Mineral Systems

Mineral Systems - Research Program

Our objectives are: (1) to describe mineral deposits and systems, (2) characterise their geological environments, (3) to understand and model key processes for metallic concentrations at all scales.

Our actions are derived into three axes:

Metals at magmatic stage

Hydrothermal system dynamics

Geological contexts & geometries

Membres

12 Permanents

4 Postdocs/ATER

5 PhD candidates

Methodes

Observation

Experimentation

Modelling

Projects

4 ANR

1 European Project

Publications

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Membres

Team head: Iacono Marziano Giada and Jeremie Melleton

Permanent.e.s:

Matthieu Harlaux  (Ch – BRGM)

Romain Augier  (MCF – UO)

Remi Coltat  (MCF – UO)

Yan Chen  (Pr – UO)

Michel Faure  (Pr E – UO)

Giada Iacono Marziano   (CR – CNRS)

Fabrice Gaillard  (DR – CNRS)

Laurent Guillou-Frottier  (Ch – BRGM)

Charles Gumiaux  (MCF – UO)

Arnault Lassin (Ch – BRGM)

Gautier Laurent  (MCF – UO)

Marion Louvel   (CR – CNRS)

Jeremie Melleton (Ch – BRGM)

Alexis Plunder (Ch – BRGM)

Anthony Pochon (Ch – BRGM)

Florian Osselin  (Vema Hydrogen)

Pierre-Alexandre Reninger (Ch – BRGM)

Stanislas Sizaret  (PU – UO)

Hugues Thouin (Ch – BRGM)

Alex Vella (Ch – BRGM)

Postdocs et ATER:

Loic Bouat  (ATER – UO)

Hèctor R. Campos Rodriguez (ATER – UO)

Julien Fort  (Vema Hydrogen)

Cordula Haupt  (Ch – CNRS)

Ville Virtanen  (Ch – CNRS)

Doctorant·e·s:

Chatelin Tom

Guégan Samuel

Horanyi Bence

Laouici Imaddedine

Jamey Thibaut

Methods

    • Structural Analysis (analysis of microstructures, inversion of fault informations, paleostress, geometries, and kinematics of large structures).
    • Petrological, mineralogical, and geochemical characterisation of natural objects.
    • HP-HT Experiments
    • Analyses of fluid inclusions & silicates (P-V-T-X conditions of magmatic-hydrothermal systems)
    • U-Th/Pb Datations (time constraints on cooling, deformation, and mineralisation)
    • Thermo-barometric modelling (P-T-X paths).
    • Thermodynamic modelling (metal sollubility, fluid-rock interactions, equilibrium silicate liquid  – supercritic fluids).
    • Fluid flow modelling (simulations of thermo-hydro-mecha-chemical).
    • Modelling of 3D geological structures.
    • Digital geological mapping and spatial analysis.

Research axes

Concentration des métaux aux stades magmatiques: sources et fractionnements, mécanismes de concentration et rôle des fluides

  • Coefficients de partage et solubilité des espèces dans les fluides.

  • Granites et pegmatites à métaux rares (comportement du Li).

  • Liquide sulfuré et conditions de formation des gisements de sulfures magmatiques

  • Gisements REE associés aux carbonatites

  • Transition magmatique-hydrothermale

Inclusions fluides dans un cristal d’ilménite (Bretagne). © Anthony Pochon
Pegmatite à eudialyte, feldspath et amphibole (Ilímaussaq Groenland). © BRGM
Synchrotron XAS measurments at ESRF (BM23). © M.Louvel

Dynamics of hydrothermal systems: alteration-deformation coupling in fossil and active systems

  • Hydrothermal systems in magmatic contexts (W-Sn mineralization, volcanic massive sulfides, epithermal and porphyry ore deposits…).
  • Fluid-rock interactions and deformation: dynamic permeability and focusing of hydrothermal flux.
  • Hydrothermal pulses and lifetime of mineralizing processes.
  • Large-scale (10 km) modelling of fluid flow and temporal evolution of hydrothermal systems.
  • Modeling of present-day geothermal systems (magmatic and amagmatic).
  • Dynamics of hydrothermal fluids and georesources in crustal fault zones.
Agrégats fibroradiés de tourmaline expérimentale. © I. Di Carlo, J. Fort
Cartographie elementaire du Granite du Huelgoat (Bretagne). © J. Fort
Muscovite, quartz and wolframite vein intersected by carbonate veinlets (Panasqueira, Portugal). © G. Launay

