NI_Skarns and Contact Aureoles - Reservoirs of metals and heat (SCAR)

向低碳未来的过渡需要基于关键金属和可持续能源生产的技术。与会聚板块边界相关的地质系统拥有大量的矿产资源和巨大的地热能潜力，这两者都受深度超热（bb0 - 350C）流体的控制。超临界地热资源的开发是一个全球性的挑战，单靠一国之力是无法解决的。SCAR项目将汇集成矿和矿物开采（英国地质调查局和墨西哥黄金公司）和地热系统（墨西哥自治大学、米却阿卡纳大学和意大利国家研究委员会）的主要研究小组，以评估超热流体、关键金属（Te、Bi和in）的动员和分布与热流之间的相互依赖关系。我们建议在Tatatila-Las Minas铜金矿（位于跨墨西哥火山带）开展合作，这可以为模拟从超热地热系统中同时提取金属和能量的潜力和效率提供必要的数据。英墨合作与英国政府建立新伙伴关系以促进可持续经济的倡议非常一致。SCAR的首席提议人Alicja Lacinska博士是一名新研究员，她的目标是建立新的国际伙伴关系，以提供高质量的交叉科学，以预测未来全球范围内的大规模成矿-地热计划。

Transition to a low-carbon future requires technologies based on critical metals and sustainable energy production. Geological systems associated with convergent plate boundaries host considerable amounts of mineral resources and significant geothermal energy potential, both controlled by super-hot (>350C) fluids at depth. The development of supercritical geothermal resources is a global challenge that cannot be solved by a single country alone. The SCAR project will bring together leading research groups in metallogenesis and mineral extraction (British Geological Survey and Mexican Gold Corp) and geothermal systems (Autonomous University of Mexico, University of Michoacana and the Italian National Research Council) to evaluate the inter-dependency between super-hot fluids, mobilisation and distribution of critical metals (Te, Bi and In) and heat flow. We propose a collaboration focussed on the Tatatila-Las Minas Cu-Au deposit (in the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt) which can provide data essential for modelling the potential and efficiency of simultaneous extraction of metals and energy from super-hot geothermal systems. A UK-Mexico collaboration aligns well with UK Government initiatives of setting up new partnerships to boost sustainable economies. Dr Alicja Lacinska, lead proposer of SCAR, is a New Investigator whose ambition is to forge new international partnerships to deliver high quality crosscutting science in anticipation of future large-scale metallogenic-geothermal initiatives worldwide.