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2022
N. Zuccarelli, C. Lesher, M., Houlé, M. G., Weston, R., and Barnes, S. J., “Diversity of Net-Textured Sulfides in Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Insights from the Eagle’s Nest Ni-Cu-(Platinum Group Element) Deposit, McFaulds Lake Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Canada”, Economic Geology, vol. 117, pp. 1731-1759, 2022.
Y. Wang, C. Lesher, M., Lightfoot, P. C., Pattison, E. F., and J. Golightly, P., “Genesis of Sublayer, Footwall Breccia, and Associated Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex”, Economic Geology, vol. 117, pp. 1791-1807, 2022.
2021
Y. Lu, C. Lesher, M., Yang, L., Leybourne, M. I., and He, W., “Genesis and mechanisms of metal enrichment in the Baimazhai Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Ailaoshan Orogenic Belt, SW China”, The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 59, pp. 1543-1570, 2021.
Y. Lu, C. Lesher, M., Yang, L., Leybourne, M. I., He, W., Yuan, M., Yang, Z., and Gao, X., “Genesis of the Jinbaoshan PGE-(Cu)-(Ni) deposit: Distribution of chalcophile elements and platinum-group minerals”, The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 59, pp. 1511-1542, 2021.
2018
S. J. Barnes, Le Vaillant, M., Godel, B., and C. Lesher, M., “Droplets and bubbles; solidification of sulphide-rich vapour-saturated orthocumulates in the Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore-bearing intrusions”, Journal of PetrologyJournal of Petrology, vol. 60, pp. 269-300, 2018.
GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geological Institute.2019-029394Norilsk IntrusionTalnakh Intrusion
T. R. C. Jørgensen, Tinkham, D. K., and C. Lesher, M., “Low-pressure and high-temperature metamorphism of basalts: insights from the Sudbury impact melt sheet aureole and thermodynamic modelling”, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2018.
HES MERC
M. G. Houlé, C. Lesher, M., and Préfontaine, S., “Physical volcanology of komatiites and Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits of the Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belst”, in Archean Base and Precious Metal Deposits, Southern Abitibe Greenstone Belt, Canada: Reviews in Economic Geology, vol. 19, T. Monecke, Mercier-Langevin, P., and Dubé, B., Eds. 2018, pp. 103-132.
M. G. Houlé, C. Lesher, M., and Préfontaine, S., “Physical volcanology of komatiites and Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits of the Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belst”, in Archean Base and Precious Metal Deposits, Southern Abitibe Greenstone Belt, Canada, Reviews in Economic Geology, 2018-01-01th ed., T. Monecke, Mercier-Langevin, P., and Dubé, B., Eds. 2018, pp. 103-132.
Y. Wang, C. Lesher, M., Lightfoot, P. C., Pattison, E. F., and J. Golightly, P., “Shock metamorphic features in mafic and ultramafic inclusions in the Sudbury igneous complex; implications for their origin and impact excavation”, GeologyGeology, vol. 46, pp. 443-446, 2018.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2018-032311
2017
T. R. C. Jørgensen, Tinkham, D. K., C. Lesher, M., and Petrus, J. A., “Decoupling of Zr-Hf during contact metamorphic anatexis of metabasalts and timing of zircon growth, Sudbury, Canada”, GeologyGeology, vol. 46, pp. 159-162, 2017.
10.1130/G39590.1
G. S. McNamara, C. Lesher, M., and Kamber, B. S., “New feldspar lead isotope and trace element evidence from the Sudbury igneous complex indicate a complex origin of associated Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization involving underlying country rocks”, Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic GeologistsEconomic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, vol. 112, pp. 569-590, 2017.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2017-041407
S. J. Barnes, Mungall, J. E., Le Vaillant, M., Godel, B., C. Lesher, M., Holwell, D., Lightfoot, P. C., Krivolutskaya, N., and Wei, B., “Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits; disseminated and net-textured ores”, American MineralogistAmerican Mineralogist, vol. 102, pp. 473-506, 2017.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2017-043449Black Swan DepositInsizwa DepositKatinniq DepositKevitsa IntrusionPiaohechuan DepositRaglan BeltTalnakh Deposit
M. C. Lesher, “The ups and downs of magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide melts in large igneous complexes”, Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, vol. 40. Kingston, ON, p. 222, 2017.