Geometrical and tectonical context of mineralizations: deformation, evolution of P-T-X-t conditions, statistical spatial analysis & predictivity

  • Fracturation tectonic context.
  • Evolution of P-T-X conditions and temporal constraints.
  • Geodynamic context and metallogenic fertility (Cu—Mo, Sn-W).
  • Structural inheritance & metal Héritage structural et remobilisation des métaux

Publications


50 documents

Articles dans une revue39 documents

  • Marion Louvel, Denis Testemale, Alain Prat, Eric Lahera, William Del-Net, et al.. A transparent IHPV for the in-situ geochemical characterization of magmatic volatile phases and melts. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025, 466, pp.108381. ⟨10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108381⟩. ⟨insu-05093808v2⟩
  • Thomas Blaise, Olivier Averbuch, Yves Missenard, Clémence Roy, Agathe Jullien-Sicre, et al.. Timing of inversion of the Weald–Boulonnais basin inferred from calcite U–Pb geochronology of brittle structures along the Opal Coast, northern France. Journal of the Geological Society, 2025, 182 (4), ⟨10.1144/jgs2024-222⟩. ⟨insu-05067383⟩
  • Agathe Jullien‐sicre, Yves Missenard, Thomas Blaise, Romain Augier, Oriane Parizot, et al.. Timing of Contractional Stress Propagation, From the Pyrenean Orogen to the Intraplate Domain, Evidenced by U‐Pb Dating of Syn‐Kinematic Calcite. Tectonics, 2025, 44 (2), ⟨10.1029/2024TC008634⟩. ⟨insu-04974387⟩
  • Xin Zhu, Bo Wang, Yunpeng Dong, Yan Chen, Hongsheng Liu, et al.. Decoupling of Magnetic Fabrics From Magnetic Remanences: Insights From Migmatites in Central Tianshan, NW China. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2025, 130 (1), ⟨10.1029/2024JB029473⟩. ⟨insu-04867964⟩
  • Rémi Coltat, C.G.C. Patten, J.A. Padrón-Navarta, F. Hochscheid, M. Ulrich, et al.. Constraints on Fe-Ca metasomatism in mineralized mantle rocks: Insights from in-situ geochemistry and thermodynamic modeling. Chemical Geology, 2025, 687, pp.122826. ⟨10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122826⟩. ⟨insu-05064010v2⟩
  • R. Coltat, Baptiste Debret, R. Tilhac, Muriel Andreani, C.G.C. Patten, et al.. Multi-isotopic (Fe-Cu-Zn) constraints on the magmato-hydrothermal history during mantle exhumation at slow-spreading centers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025, 388, pp.48-60. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2024.11.013⟩. ⟨hal-04974645⟩
  • Michel Faure, Eric Marcoux, Marc Poujol, Clément Masson. How Stiff Was Armorica During the Variscan Orogeny? A Reappraisal of the “Bretonian” Phase in Central Brittany. Geosciences, 2025, 15, pp.60. ⟨10.3390/geosciences15020060⟩. ⟨insu-04940275⟩
  • Loïc Bouat, Pierre Strzerzynski, Véronique Gardien, Guillaume Barré, Yannick Branquet, et al.. Unconformity-related mineralization and fluid transfers in the northern Aquitaine Basin (France) revealed by fluid inclusions and S-Sr isotopes studies. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2025, 272, pp.107713. ⟨10.1016/j.gexplo.2025.107713⟩. ⟨insu-04941840v2⟩
  • Wei Lin, Yin Wang, Fei Liu, Lingtong Meng, Qinying Wu, et al.. Indochina orogenic belt and related geodynamics. Science China Earth Sciences, 2025, ⟨10.1007/s11430-024-1499-5⟩. ⟨insu-05020495⟩
  • Emmy Penhoët, Laurent Arbaret, Laurent Guillou-Frottier, Hugo Duwiquet, Charles Gumiaux, et al.. Fluid flow in crustal fault zones with varying lengthwise thickness: application to the Margeride fault zone (French Massif Central). Geothermal Energy, 2025, 13, pp.6. ⟨10.1186/s40517-025-00334-9⟩. ⟨hal-04892277⟩
  • Ville J. Virtanen, Jussi S. Heinonen, Lena Märki, Matthieu E. Galvez, Ferenc Molnár. Publisher Correction to: Sedimentary and metamorphic processes priming black shale for magmatic assimilation of sulfur: an example from the Virginia Formation, Minnesota, United States. Mineralium Deposita, 2025, 60 (2-3), pp.321-321. ⟨10.1007/s00126-024-01276-1⟩. ⟨insu-04603563⟩
  • Manuela Borchert, Maria A. Kokh, Marion Louvel, Elena F. Bazarkina, Anselm Loges, et al.. Tungsten Solubility And Speciation In Hydrothermal Solutions Revealed By In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 2025, 37, pp.111-130. ⟨10.5194/ejm-37-111-2025⟩. ⟨insu-04982028⟩
  • Imadeddine Laouici, Gautier Laurent, Christelle Loiselet, Yannick Branquet. A knowledge-driven modeling formalism for automatic structural interpretation. Earth Science Informatics, 2025, 18 (1), pp.84. ⟨10.1007/s12145-024-01613-y⟩. ⟨hal-04868458⟩
