Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-01868, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Piercey, Stephen (Memorial University of Newfoundland), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Newfoundland and Labrador|Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Discovery Grants Program - Individual, program name french : Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles, program purpose english : Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits are important sources of metals (zinc, lead, copper, gold, silver) to the Canadian and global economy. Despite millennia of mining, and decades studying these deposits, there are still fundamental questions that remain regarding what controls the size (tonnage) and abundance (grade) of mineralization. In particular, high-value deposits are often large and/or have high grades of metal, yet the controls on grade and tonnage are not fully understood. This research program will focus on rocks in the Canadian Cordilleran and Appalachian mountain belts, looking at the compositions of rocks and minerals associated with VMS deposits as a function of deposit tonnage and grade to evaluate the potential role that magmas play in deposit genesis, and to evaluate the role that the oxygen content of ocean waters in the past has played in deposit localization and metal abundance. The proposed research will create new knowledge that will contribute scientifically, but also provide mineral exploration parameters that may help geoscience practioners to become better explorers and to rank exploration and development targets. Moreover, it will train numerous students with skills that will make them able to enter the Canadian geoscience profession upon completion of their degrees., program purpose french : Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits are important sources of metals (zinc, lead, copper, gold, silver) to the Canadian and global economy. Despite millennia of mining, and decades studying these deposits, there are still fundamental questions that remain regarding what controls the size (tonnage) and abundance (grade) of mineralization. In particular, high-value deposits are often large and/or have high grades of metal, yet the controls on grade and tonnage are not fully understood. This research program will focus on rocks in the Canadian Cordilleran and Appalachian mountain belts, looking at the compositions of rocks and minerals associated with VMS deposits as a function of deposit tonnage and grade to evaluate the potential role that magmas play in deposit genesis, and to evaluate the role that the oxygen content of ocean waters in the past has played in deposit localization and metal abundance. The proposed research will create new knowledge that will contribute scientifically, but also provide mineral exploration parameters that may help geoscience practioners to become better explorers and to rank exploration and development targets. Moreover, it will train numerous students with skills that will make them able to enter the Canadian geoscience profession upon completion of their degrees., agreement title english : Interrogating the role of magmatism, tectonics, crustal growth and basin redox in controlling localization, genesis, tonnage, and grade of exhalative base and precious metal mineralization along evolving continental margins, agreement title french : Interrogating the role of magmatism, tectonics, crustal growth and basin redox in controlling localization, genesis, tonnage, and grade of exhalative base and precious metal mineralization along evolving continental margins, agreement number : RGPIN, agreement value : 195000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada