Magmatic Sulfide Conferences

Planned, upcoming, and past conferences are listed below. Send additional information and corrections to Michael Lesher <mlesher@laurentian.ca>.

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Thunder Bay 2024, Ontario. Organizer: Peter Hollings. Venue: Lakehead University. Pre- and Post-Meeting Field Trips: 1) Lac des Iles Mine, 2) Current Lake and Escape Lake PGE-Cu-Ni Deposits in the Thunder Bay North Project area, 3) Marathon deposits, and 4) Regional geology of the 1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift System on the northern shore of Lake Superior in  Canada and  USA. Link to ANNOUNCEMENT. Link to WEBSITE.

Virtual 2020, Organizers: Sarah-Jane Barnes & Eduardo Mansur (Part A), Steve Barnes and David Holwell (Part B), and Michael Lesher (Zoom).  Part A Abstract Volume   Part B Abstract Volume     Eagle Field Trip

Freemantle 2016, Western Australia. Theme: Commemorating 50th anniversary of discovery of the Kambalda Ni-Cu-PGE camp. Organizers: Steve Barnes, Margaux le Vaillant, Ignacio Gonzalez-Alvarez, Marco Fiorentini, Belinda Godel. Venue: Esplanade Hotel. Participants: Approx 150 attendees.  Field Trip: Post-conference field trip to Komatiites and Associated Rocks of the Kalgoorlie-Leonora Region. Special Issue: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 90, edited by Marco Fiorentini, Margaux le Vaillant, and David Mole

Guiyang 2012, China. Organizers: Xie-Yan Song, Hong Zhong, and Zhongli Tang. Field trips to Jinchuan (X-Y Song) and Emeishan-Panzhihua (H Zhong). Workshop on Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Deposits.

Xi'an 2009, China. Organizers: Zhongli Tang and M Liu. Field trip to Jinchuan (Chusi Li and Ed Ripley).

Beijing 2007, China. Organizer: ???. Short courses on Magmatic Ores (Tony Naldrett) and Stable Isotopes (Ed Ripley).

Hong Kong 2004, Theme: Recent Advances in Magmatic Ore Systems in Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks. Organizer: Mei-Fu Zhou. Sponsor:  IGCP Project 479.  Symposium: 80+ participants. Pre-meeting workshop on Geology and Genesis of Magmatic Ore Deposits. Post-conference field trips to the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit and the Panzhihua Fe-Ti-V oxide deposit.

Rouyn-Noranda 1999, Québec. Dates: 15-26 July 1999. Venue: Rouyn-Noranda, Québec. Organizer: Sarah-Jane Barnes. Sponsor: IGCP Project 427. Symposium: 29 presentations by 56 participants from 10 countries (Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, Norway, Russia, South Africa, USA, UK, Zimbabwe). Pre-meeting field trip to Komatiites and Associated Ni-Cu-(PGE) Deposits in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Ontario-Québec (Paul Davis, Tony Fowler, Wulf Mueller) attended by 24 participants from 8 countries. Post-meeting field trip to Komatiitic Peridotites and Associated Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits in the Cape Smith Belt, northern Québec (Michael Lesher) attended by 20 participants from 8 countries (enrollment limited by extreme remote location and logistics).

Duluth 1995, Minnesota. Organizer: ???. Field trip to Duluth Complex.

Sudbury 1992, Ontario. Organizer: Tony Naldrett. Sponsor: IGCP Project 336. Field trips to Sudbury, Timmins komatiites, and Thompson. Special publication by OGS (Tony Naldrett).

Harare 1987, Zimbabwe. Organizer: ???. Sponsor: IGCP Project 161. Field trip to Great Dyke. Special volume published by IMM (Martin Prendergast).

Perth 1982, Western Australia. Organizers: David Groves and Michael Lesher, Sponsor: IGCP 161. Field trips to WA Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits (D Groves and M Lesher). Special volume published by IMM (D Buchanan).

Harare 1981, Zimbabwe. Organizer: ???. Sponsor: IGCP Project 161. Field trips to Trojan, Shangani, and Epoch.

Turku 1980, Finland. Organizer: Heikki Papunen. Sponsor: IGCP 161. Field trips to Narvik (Rona), Luleo and Skelleftea Ni, Pennikat, Central Finland komatiites.

Toronto 1978, Ontario. Organizer: Tony Naldrett. Sponsor: IGCP Project 161. Field trips to Sudbury and Abitibi komatiites. Special issue of Canadian Mineralogist (Tony Naldrett).

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