Objective A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT (CONTROLS OF METALLOGENESIS, ECONOMIC POTENTIAL) OF TWO AREAS OF THE ASTURO-SARDINIAN PROVINCE, ENCOMPASSING THE CAMBRIAN SHELF AND THE ORDOVOCIAN ACTIVE PALEOMARGIN. THIS RESEARCH WILL BE CARRIED OUT JOINTLY WITH UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE (CONTRACT MSM 128) AND ALSO IN COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI (CONTRACT MSM 051). IN ITS REGIONAL APPROACH, IT AIMS AT RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF A LARGE SEGMENT OF ANCIENT EUROPEAN COAST. IT ALSO AIMS AT MODELLING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MINERALISATION PRESENT IN SEVERAL LEVELS OF THE CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN SEQUENCE. IT WILL CONSIST OF: 1) INVESTIGATIONS ON THE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF DETRIAL AND CARBONATE SEDIMENTS. AIM: - TO RECONSTRUCT ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION AND DIAGENESIS, PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF MINERALISATIONS. - TO INVESTIGATE DOLOMITISATIONS IN DETAIL, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO SULFIDE CONCENTRATION PROCESSES. 29 MINERALOGICAL ANALYSES, TO CHARACTERIZE MINERAL PHASES. 3) CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS OF ROCKS AND ORES. 4) INVESTIGATIONS ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES, BOTH KNOWN AND NEWLY FOUND: DATA COLLECTING, TYPOLOGY, METALLOGENESIS. Programme(s) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) EU contribution No data Address Avenue de Concyr 45060 Orléans France See on map Total cost No data