Copper Basins Exploration Science (CuBES) - A Mineral Systems Approach

铜盆地勘探科学 (CuBES) - 矿物系统方法

• 批准号: NE/T003758/1
• 负责人: Alison Rust
• 金额: $ 16.34万
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FT003758%2F1
• 关键词: Copper; Basins; Exploration; Science; CuBES

The criticality of Cu, Co (+/- V) in battery technology and electricity transmission has established them as key components of the carbon-free energy transition. A major proportion of these elements are sourced from sedimentary basin-hosted deposits, formed from large-scale fluid flow systems. Recent work has shown that diverse basin architectures and processes were responsible for their genesis, yet we still do not understand why so few basins become highly endowed with metals. Given their paucity, the geological evolution of such basins demands the juxtaposition of unique conditions that: (1) generated large volumes of metal-bearing fluid; (2) provided sufficient sulfur; (3) created reducing trap sites; and (4) focused fluid flow into these sites [5]. Understanding large deposits is particularly significant because they are efficient to mine and offer the greatest societal benefits.Our particular focus is to develop and integrate mineral and petroleum systems approaches to provide a disruptive innovation opportunity in the science and industrial applications in this field. Our objectives are to identify the processes, operating over a range of scales, that lead to the formation of large Cu-Co-(V) deposits and derive new and practical exploration tools. The opportunity is timely, given the current wave of academic interest in these ore systems, and the increased collaboration between industry and academia to develop sophisticated methods that can reduce exploration costs, risk and environmental impact. To tackle these challenges, we have assembled a multi-institute academic consortium with internationally-recognised expertise across the geosciences. We have also built strategic research alliances with: (1) the UK's major mining houses, Rio Tinto and Anglo American, and with BHP and First Quantum Minerals, all with global interests in sediment-hosted copper mineralisation; (2) the energy sector (Scheupbach Energy); and (3) international academic partners (CSIRO, Univ. Houston, GFZ Potsdam, Universidad Nacional, Buenos Aires. The collaboration between PIs, PDRAs, affiliated PhD students funded outside the grant, industry and international partners will deliver high impact scientific publications, new data and tools to support the development of lower risk mineral exploration strategies, and highlight the UK as a world-leading community for research in basin-hosted mineral systems.

CU，CO（+/- V）在电池技术和电力传输中的关键性已将它们确立为无碳能量过渡的关键组成部分。这些元素的很大一部分来自由大规模流体流量系统形成的沉积盆地托管沉积物。最近的工作表明，多样化的盆地建筑和过程是其起源的原因，但是我们仍然不明白为什么很少有如此少量的盆地被金属赋予。考虑到它们的稀少，这种盆地的地质演变要求与独特条件的并置：（1）产生大量的金属含流液； （2）提供了足够的硫； （3）创建了还原陷阱站点； （4）聚焦的流体流入这些位点[5]。理解大型存款特别重要，因为它们有效地挖掘并提供最大的社会利益。我们的特定重点是开发和整合矿物和石油系统方法，以在该领域的科学和工业应用中提供破坏性的创新机会。我们的目标是确定在一系列尺度上运行的过程，从而导致形成大型Co-Co-（V）沉积物，并得出新的和实用的探索工具。鉴于当前对这些矿石系统的学术兴趣浪潮以及行业和学术界之间的合作，可以及时及时，以开发出可以降低勘探成本，风险和环境影响的复杂方法。为了应对这些挑战，我们已经在整个地球科学的国际认可的专业知识中汇集了一个多个基金会的学术联盟。我们还通过以下方式建立了战略研究联盟：（1）英国主要的采矿房，里约热内卢和盎格鲁美国人，以及必和必拓和第一量子矿物质，所有这些都对储藏式铜矿矿化具有全球利益； （2）能源部门（Scheupbach Energy）； （3）国际学术合作伙伴（CSIRO，UNIV。休斯顿，GFZ Potsdam，Nacional，Buenos Aires。系统。