Adelaide University

Chief Investigators

Dr Lucy McGee

Prof Carl Spandler

Prof Nigel Cook

Associated Centre

Australian Critical Minerals Research Centre

Projects

Copper mineralogy and deportment in the weathering transition zone of the Hillside IOCG deposit, South Australia

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery

Novel stable isotope geochemistry of critical mineral ore systems

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery

Developing geochemical vectoring tools for the exploration of large, metal-endowed skarn deposits

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery

Exploring heavy rare earth element enrichment in carbonatites: Insights from the world class Mt Weld Deposit, Western Australia

  • Adelaide University , Theme 2 - Accelerating Characterisation
  • RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites

The role of marine silicate alteration in the formation of sediment hosted critical metal deposits

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 3: Regolith and Cover: Surface Processes

Exposing a New Rare Earth Element Mineralisation Province at the Western Margin of the Pine Creek Orogen, Northern Territory

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery

Geological evolution & critical mineral (REE, Li, U, Co) potential of the Curnamona Province, South Australia​

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 1: Pegmatites , RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites , RP 3: Regolith and Cover: Surface Processes , RP 4: Repurposing , RP 6: Data-driven Knowledge

Unravelling the Behaviour and Concentration Processes of Rare Earth Elements in Regolith Environments​

  • Adelaide University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 3: Regolith and Cover: Surface Processes , RP 4: Repurposing