Prof Reid Keays - Researcher Profile

Biography

Reid works in the School of Geosciences at Monash University as a Professorial Fellow

 

 

Reid’s research areas of interest are:

 

• Metallogenic fertility and Re-Os geochronology of ore systems
• Controls on the formation of Palladium-rich sulfide mineralization in the River Valley intrusion, Sudbury area, Ontario
• Platinum group element geochemistry of flood basalts and sub-volcanic intrusions

 

Qualifications

PHD IN GEOLOGY

Institution: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Year awarded: 1968

BACHELOR OF GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Institution: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Year awarded: 1962

Publications

Book Chapters

Layton-Mattews, D., Lesher, C., Burnham, O., Hubert, L., Peck, D., Golightly, J., Keays, R., 2010, Exploration for komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization in the Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, in Special Publication 15: The Challenge of Finding New Mineral Resources: Global Metallogeny, Innovative Exploration, and New Discoveries, eds Richard J. Goldfarb, Erin E. Marsh and Thomas Monecke, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton USA, pp. 513-538.

Lesher, C.M., Keays, R.R., 2002, Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE deposits: Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis, in The geology, geochemistry, mineralogy and Mineral beneficiation of the platinum-group elements, eds L. Cabri, Canadian Institute Mineral Metallurgy Petroleum, pp. 579-618.

Zhou, M., Yang, Z., Song, X., Keays, R.R., Lesher, C.M., 2002, Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposits in China, in The geology, geochemistry, mineralogy and beneficiation of the platinum-group elements, eds L. Cabri, Canadian Institute Mineral Metallogy Petroleum, pp. 339-366.

James, R., Jobin-Bevans, S., Easton, R.M., Wood, P., Hrominchuk, J.L., Keays, R.R., Peck, D.C., 2002, Platinum-group element mineralization in palaeproterozoic basic intrusions in central and northern Ontario, Canada, in The geology, geochemistry, mineralogy and beneficiation of the platinum-group elements, eds L. Cabri, Canadian Institute Mineral Metallogy Petroleum, pp. 339-366.

Journal Articles

Jowitt, S.M., Keays, R.R., Jackson, P., Hoggart, C., Green, A., 2012, Mineralogical and geochemical controls on the formation of the Woods Point Dike Swarm, Victoria, Australia: evidence from the Morning Star Dike and implications for sourcing of Au within orogenic gold systems, Economic Geology [P], vol 107, issue 2, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton USA, pp. 251-273.

Jowitt, S.M., Keays, R.R., 2012, Shale-hosted Ni-(Cu-PGE) mineralisation: a global overview, Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science [P], vol 120, issue 4, Maney Publishing, London UK, pp. 187-197.

Ihlenfeld, C., Keays, R., 2011, Crustal contamination and PGE mineralization in the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence for multiple contamination events and transport of magmatic sulfides, Mineralium Deposita [P], vol 46, issue 7, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 813-832.

Layton-Matthews, D., Lesher, C., Liwanag, J., Halden, N., Burnham, M., Hulbert, L., Peck, D., Keays, R., 2011, Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization in the Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Reviews in Economic Geology [P], vol 17, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton USA, pp. 123-143.

Lightfoot, P., Keays, R., Evans-Lamswood, D., Wheeler, R., 2011, S saturation history of Nain Plutonic Suite mafic intrusions: origin of the Voiseya's Bay Ni-Cu-Co sulfide deposit, Labrador, Canada, Mineralium Deposita [E], vol 47, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 23-50.

Yuan, F., Taofu, Z., Dayu, Z., Jowitt, S., Keays, R., Shuai, L., Yu, F., 2011, Siderophile and chalcophile metal variations in basalts: Implications for the sulfide saturation history and Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization potential of the Tarim continental flood basalt province, Xinjiang Province, China, Ore Geology Reviews [P], vol 45, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 5-15.

Song, X., Danyushevsky, L., Keays, R., Chen, L., Wang, Y., Tan, Y., Xiao, J., 2011, Structural, lithological, and geochemical constraints on the dynamic magma plumbing system of the Jinchuan Nia??Cu sulfide deposit, NW China, Mineralium Deposita [E], vol 47, issue 3, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg Germany, pp. 277-297.

Keays, R., Lightfoot, P., Hamlyn, P., 2011, Sulfide saturation history of the Stillwater Complex, Montana: chemostratigraphic variation in platinum group elements, Mineralium Deposita [E], vol 47, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 151-173.

Howell, D., Abraham-James, T., Keays, R., Boyce, A., 2011, The nature and genesis of marginal Cu-PGE-Au sulphide mineralisation in Paleogene Macrodykes of the Kangerlussuaq region, East Greenland, Mineralium Deposita [E], vol 47, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 3-21.

