On Sunday, August 10, 1997 the 4th Biennial SGA Meeting convened 417
participants in Turku, Finland. Distribution of registered participants
between different categories was: 16 invited speakers including the keynote
ones, workshop and short course lecturers, 109 SEG and SGA Members, 194
non-members, 48 students and 50 accompanying participants. The distribution
among the 34 countries represented was as follows: Argentina 4, Australia
18, Austria 14, Belgium 2, Brazil 1, Bulgaria 1, Canada 16, China 2, Croatia
1, Czech Republic 5, Denmark 2, Egypt 5, Finland 103, France 17,
Germany 34, Greece 6, Hungary 2, Italy 6, Japan 1, Korea 3, Morocco 1,
Norway 4, Poland 13, Portugal 2, Russia 40, Saudi Arabia 2, Republic of
Slovakia 1, South Africa 3, Spain 17, Sweden 27, Switzerland 11, Turkey
11, United Kingdom 23, United States 19. The meeting was preceeded by two
field trips, A2 and A4. Excursion A2, organized and guided by Dr. Pär
Weihed of the Geological Survey of Sweden and Mr. Timo Mäki of the
Outokumpu Mining Oy, visited, during 5 days, the Skellefte mining field
in Sweden and the Pyhäsalmi and Hitura mines as well as several exploration
targets in western Finland. The trip was attended by 25 delegates. Dr.
Kirsti Loukola-Ruskeeniemi and Dr. Peter Sorjonen-Ward of the Geological
Survey of Finland (GSF) organized and guided the field trip A4 for 21 participants
the majority of which were members of the IGCP Project 357. They visited
during two long days the black schist occurrences and some other mineral
deposits in eastern Finland. Three field trips were organized after the
symposium. The 42 participants of the B1 excursion visited the mining areas
of northern Fennoscandia and got acquainted with the Kemi chromite and
Pahtavaara gold mines in Finland and with Kiruna iron and Aitik copper-gold
mines in northern Sweden. Mr. Markku Lappalainen of the GSF skillfully
guided the excursion and kept the largest group of field trip participants
in good order. The field trip B3 visited during two days the gold occurrences
and abandoned mining areas of southwestern Finland. Prof. Carl Ehlers of
the Åbo Akademi University was the leader and 30 delegates participated
to the trip. Third post-symposium field trip B4 took, during 7 days, the
21 participants to the mineral deposits of the Kola Peninsula, in northwesern
Russia. Dr. Markku Iljina of the GSF and Mr. Mikhail Torokhov of the Kola
Science Centre (Russia) organized and guided the trip which visited the
Pechenga Ni-Cu deposits and the Olenogorsk iron and Khibine apatite mines.
All the field trips were succesful, the weather was superb, and I have
the feeling that the programmes in general satisfied the participants.
Special thanks are devoted to Dr. Pekka Nurmi of the GSF and Prof. Krister
Sundblad of the Stockholm University for field-trip coordination, and to
all the field trip leaders who spent much time and efforts for preparing
the trip, choosing the outcrops to be visited, writing the guide books
and taking care of the logistic arrangements. The guide books were printed
by the Geological Survey of Finland in the "Guide-Opas" -series and I would
like to thank the reviewers, Dr. Peter Sorjonen-Ward and Dr. Hugh O'Brien
and the editor Mrs. Sini Autio for their work.
The Workshop "Use of wallrock alteration and primary geochemical dispersion
in mesothermal gold exploration" organized by Dr. Ed Mikucki (University
of Western Australia) and by Pasi Eilu (University of Turku), as well as
the short course "Application of Geochronology and isotope geochemistry
to ore deposits" organized by Alain Cheilletz (CRPG-CNRS, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy),
Robert Moritz (University of Geneva), A.E. Fallick (SURRC, Glasgow) and
F. Saupé (CNRS, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy) were held on Sunday, August
10, at the University of Turku. The Gold Workshop gathered 44 participants
and the Isotope Geology Short Course 26. The support of the Society of
Economic Geology (SEG) covered travel, registration and printing costs
for the leaders of the workshop and short course.
The scientific programme of the 4th Biennial SGA Meeting included 8
keynote lectures who spoke in two different sessions so that all participants
could attend these high-quality and interesting presentations. I'm sure
that all participants agree when I say that keynote lectures were the backbone
of the programme and we all owe our sincere thanks to Rob Hill, Bram Janse,
Tony Naldrett, Jan Pasava, Jane Plant, Steve Scott, Dick Sillitoe and Noel
White for their efforts to prepare skillful and advanced talks.
238 papers were presented either as posters or oral presentations in
12 topical sessions including organics and mineral deposits, gold and precious
metal deposits, submarine hydrothermal processes and mineralizations, mineral
deposits in mafic and ultramafic rocks, mineral deposits in sedimentary
environments, granites and ore formation, industrial mineral deposits,
diamond deposits and exploration, metamorphism and ore deposits, mineral
deposit modelling in exploration, environmental aspects of mineral deposits
and open session. The session on gold and precious metal deposits collected
the highest number of papers (54) and also the session on mineral deposits
in mafic and ultramafic rocks was popular in terms of the number of papers
presented (33). The extended abstracts were prepared by the authors to
a camera-ready form and they were printed prior to the Meeting by A.A.