  • L. Carbillet, L. Griffiths, Michael J. Heap, H. Duwiquet, P. Baud, et al.. The Influence of Micro- and Macrocracks on the Permeability of Granite. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2025, 58, pp.1361-1378. ⟨10.1007/s00603-024-04174-0⟩. ⟨hal-04826278⟩
  • Wei Lin, Michel Faure, Lingtong Meng. The Uplift of Armorica and the Bretonian Movements of the Variscan Orogeny-New Insights From Detrital Zircons in the Early Carboniferous Terrigenous Rocks of the Laval Basin (Armorican Massif, France). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2025, 26 (6), pp.e2024GC011944. ⟨10.1029/2024GC011944⟩. ⟨insu-05121929⟩
  • Ivo Antonio Dussin, Mario Luiz S.C. Chaves, Tania Mara Dussin, Phillippe Rossi, Jacques Charvet. The Borrachudos Granitic Suite: Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic A-type Magmatism in the Southeastern São Francisco Craton (SE Brazil). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2025, 97 (1), ⟨10.1590/0001-3765202520231254⟩. ⟨hal-04967698⟩
  • Zhiqin Xu, Haibing Li, Yuntao Tian, Qin Wang, Changqin Yu, et al.. Formation, reactivation and exhumation of the extruded basement wedge in the southern Longmen Shan, eastern Tibetan plateau. Journal of the Geological Society, 2024, 181 (6), ⟨10.1144/jgs2023-088⟩. ⟨insu-04866136⟩
  • Olivier Blein, Thomas Fullgraf, Maxime Padel, Jérémie Melleton, Matthieu Chevillard, et al.. Geochemical and geochronological signatures of granitoids from the Chaillu massif, Congo Craton: Insights into Mesoarchean crustal growth. Precambrian Research, 2024, 409, pp.107435. ⟨10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107435⟩. ⟨insu-04591828⟩
  • Michel Faure, Olivier Fabbri, Jacky Ferrière, Laurent Jolivet, Sylvie Leroy. Avant-propos. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2024, 356 (S2), pp.1-6. ⟨10.5802/crgeos.260⟩. ⟨hal-04758897⟩
  • Wei Lin, Fei Liu, Yin Wang, Lingtong Meng, Michel Faure, et al.. Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of the Ailaoshan–Song Ma–Song Chay ophiolitic mélange, and its significance on the evolution of Paleo-Tethys. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2024, 356 (S2), pp.115-136. ⟨10.5802/crgeos.248⟩. ⟨insu-04903448⟩
  • Hugo Duwiquet, Albert Genter, Laurent Guillou-Frottier, Frédéric Victor Donzé, Patrick Ledru, et al.. Advanced 3D TH and THM Modeling to Shed Light on Thermal Convection in Fault Zones With Varying Thicknesses. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2024, 129 (4), pp.e2023JB028205. ⟨10.1029/2023JB028205⟩. ⟨hal-04553692⟩
  • Agathe Faure, Nicolas Loget, Laurent Jolivet, Charles Gumiaux, Cécile Allanic, et al.. 3D geometrical modelling of the non-cylindrical Vélodrome Miocene fold in the southwestern Alps. Tectonophysics, 2024, 879, pp.230296. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230296⟩. ⟨insu-04526086⟩
  • Nourhane Bounab, Laurent Duclaux, Laurence Reinert, Abdelkrim Oumedjbeur, Fabrice Muller, et al.. Ferrihydrite coating on kaolinite assisted by ultrasound for improving Cr(VI) adsorption in aqueous solutions. Applied Clay Science, 2024, 250, pp.107287. ⟨10.1016/j.clay.2024.107287⟩. ⟨hal-04501907⟩
  • Anselm Loges, Marco Manni, Marion Louvel, Max Wilke, Sandro Jahn, et al.. Complexation of Zr and Hf in fluoride-rich hydrothermal aqueous fluids and its significance for high field strength element fractionation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024, 366, pp.167-181. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.013⟩. ⟨insu-04431876⟩
  • Rais M Latypov, O Namur, Y Bai, S J Barnes, Syu Chistyakova, et al.. Layered intrusions: Fundamentals, novel observations and concepts, and controversial issues. Earth-Science Reviews, 2024, 249, pp.104653. ⟨10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104653⟩. ⟨insu-04423856⟩
  • Michel Pichavant, Saskia Erdmann, Daniel J Kontak, Julie Michaud, Arnaud Villaros. Trace element partitioning in strongly peraluminous rare-metal silicic magmas – Implications for fractionation processes and for the origin of the Macusani Volcanics (SE Peru). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024, 365, pp.229-252. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.021⟩. ⟨insu-04326334⟩
