Processes governing tin and indium enrichment in the east kemptville granite-related Sn-In-Cu-Zn-Ag deposit, Nova Scotia

元素铟和锗被认为是关键的电子金属。关键金属是指那些因政治或其他原因而供应面临风险的金属。与锡一起，这些被广泛用于各种电子应用，光学和一系列其他应用，并与铜和银一起集中在新斯科舍省的东肯普特维尔矿床。预计对这些金属的需求将会增长，目前加拿大一家专门从事稀有和关键金属勘探的公司Avalon Rare metals Inc.正在对该矿床进行重新调查。我们的研究旨在了解这种矿化的特征，以及金属集中的原因，以及铟和锗的分布。后者很重要，因为这些金属在某些矿物中含量很低，了解它们的位置对有效的冶金加工很重要。我们将研究各种矿物的化学成分，为东肯普特维尔矿床的矿化演化建立一个模型。这是为了帮助阿瓦隆了解这种资源，并更好地勘探和开发这些类型的矿床。这将提高加拿大在矿产地质方面的知识基础，并帮助Avalon开发对新斯科舍省经济至关重要的资源。

The elements indium and germanium are considered critical or electronic metals. Critical metals are those whose supplies are at risk for political or other reasons. Along with tin, these are used in a wide variety of electronics applications, optics, and in a range of other applications, and are concentrated, along with copper and silver, in the East Kemptville deposit in Nova Scotia. Demand for these metals is expected to grow and this deposit is now being re-investigated by Avalon Rare Metals Inc., a Canadian exploration company specializing in rare and critical metals. Our research is designed to understand the character of this mineralization and why the metals were concentrated, as well as the distribution of indium and germanium. The latter is important as these metals occur at low concentrations in some minerals, and understanding their location is important for efficient metallurgical processing. We will investigate the chemical composition of a variety of minerals to develop a model for the evolution of mineralization in the East Kemptville deposit. This is designed to help Avalon understand this resource and to better explore and develop these types of deposits. It will improve Canada's knowledge base for this aspect of mineral deposit geology and help Avalon move toward the development of a resource that will be important for the economy of SW Nova Scotia.