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

新斯科舍省东部肯普维尔花岗岩相关的 Sn-In-Cu-Zn-Ag 矿床中锡和铟富集的过程

• 批准号: 490976-2015
• 负责人: Samson, Iain
• 金额: $ 0.84万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=674778
• 关键词: Processes; governing; tin; indium; enrichment

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.

元素铟和锗被认为是关键或电子金属。 关键金属是指那些由于政治或其他原因供应受到威胁的金属。 这些元素沿着锡被用于各种各样的电子应用、光学和一系列其他应用中，并且与铜和银一起沿着集中在新斯科舍省的East Kemptville存款中。 预计对这些金属的需求将增长，阿瓦隆稀有金属公司正在重新调查这一存款，一家加拿大勘探公司，专门从事稀有金属和关键金属的勘探。 我们的研究旨在了解这种矿化的特征以及金属富集的原因，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的浓度很低，了解它们的位置对于有效的冶金加工很重要。我们将研究各种矿物的化学成分，以建立东肯普特维尔存款矿化演化模型。这是为了帮助阿瓦隆了解这一资源，并更好地探索和开发这些类型的矿床。 它将改善加拿大在矿物存款地质学方面的知识基础，并帮助阿瓦隆走向对西南新斯科舍省经济至关重要的资源开发。