We offer a series of short courses as part of our Master of Economic Geology and Master of Science (Exploration Geoscience) degrees to help industry geologists to keep up with advances in mineral exploration technology and ore deposit research.The courses are supported by the Minerals Council of Australia through the Minerals Tertiary Education Council.

Each course features an extended format comprising an intensive program of lectures, seminars and practicals, some involving fieldwork in Tasmania or overseas. The course leaders are specialists selected from industry and universities, and are eminent in their fields. Each course is available to industry participants as a complete two-week course, or segments of particular interest can be taken in individual blocks.

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Courses available are:

Volcanology and Mineralisation in Volcanic Terranes March 2010

This course provides an introduction to the processes and products of different eruption styles, contrasts in scale and structure of volcanoes, identification of key volcanic facies associations and interpretation of facies variations. Mineralisation and alteration processes related to hydrothermal systems in subaerial and submarine volcanic environments and implications for mineral exploration are included. This course is a field based unit with trips to the North Island of New Zealand to examine modern volcanic systems and a trip to the West Coast of Tasmania to examine the well mineralised and altered, Cambrian Mt Read Volcanics.

Course Leader: Prof. Jocelyn McPhie

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Brownfields Exploration June 2010

The compilation of large datasets that are common in areas of significant previous exploration can present a challenge for any geologist. This course is a lab- and field-based unit that looks at exploration in and around minesites where there is often abundant data. This course will cover GIS applications, and the interpretation of geochemical and geophysical data at various scales. This information will be enhanced by practical exercises involving the integration of multiple datasets from world-class mineralised districts. A field excursion to the west coast of Tasmania will examine real life exploration issues at several minesites.

Course Leader: Dr. Tony Webster

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Ore Deposit Models and Exploration Strategies November 2010

Ore Deposit Models and Exploration Strategies is an up-to-date synopsis of ore-deposit types and their characteristics. Important features which relate to their genesis and exploration will be discussed and exploration models will be presented for each style. Deposit styles covered include VHMS, Broken Hill Type, Proterozoic Cu-Au, Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au, Skarn Deposits, Sediment Hosted Massive Sulfides and Epithermal Au-Ag. The course is presented by Professor Ross Large and a team of Australian and international experts on each deposit style.

Course Leader: Dr. Tony Webster

 

Ore Deposits of South America 2011

An exciting field-based course in the Andes covering the major ore deposit styles of South America, deposit types including Porphyry Cu-Mo, High Sulfidation Epithermal Gold and Iron-Oxide Cu-Au. Mines visited include El Teniente (the world's largest underground mine) and Chuquicamata, the world's largest open pit. A series of presentations by researchers and exploration geologists working in South America will address the geology, tectonic-setting and important exploration criteria for each deposit style.

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Course Leaders: Ass. Prof. David Cooke, Prof. Bruce Gemmell and Dr. Tony Webster
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Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Hydrology and Geochronology 2011

This course covers a variety of geochemical and geochronological techniques used to interpret environments of ore formation and processes of ore genesis, and discusses the implications of these datasets for mineral exploration. Topics include Ar-Ar, U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology, whole rock and trace element chemistry of igneous rocks, sulfide trace element chemistry, stable and radiogenic isotopes, fluid inclusions and hydrothermal geochemistry.

Course Leader: Ass. Prof. David Cooke
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More information on each course will be made available nearing its commencement date.

Enquiries can be made to the short course co-ordinator Dr. Tony Webster.