Keays, R.R., Lightfoot, P.C., 2010, Crustal sulfur is required to form magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits: Evidence from chalcophile element signatures of Siberian and Deccan Trap basalts, Mineralium Deposita [P], vol 45, issue 3, Springer, Germany, pp. 241-257.

Fiorentini, M., Barnes, S., Lesher, C., Heggie, G., Keays, R., Burnham, M., 2010, Platinum group element geochemistry of mineralized and nonmineralized Komatiites and Basalts, Economic Geology [P], vol 105, issue 4, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton USA, pp. 795-823.

Song, X., Keays, R.R., Xiao, L., Qj, H., Ihlenfeld, C., 2009, Platinum-group element geochemistry of the continental flood basalts in the central Emeisihan Large Igneous Province, SW China, Chemical Geology [P], vol 262, issue 3-4, Chemical Geology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 246-261.

Song, X., Keays, R.R., Zhou, M., Qi, L., Ihlenfeld, C., Xiao, J., 2009, Siderophile and chalcophile elemental constraints on the origin of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, NW China, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta [P], vol 73, issue 2, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp. 404-424.

Gregory, M.J., Keays, R.R., Wilde, A.R., 2008, Magmatic history of the Eastern Creek Volcanics, Mt Isa, Australia: insights from trace-element and platinum-group-element geochemistry, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 55, issue 8, Geological Society of Australia (Taylor & Francis ltd), Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 1153-1173.

McInnes, B.I., Keays, R.R., Lambert, D.D., Hellstrom, J., Allwood, J., 2008, Re-OS geochronology and isotope systematics of the Tanami, Tennant Creek and Olympic Dam Cu-Au deposits, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 55, issue 6-7, Geological Society of Australia (Taylor & Francis), Oxon, UK, pp. 967-981.

Gregory, M.J., Schaefer, B.F., Keays, R.R., Wilde, A.R., 2008, Rhenium-osmium systematics of the Mount Isa copper orebody and the Eastern Creek Volcanics, Queensland, Australia: implications for ore genesis, Mineralium Deposita, vol 43, issue 5, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 553-573.

Keays, R.R., Lightfoot, P., 2007, Siderophile and chalcophile metal variations in tertiary picrites and basalts from West Greenland with implications for the sulphide saturation history of continental flood basalt magmas, Miner Deposita, vol 42, issue 4, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg Germany, pp. 319-336.

Wang, C.Y., Zhou, M., Keays, R.R., 2006, Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Permian Baimazhai mafic-ultramafic intrusion, SW China, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol 152, issue 3, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 309-321.

Song, X., Zhou, M., Keays, R.R., Cao, Z., Sun, M., Qi, L., 2006, Geochemistry of the Emeishan flood basalts at Yangliuping, Sichuan, SW China: implications for sulfide segregation, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol 152, issue 1, Springer Verlag, Germany, pp. 53-74.

Momme, P., Tegner, C., Brooks, C.K., Keays, R.R., 2006, Two melting regimes during Paleogene flood basalt generation in East Greenland: combined REE and PGE modelling, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol 151, issue 1, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 88-100.

Sproule, R.A., Lescher, C.M., Houle, M.G., Keays, R.R., Ayer, J.A., Thurston, P.C., 2005, Chalcophile element geochemistry and metallogenesis of komatiitic rocks in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada, Economic Geology, vol 100, issue 6, Economic Geology Publishing Co., USA, pp. 1169-1190.

Zhou, M., Robinson, P., Lesher, C., Keays, R., Zheng, C., Malpas, J., 2005, Geochemistry, petrogenesis and metallogenesis of the Panzhihua gabbroic layered intrusion and associated Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China, Journal Of Petrology [P], vol 46, issue 11, Oxford University Press, England, pp. 2253-2280.

Lightfoot, P.C., Keays, R.R., 2005, Siderophile and chalcophile metal variations in flood basalts from the Siberian Trap, Noril'sk Region: Implications for the origin of the Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ores, Economic Geology, vol 100, issue 3, Economic Geology Publishing Co, USA, pp. 439-462.

Keays, R.R., Lightfoot, P., 2004, Formation of Ni-Cu-Platinum group element sulphide mineralisation in the Sudbury impact melt sheet, Mineralogy and Petrology, vol 82, Springer Verlag Wien, Vienna Austria, pp. 217-258.

Momme, P., Oskarsson, N., Keays, R.R., 2003, Platinum-group elements in the Icelandic rift system: melting processes and mantle sources beneath Iceland, Chemical Geology, vol 196, issue 1, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 209-234.

