Faculty

Paul G. Spry

Professor
Economic Geology

256 Science I
Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-9637
Email: pgspry@iastate.edu

Education
B.S. (with Honors) University of Adelaide, 1977
M.S. University of Adelaide, 1979
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1984

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Research Interests
Dr. Spry's research interests are in economic geology, mineralogy and petrology and include the geochemistry of metallic and non-metallic deposits. He is particularly interested in the petrological, mineralogical, structural, geochronological, stable isotope and fluid inclusion characteristics of epithermal and mesothermal gold deposits, as well as the effects of metamorphism on massive sulfide deposits Current research projects include: the origin of gold telluride deposits in Greece, Fiji, Montana, and Papua New Guinea; sulfidation-oxidation relations associated with metamorphosed ores at the Angas Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, South Australia; the origin of meta-exhalites associated with metamorphosed massive sulfides in the southern Curnamona Province, Australia (including the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag deposit); the origin of epithermal and mesothermal gold deposits in Turkey; the crystallographic characterization of precious metal sulfides and sulfosalts.
Research Projects

Teaching
GEOL 105X Gems and Gemstones
GEOL 311 Mineralogy and Earth Materials
GEOL 324 Energy and the Environment
GEOL 365 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEOL 507 Midwestern Geology Field Trip
Course Descriptions

Recent Refeered Publications
Heimann, A., Spry, P.G., Teale, G.S., and Jacobson, C.E., 2006, Coronas, symplectite textures, and reactions involving aluminous minerals in gedrite-cordierite gneisses from Evergreen, Front Range, Colorado. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 44 (August issue), in press.

Spry, P.G., and Scherbarth, N.L., 2006, Vanadium silicates and oxides in the Tuvatu gold-silver telluride deposit, Fiji. Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 84, in press.

Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., and Spry, P.G., 2006, Preface – Special Issue: Telluride and selenides minerals in gold deposits – how and why? Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 84, in press.

Heimann, A., Spry, P.G., Teale, G.S., and Jacobson, C.E., 2006, Coronas, symplectite textures, and reactions involving aluminous minerals in gedrite-cordierite gneisses from Evergreen, Front Range, Colorado. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 44 (August issue), in press.

Bindi, L., Spry, P.G., and Pratesi, G., 2006, Lenaite, AgFeS2, from the Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, U.S.A.: Composition, physical properties and determination of the crystal structure. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 44, p. 207-212.

Scherbarth, N.L. and Spry, P.G., 2006, Mineralogical, petrological, stable isotope, and fluid inclusion characteristics of the Tuvatu gold-silver telluride deposit, Fiji: Comparisons with the Emperor deposit. Economic Geology, v. 101, p. 135-158.

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