Balkema Printers, Netherlands. The quality book with almost 1000 pages
was distributed to all participants at the registration.
The congress social programme included the welcoming party at the congress
hotel and the reception of the City of Turku which took place at the festival
hall of the volunteer corps of the Turku fire-brigade. The delegates were
then also informed about the history of the town and the big fire which,
in 1827, totally destroyed Turku, at that time capital of Finland. As a
result of this Turku lost the capital title and the famous old university
in favour of a small fishing village, Helsinki, which had been only recently
raised to a town corporation. More history of Finland and nearby areas
was delivered during the Congress banquet which took place at the medieval
Turku Castle under the hospitality of Duke John of Finland and his spouse
Duchess Catherine Jagellonica. The dinner was prepared and served according
to the style of the seventeenth century and it was accompanied by a programme
of the Renaissance time. The Duke had a good knowledge of the background
of his guests and the dialogue between him and the guests was impressive.
The organization of the 4th Biennial Meeting would have not been possible
without the volunteer work of tens of people. I would like especially to
mention the good and constructive work of the Organizing Committee and
the skillful ladies of the Turku University Congress Office who patiently
satisfied the changing wishes of the organizing committee and the enquiries
of the numerous participants. The local geologists and students who ran
the slide show and took care of the arrangements during the Meeting deserve
special thanks. The financial support of the Academy of Finland was the
backing which made the organization possible. The organizers thank SGA
for the support which we could allocate to the registration, traveling
and accommodation costs of participants coming from low-economy countries,
and BHP Minerals International Exploration Ltd. who kindly supported the
participation of students. We also acknowledge with thanks the financial
aid of the University of Turku Foundation, of the Society of Economic Geologists
and of the mining companies Outokumpu Mining Oy and Terra Mining Oy: the
wheels are not running without power and the support of these organizations
was the power to speed up the process.
Despite the organization took much of my time during the last two years,
the process allowed to establish new contacts with numerous people and
to better understand the differences between people and thoughts which
all make the world so interesting.
Looking forward to seeing you in London 1999.
Turku, Finland, October 30, 1997
Heikki Papunen, Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Mineralium Deposita and Mineral Deposit Notes
Mineralium Deposita continues to flourish. We are pleased to report
that the first Mineral Deposit Note has been received in the Denver Office.
As you know, these Notes were intended to be a form of Mineral Deposit
Letter which would describe new discoveries of deposits or camps in brief
terms for rapid publication. The description includes at least a map of
where the deposit is, a cross-section, a description of the geology, a
description of the ore and some idea of the size and importance of the
find.
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MINERALIUM DEPOSITA FINANCE
The last Council meeting put Mineralium Deposita finance onto a sound
footing. It was agreed that a fixed proportion (47.5%) of the royalties
earned by the Journal would be plowed back into Journal development. This
allows us to plan more for the long-term future in terms of Thematic Issues,
colour plates and English corrections: all designed to give the SGA member
a better deal and to continue to improve Mineralium Deposita as a superb
product. Thematic Issues for 1998 include the important Iberian Issue and
the Frank Vokes Issue. Two Thematic Issues are underway for 1999 including
Chinese Gold and East Siberian Ores.
David Rickard, Editor of Mineralium Deposita
I. Plimer elected SGA honorary member
- Prof. I. Plimer, Melbourne, former SGA President has been elected
Honorary Member by the Society (see article by E. Stumpfl).
5th Biennial SGA Meeting in London
- The 5th Biennial SGA Meeting will be held in London, U.K., August
22-25, 1999 at the Imperial College and the Natural History Museum.
The Chair is Dr. C. Stanley (Department of Mineralogy, The
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, LONDON, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom,
Fax: +44 171 938 9268, E-mail cjs@nhm.ac.uk).
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list of SGA activities under "Announcements", and
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Executive Committee
1997-President E.F. Stumpfl (Austria)
1997-Vice-President J. Pasava (Czech Republic)
1997-Past President Z. Johan (France)
1997-Past Vice-President B. Lehmann (Germany)
Executive Secretary M. Pagel (France)
Treasurer P. Herzig (Germany)
Chief Editor D. Rickard (United Kingdom)
Regional Vice-Presidents (1996-1997)
N. America D. Leach (U.S.A.)
S. America W. Vivallo (Chile)
Asia H. Shimazaki (Japan)
Australia P. Seccombe (Australia)
S. Africa H. Frimmel (South Africa)
Councillors: term ending on December 31, 1997
L. Fontboté (Switzerland)
K. Sunblad (Sweden)
J. Boulègue (France)
J.F. Sureau (France)
O. Thalhammer (Austria)
B. Stribrny (Germany)
Councillors: term ending on December 31, 1999
C. Ayora (Spain)
A. Björlykke (Norway)
C. Gasparrini (U.S.A.)
P. Lattanzi (Italy)
C. Marignac (France)
S. Scott (Canada)
Ex officio Members, SEG
President B. Skinner (U.S.A.)
Executive Secretary T. A. Thoms (U.S.A.)