Emeritus Professor, Ph.D. and FAusIMM
Exploration Geochemistry and Petrological Consulting
About
Ken Collerson PhD, FAusIMM, has degrees from the University of New England (BSc. Hons.) and Adelaide University (Ph.D.). He established an international career in academia at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU, University of Regina and the University of California Santa Cruz. From 1992 until 2010, as Professor of Earth…
Qualifications and Expertise
Qualifications B.Sc – University of New England, N.S.W., Australia. B.Sc. (Hons.) 1st Class – University of New England, N.S.W., Australia. Ph.D. – University of Adelaide, S.A., Australia. Expertise Employment record as a geologist in academia, and as a principal consultant, I have a unique set of high-level geological skills. Multi-skilled geological knowledge and my ability…
Summary of Activities and Discoveries 1998 – 2015
SW Queensland – Geological Survey of Queensland 2014 Spinifex biogeochemical study in the Simpson Desert. Three styles of mineralisation identified: suture-related Cu-Au mineralisation epithermal and possible phorphyry style Cu-Au REE, HFSE, PGE, Au, Cu, Sc mineralisation in carbonatite-phoscorite intrusions Recognised that the carbonatite-phoscorite intrusions were part of a Devonian aged plume track that extended from…