2016
Y. Lu, Deng, J., C. Lesher, M., and Yang, L., “Genesis of the Jinbaoshan PGE-(Cu)-(Ni) deposit, western Yunnan, China; constraints from geochemistry of PGEs and mineralogy of base metal sulfides and PGMs”, in 13th international Ni-Cu-PGE symposium; abstracts, B. Godel, Barnes, S., Gonzales-Alvarez, I., Fiorentini, M. L., and Le Vaillant, M., Eds. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, West. Aust., Australia, 2016, p. 52.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2017-037380Jinbaoshan Deposit
C. S. Spath, III, Farhangi, N., C. Lesher, M., Carson, H. J. E., Mehrmanesh, K., and Houlé, M. G., “Geology and genesis of Fe-Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization in the Black Label hybrid zone of the 2.7 Ga Black Thor intrusive complex, McFaulds Lake greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada”, in 13th international Ni-Cu-PGE symposium; abstracts, B. Godel, Barnes, S., Gonzales-Alvarez, I., Fiorentini, M. L., and Le Vaillant, M., Eds. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, West. Aust., Australia, 2016, p. 72.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2017-037400Black Label ZoneBlack Thor ComplexMcFaulds Lake greenstone belt
M. C. Lesher, “The roles of xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, xenovolatiles, and skarns in the genesis of sulfide-rich magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits and chromite-rich magmatic Cr deposits”, in 13th international Ni-Cu-PGE symposium; abstracts, B. Godel, Barnes, S., Gonzales-Alvarez, I., Fiorentini, M. L., and Le Vaillant, M., Eds. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, West. Aust., Australia, 2016, p. 50.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2017-037378
2015
H. J. E. Carson, C. Lesher, M., and Houlé, M. G., “Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Black Thor intrusive complex and associated chromite mineralization, McFaulds Lake greenstone belt, Ontario”, in Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4; Canadian nickel-copper-platinum group elements-chromium ore systems; fertility, pathfinders, new and revised models, D. Ames and Houlé, M. G., Eds. Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2015, pp. 87-102.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2016-108629Black Thor ComplexMcFaulds Lake greenstone beltpartial assimilation
C. S. Spath, III, C. Lesher, M., and Houlé, M. G., “Hybridized ultramafic rocks in the Black Label hybrid zone of the Black Thor intrusive complex, McFaulds Lake greenstone belt, Ontario”, in Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4; Canadian nickel-copper-platinum group elements-chromium ore systems; fertility, pathfinders, new and revised models, D. Ames and Houlé, M. G., Eds. Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2015, pp. 103-114.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2016-108630Black Label hybrid zoneBlack Thor ComplexMcFaulds Lake greenstone belt
L. Richan, Gibson, H. L., Houlé, M. G., and C. Lesher, M., “Mode of emplacement of Archean komatiitic tuffs and flows in the Selkirk Bay area, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada”, Precambrian ResearchPrecambrian Research, vol. 263, pp. 174-196, 2015.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2015-067789Prince Albert BeltSelkirk Bayvolcanic structures
M. C. Lesher, “Secular changes in lava/magma channelization and the volcanic/subvolcanic/plutonic settings of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE and chromite mineralization on Earth”, in AGU 2015 fall meeting, vol. 2015, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States, 2015.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2016-106101
2014
S. Perrouty, Linnen, R. L., Olivo, G. R., C. Lesher, M., and Wares, R., “Canadian Malartic geological footprint; integration of airborne magnetic surveys, field observations, mineralogical and geochemical data of mafic intrusive rocks”, in Geological Association of Canada-MAC/Atlantic Geoscience Society joint annual meeting; Illuminating the past 175 years, vol. 37, Geological Association of Canada, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2014, p. 220.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2017-005265Malartic MinePontiac Group
J. Mukwakwami, Lafrance, B., C. Lesher, M., Tinkham, D. K., Rayner, N. M., and Ames, D., “Deformation, metamorphism, and mobilization of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ores at Garson Mine, Sudbury”, Mineralium Deposita, vol. 49, pp. 175-198, 2014.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2014-030048Garson Mine
J. Mukwakwami, C. Lesher, M., and Lafrance, B., “Geochemistry of deformed and hydrothermally mobilized magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE ores at the Garson Mine, Sudbury”, Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic GeologistsEconomic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, vol. 109, pp. 367-386, 2014.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2014-004500Garson Mine
2012
J. Mukwakwami, Lafrance, B., and C. Lesher, M., “Back-thrusting and overturning of the southern margin of the 1.85 Ga Sudbury igneous complex at the Garson Mine, Sudbury, Ontario”, Precambrian ResearchPrecambrian Research, vol. 196-197, pp. 81-105, 2012.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2012-049635backthrust faultsGarson MineLabradorian OrogenySouth Range
S. Su and C. Lesher, M., “Genesis of PGE mineralization in the Wengeqi mafic-ultramafic complex, Guyang County, Inner Mongolia, China”, in 34th international geological congress; abstracts, vol. 34, [International Geological Congress], [location varies], International, 2012, p. 2655.
GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geological Institute.2013-051524Guyang ChinaWengeqi Complex