  • Michel Faure. Alpine, Variscan, eo-Variscan belts: comparison between hot and cold orogens from the examples of French segments. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2024, 356, pp.289-307. ⟨10.5802/crgeos.215⟩. ⟨insu-04106009⟩
  • Ville J. Virtanen, Henri M. A. Höytiä, Giada Iacono-Marziano, Shenghong Yang, Marko Moilanen, et al.. From the mantle source to the crustal sink: magmatic differentiation and sulfide saturation of the Paleoproterozoic komatiites of the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, Finland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2024, 179, ⟨10.1007/s00410-024-02154-9⟩. ⟨insu-04647670⟩
  • Christophe Ballouard, Patrick Carr, Flore Parisot, Eric Gloaguen, Jérémie Melleton, et al.. Petrogenesis and tectonic-magmatic context of emplacement of lepidolite and petalite pegmatites from the Fregeneda-Almendra field (Variscan Central Iberian Zone): clues from Nb-Ta-Sn oxide U-Pb geochronology and mineral geochemistry. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2024, 195 (3), ⟨10.1051/bsgf/2023015⟩. ⟨insu-04303268⟩
  • Kévin Fréville, Jean-Baptiste Jacob, Jonas Vanardois, Pierre Trap, Jérémie Melleton, et al.. Protracted magmatism and crust–mantle interaction during continental collision: insights from the Variscan granitoids of the external western Alps. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2024, 113, pp.1165-1196. ⟨10.1007/s00531-024-02420-y⟩. ⟨hal-04614712⟩
  • Hyunjoo Lee, Yves Moussallam, Cyril Aubaud, Giada Iacono-Marziano, Keiji Hammond, et al.. Carbon isotope fractionation between CO2 and carbon in silicate melts at high temperature. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024, 380, pp.208-219. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2024.07.015⟩. ⟨insu-04649843⟩
  • François Fournier-Roy, Carl Guilmette, Kyle Larson, Antoine Godet, Mathieu Soret, et al.. Geochemistry and geochronology of the Bay of Islands metamorphic sole, Newfoundland, Canada: Protoliths and implications for subduction initiation. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2024, 136 (1-2), pp.371-387. ⟨10.1130/B36662.1⟩. ⟨insu-04360095⟩
  • Fang Song, Bo Wang, Xinghua Ni, Mohamed Abu Anbar, Yan Chen, et al.. From early Paleozoic subduction to end-Carboniferous post-orogenic collapse: New constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Central and South Tianshan (NW China). Gondwana Research, 2024, 129, pp.305-331. ⟨10.1016/j.gr.2024.01.001⟩. ⟨hal-04362974⟩
  • Stanisław Żukowski, Annemiek Johanna Maria Cornelissen, Florian Osselin, Stéphane Douady, Piotr Szymczak. Breakthrough-induced loop formation in evolving transport networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024, 121, ⟨10.1073/pnas.2401200121⟩. ⟨insu-04676495⟩
  • Eric Gloaguen, Anthony Pochon, Yannick Branquet, Marc Poujol, Philippe Boulvais, et al.. Comment on: The La Lucette Sb-Au-(W) vein-deposit (Armorican Massif, France): New time and genetic constraints to decipher the 310–295 Ma Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the Variscan Belt by Cheval-Garabédian et al. (2023). Ore Geology Reviews, 2024, 171, pp.106185. ⟨10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106185⟩. ⟨insu-04672485⟩
  • Anthony Pochon, Daniel J. Kontak, Giada Iacono-Marziano, Eric Gloaguen, Johann Tuduri, et al.. Fluid inclusions in magmatic ilmenite record degassing in basic magmas. Communications Earth & Environment, 2024, 5, ⟨10.1038/s43247-024-01788-8⟩. ⟨insu-04783133⟩
  • Michel Pichavant, Arnaud Villaros, Julie A. -S. Michaud, Bruno Scaillet. Granite Magmatism And Mantle Filiation. European Journal of Mineralogy, 2024, 36, pp.225-246. ⟨10.5194/ejm-36-225-2024⟩. ⟨insu-04500696⟩
  • Jacky Ferrière, Michel Faure. Jean Aubouin et les chaînes de montagnes : des observations aux synthèses. L’itinéraire scientifique d’un géologue au rayonnement international. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2024, 356 (S2), pp.1-19. ⟨10.5802/crgeos.211⟩. ⟨insu-04267664⟩
  • Pan Zhao, Zhenhua Jia, Bei Xu, Yan Xu, Turbold Sukhbaatar, et al.. Late Triassic initial closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean in the western segment: constraints from sedimentological, detrital zircon ages and paleomagnetic evidence. Gondwana Research, 2024, 125, pp.110-129. ⟨10.1016/j.gr.2023.08.007⟩. ⟨insu-04191545⟩

