号: NE/T002921/1
• 负责人: Jamie Wilkinson
• 金额: $ 54.62万
• 依托单位: Natural History Museum
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FT002921%2F1
• 关键词: Copper; Basin; Exploration; Science; CuBES

The criticality of Cu, Co (+/- V) in battery technology and electricity transmission has established them as key componentsof the carbon-free energy transition. A major proportion of these elements are sourced from sedimentary basin-hosteddeposits, formed from large-scale fluid flow systems. Recent work has shown that diverse basin architectures andprocesses were responsible for their genesis, yet we still do not understand why so few basins become highly endowedwith metals. Given their paucity, the geological evolution of such basins demands the juxtaposition of unique conditionsthat: (1) generated large volumes of metal-bearing fluid; (2) provided sufficient sulfur; (3) created reducing trap sites; and(4) focused fluid flow into these sites [5]. Understanding large deposits is particularly significant because they are efficientto mine and offer the greatest societal benefits.Our particular focus is to develop and integrate mineral and petroleum systems approaches to provide a disruptiveinnovation opportunity in the science and industrial applications in this field. Our objectives are to identify the processes,operating over a range of scales, that lead to the formation of large Cu-Co-(V) deposits and derive new and practicalexploration tools. The opportunity is timely, given the current wave of academic interest in these ore systems, and theincreased collaboration between industry and academia to develop sophisticated methods that can reduce explorationcosts, risk and environmental impact.To tackle these challenges, we have assembled a multi-institute academic consortium with internationally-recognisedexpertise across the geosciences. We have also built strategic research alliances with: (1) the UK's major mining houses,Rio Tinto and Anglo American, and with BHP and First Quantum Minerals, all with global interests in sediment-hostedcopper mineralisation; (2) the energy sector (Scheupbach Energy); and (3) international academic partners (CSIRO, Univ.Houston, GFZ Potsdam, Universidad Nacional, Buenos Aires. The collaboration between PIs, PDRAs, affiliated PhDstudents funded outside the grant, industry and international partners will deliver high impact scientific publications, newdata and tools to support the development of lower risk mineral exploration strategies, and highlight the UK as a world-leadingcommunity for research in basin-hosted mineral systems.

铜、钴（+/- V）在电池技术和电力传输中的关键性使其成为无碳能源转型的关键组成部分。这些元素的大部分来源于由大型流体流动系统形成的沉积盆地沉积物。最近的研究表明，不同的盆地结构和过程是其成因的原因，但我们仍然不明白为什么这么少的盆地成为高度赋予金属。鉴于其稀缺性，此类盆地的地质演化需要以下独特条件并置：（1）产生大量含金属流体;（2）提供足够的硫;（3）创建还原圈闭部位;（4）集中流体流入这些部位[5]。了解大型矿床尤为重要，因为它们可以有效开采并提供最大的社会效益。我们特别关注的是开发和整合矿物和石油系统方法，为该领域的科学和工业应用提供颠覆性创新机会。我们的目标是确定在一系列尺度上运行的导致形成大型Cu-Co-（V）矿床的过程，并获得新的实用勘探工具。考虑到目前学术界对这些矿石系统的兴趣，以及工业界和学术界在开发能够降低勘探成本、风险和环境影响的复杂方法方面日益加强的合作，这个机会是及时的。为了应对这些挑战，我们组建了一个多机构学术联盟，在地球科学领域拥有国际知名的专业知识。我们还与以下公司建立了战略研究联盟：（1）英国主要矿业公司力拓（Rio Tinto）和英美资源集团（Anglo American），以及必和必拓（BHP）和第一量子矿业公司（First Quantum Minerals），这些公司都在全球范围内对沉积物包裹的铜矿化感兴趣;（2）能源部门（Scheupbach Energy）;以及（3）国际学术合作伙伴（CSIRO、休斯顿大学、GFZ波茨坦、布宜诺斯艾利斯国立大学）。PI，PDRA，资助的附属博士生，行业和国际合作伙伴之间的合作将提供高影响力的科学出版物，新的数据和工具，以支持低风险矿产勘探战略的发展，并突出英国作为世界领先的盆地托管矿产系统研究社区。

项目成果

Base metal mobility linked to brine and hydrocarbon migration at the Huincul High in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Implications for the formation of sediment-hosted base metal deposits

阿根廷内乌肯盆地 Huincul 高地的贱金属流动性与盐水和碳氢化合物运移有关：对沉积物中贱金属矿床形成的影响

• DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106778
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Geochemical Exploration
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Pons M

Experimental insights into the mobility of metals in sedimentary basin-hosted copper systems

对沉积盆地铜系统中金属流动性的实验见解

• DOI: 10.46427/gold2022.12456
• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Woitischek J

Integrated Modeling of Cu-Rich Fluid Migration and Mineralization in the Katangan Basin, Central African Copperbelt: Insights from Numerical Experiments

中非铜矿带加丹加盆地富铜流体运移和矿化的综合模拟：数值实验的见解

• DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11453
• 发表时间: 2024
• 作者: Bahlali M

An experimental study of metal extraction from continental red-bed sandstones

陆相红层砂岩提取金属的实验研究

• DOI: 10.7185/gold2023.16775
• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Woitischek J

Trace Element Geochemistry in the Earliest Terrestrial Ecosystem, the Rhynie Chert

• DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010647
• 发表时间: 2022-12
• 期刊: Geochemistry
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: J. Parnell;T. O. Akinsanpe;J. Armstrong;A. Boyce;J. Still;S. Bowden;David Clases;Raquel González de Vega;J. Feldmann