PGE-Cu mineralization in the Coldwell Complex, Ontario: Controls on mineralization and exploration vectors

铂族元素(PGE)，包括铂和钯，是既稀有又有价值的金属。它们最重要的用途是用作催化剂，特别是在汽车催化转化器和石油精炼中，但也用于电子和玻璃工业。加拿大只有一个PGE的主要生产商，我们研究的最终目标是帮助Stillwater Canada Inc.勘探和开发PGE矿床，该矿床还包含另一种有价值的金属铜，位于安大略省马拉松附近的Coldwell火成岩综合体中。这些矿床形成于大约10亿年前，我们的目标是了解导致这些矿床形成的过程，从而了解它们的特征和分布，以便在已知矿床周围和新地区制定更有效的勘探战略。我们将通过使用先进的分析技术研究已知矿化内部和周围岩石和矿物中的化学变化来实现这一点，这些技术使我们能够评估形成矿床的岩浆和流体的历史。对加拿大的潜在好处是发现新的PGE-铜矿床，以及随之而来的安大略省北部的经济效益。

The platinum group elements (PGE), including platinum and palladium, are metals that are both rare and valuable. Their most important use is as catalysts, particularly in automobile catalytic converters and in petroleum refining, but are also used in the electronics and glass industries. Canada has only one primary producer of PGE and the ultimate objective of our research is to help Stillwater Canada Inc explore for and develop PGE deposits, which also contain copper, another valuable metal, in the Coldwell igneous complex, near Marathon, Ontario. These deposits formed approximately 1 billion years ago, and our goal is to understand the processes that led to the formation of the deposits, and hence their character and distribution, in order to develop more effective exploration strategies, both around the known deposits and in new areas. We will achieve this by studying the chemical variations seen in the rocks and minerals within and around the known mineralization using sophisticated analytical techniques that allow us to assess the history of the magmas and fluids that formed the deposits. The potential benefit to Canada is the discovery of new PGE-Cu deposits and the attendant economic benefits for northern Ontario.