Zhou, M., Malpas, J., Song, X., Robinson, P., Sun, M., Kennedy, A., Lesher, C.M., Keays, R.R., 2002, A temporal link between the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China) and the end-Guadalupinan mass extinction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 196, pp. 113-122.

Momme, P., Tegner, C., Brooks, C.K., Keays, R.R., 2002, The behaviour of platinum-group elements in basalts from the East Greenland rifted margin, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol 143, issue 2, pp. 133-153.

Lightfoot, P., Keays, R.R., Doherty, W., 2001, Chemical evolution and origin of nickel sulfide mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada, Economic Geology, vol 96, pp. 1855-1875.

P, D.C., Keays, R.R., James, R., Chubb, P.T., Reeves, S., 2001, Controls on the formation of contact-type PGE mineralization in the East Bull Lake Intrusion, Economic Geology, vol 96, pp. 559-582.

Lesher, C.M., Burnham, O.M., Keays, R.R., Barnes, S., Hulbert, L., 2001, Geochemical discrimination of barren and mineralized komatiites associated with magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposits,, Canadian Mineralogist, vol 39, pp. 673-696.

McBride, J.S., Mcinnes, B.I., Keays, R.R., 2001, Relationship between copper tonnage of Chilean base-metal porphyry deposits and Os isotope ratios: comment and reply, Geology, vol 29, issue 5, Geological Society of America, Inc., Boulder USA, pp. 467-468.

Prevec, S.A., Lightfoot, P., Keays, R.R., 2000, Evolution of the sublayer of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: geochemical, Sm-Nd isotopic and petrologic evidence, Lithos, vol 51, pp. 271-292.

Brooks, K.C., Keays, R., Lambert, D.D., Frick, L.R., Nielsen, T., 1999, Re-Os isotope geochemistry of Tertiary picritic and basaltic magmatism of East Greenland: constraints on plume-lithosphere interactions and the genesis of the Platinova reef, Skaergaard intrusion, Lithos, vol 47, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 107-126.

Conference Proceedings

Hardwick, B., Jowitt, S.M., Keays, R.R., 2012, Disseminated PGE-CU-NI sulfide mineralization within the Rietfontein deposit, Eastern Limb, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Implications for the formation of the platreef, 12th International Ni-Cu-(PGE) Symposium, 16th June - 21st June 2012, State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sci, Guiyang China, pp. 83-86.

Jowitt, S., Keays, R., Peck, D., 2010, New insights into the geology and mineral potential of the West Raglan Ni-Cu-PGE project, Cape Smith Fold Belt, Quebec, Abstracts, 11th International Platinum Symposium, 21-24 June 2010, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 21 June 2010 to 24 June 2010, Ontario Geological Survey, Sudbury Canada, pp. 1-4.

Keays, R.R., Ihlenfeld, C., Foster, J., Jowitt, S.M., 2009, Crustal contamination and PGE mineralization in the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Evidence for muliple contamination events and transport of magmatic sulphides, Smart Science for Exploration and Mining, 17-20 August 2009, James Cook University Economic Geology Research Unit, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 176-179.

Keays, R.R., Jowitt, S.M., Callaghan, T., 2009, The Avebury Ni deposit, Tasmania; a case study of an unconventional nickel deposit, Smart Science for Exploration and Mining, 17-20 August 2009, James Cook University Economic Geology Research Unit, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 173-175.

Gregory, M.J., Keays, R.R., Wilde, A.R., 2005, Platinum-group element geochemistry of the Eastern Creek Volcanics, Mount Isa, Australia, Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting, 18/08/2005 to 21/08/2005, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 961-964.

Gregory, M.J., Wilde, A.R., Schaefer, B.F., Keays, R.R., 2005, Potassic alteration and veining and the age of copper emplacement at Mount Isa, Australia, Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting, 18/08/2005 to 21/08/2005, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 755-758.

Brooks, K.C., Frick, L.R., Lambert, D.D., Nielsen, T., Keays, R., 1997, Re-Os isotope geochemistry of Tertiary picritic and basaltic magmatism of east Greenland: Constraints on plume-lithosphere interactions and the genesis of the Platinova Reef, Supplement to EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, 8-12/12/97, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, pp. F781-F782.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Petrogenesis and Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide potential of the Giles Comples, west Musgrave Province, Central Australia..

Supervisors:

Keays, R (Main), Jowitt, S (Associate), Tomkins, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Stratigraphy, geochemistry and origin of products of complex volcanic centres, newer volcanics basaltic field, Victoria..

Supervisors:

Keays, R (Joint-co), Nicholls, I (Joint), Hayman, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Structure and Emplacement of the Voisey's Bay Intrusion, Labrador, Canada.

Supervisors:

Cruden, A (Main), Keays, R (Associate).