Dr James Lambert-Smith
Lecturer in Exploration and Resource Geology
- lambert-smithj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4323
- 2.31C, Y Prif Adeilad, Plas y Parc, Caerdydd, CF10 3AT
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwg
- Metallogenesis
- Mineral deposits
- Hydrothermal fluids
- Mineralogy
- Tourmaline
Bywgraffiad
- 2017-present: Lecturer in Exploration and Resource Geology – School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University
- 2014-2017: Lecturer in Applied Geology and Metamorphic Petrology – School of Natural and Built Environments, Kingston University
- 20110-2014: PhD – Kingston University and Randgold Resources
- 2005 - 2009: MSci Geology – University of Southampton
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Fellow of The Geological Society
- Member of the Mineralogical Society
- Member of the Society of Economic Geologists
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- 2014-2017: Lecturer in Applied Geology, Kingston University
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
- Tourmaline 2017 – Czech Republic (2017)
- Metallogenesis, Tectonics & Surface Evolution of West African Craton (WAXI Meeting) – Dakar, Senegal (2015)
- Society of Economic Geologists Annual Conference (2012, 2014)
- Mineral Deposit Studies Group Meeting (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Cyhoeddiadau
2022
- Torvela, T., Chapman, R. and Lambert-Smith, J. 2022. An introduction to Recent Advances in Understanding Gold Deposits: from Orogeny to Alluvium: the importance of multi-method approaches and developing a characterization. Geological Society Special Publications 516(1) (10.1144/SP516-2022-196)
2020
- Lambert-Smith, J. S., Allibone, A., Treloar, P. J., Lawrence, D. M., Boyce, A. J. and Fanning, M. 2020. Stable C, O, and S isotope record of magmatic-hydrothermal interactions between the Falémé Fe Skarn and the Loulo Au systems in Western Mali. Economic Geology 115(7) (10.5382/econgeo.4759)
2017
- Lawrence, D., Allibone, A., Chang, Z., Meffre, S., Lambert-Smith, J. S. and Treloar, P. J. 2017. The Tongon Au Deposit, Northern Côte d’Ivoire: an example of Paleoproterozoic Au Skarn Mineralization. Economic Geology 112(7), pp. 1571-1593. (10.5382/econgeo.2017.4522)
2016
- Lambert-Smith, J. S., Rocholl, A., Treloar, P. J. and Lawrence, D. M. 2016. Discriminating fluid source regions in orogenic gold deposits using B-isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 194, pp. 57-76. (10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.025)
- Lambert-Smith, J. S., Lawrence, D. M., Vargas, C. A., Boyce, A. J., Treloar, P. J. and Herbert, S. 2016. The Gounkoto Au deposit, West Africa: Constraints on ore genesis and volatile sources from petrological, fluid inclusion and stable isotope data. Ore Geology Reviews 78, pp. 606-622. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.10.025)
- Lambert-Smith, J. S., Lawrence, D. M., Müller, W. and Treloar, P. J. 2016. Palaeotectonic setting of the south-eastern Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, West Africa: New insights from igneous trace element geochemistry and U-Pb zircon ages. Precambrian Research 274, pp. 110-135. (10.1016/j.precamres.2015.10.013)
- Lawrence, D. M., Lambert-Smith, J. and Treloar, P. J. 2016. A review of gold mineralization in Mali. In: Bouabdellah, M. and Slack, J. F. eds. Mineral Deposits of North Africa. Mineral Resource Reviews Springer, pp. 327-351., (10.1007/978-3-319-31733-5_13)
I am interested in all aspects of hydrothermal mineral deposit genesis, with a focus on orogenic gold deposits. In particular, my research involves establishing the processes which lead to the concentration of gold in economic quantities, and the sources and character of the hydrothermal fluids that facilitate these processes. I am also interested in structural controls on the location and size of ore deposits, as well as developing new tools for mineral deposit exploration.
I address these topics through field studies, textural and chemical analysis of minerals, and investigation of the composition and original temperature and pressure of ancient gold-bearing hydrothermal fluids entrapped in mineral grains. I also use stable isotope geochemistry of minerals associated with ore (e.g. tourmaline, dolomite, pyrite) to explore the sources of hydrothermal fluids, and by proxy, sources of gold.