Communications dans un congrès4 documents

  • Emmy Penhoët, Laurent Guillou-Frottier, Laurent Arbaret, Charles Gumiaux. Fault Zones Intersections and High-Temperature Geothermal Exploration: 3D Modeling of the Chaudes-Aigues Area (French Massif Central). European Geothermal Congress 2025, Oct 2025, Zurich, Switzerland. ⟨hal-05049811⟩
  • Julien Courtois, Gautier Laurent, Wendy Steckiewicz-Laurent. L’épaisseur historique. Base de données relationnelle spatiale issue des données archéologiques et géotechniques à Orléans. Sols urbains et géotechnique, Archéologie du Fait Urbain (AFU), Dec 2024, Paris, France. ⟨hal-05069397⟩
  • Agathe Faure, Nicolas Loget, Laurent Jolivet, Nicolas Bellahsen, Naïm Célini, et al.. Western alpine orogenic front geometry : new insight from the Digne nappe area by a 3D geometrical modelling approach. 16th Alpine Workshop, Sep 2024, Siena, Italy, Italy. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-alpshop2024-5⟩. ⟨hal-04685363⟩
  • Xinghua Ni, Bo Wang, Mathieu Soret, Dominique Cluzel, Yan Chen, et al.. Crustal transtension and associated high-T/low-P metamorphism in the North Tianshan Arc, NW China. EGU General Assembly 2024, European Geological Union, Apr 2024, Vienna, Austria. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9315⟩. ⟨hal-04669639⟩

Posters1 document

  • Tom Chatelin, Marion Louvel, Denis Testemale, Aneta Slodczyk. An in situ experimental setup for Raman Spectroscopy of volatile elements in high pressure-high temperature fluids. Summer School Vibrational Spectroscopy meets Geoscience, Jun 2024, Côme, Italy. ⟨insu-04827362⟩

Chapitres d’ouvrage1 document

  • Bryan Cochelin, Charles Gumiaux, Benjamin Le Bayon, Yoann Denèle, Thierry Baudin. Tectonics and Geodynamics of the Variscan Cycle in the Pyrenees.. Evolution of the Pyrenees during the Variscan and Alpine Cycles 1: Variscan Cycle and Cretaceous Rifting, 1, Wiley, 2024, ⟨10.1002/9781394306534.ch1⟩. ⟨insu-04923112⟩

Pré-publications, Documents de travail1 document

  • Abdoul Nasser Yacouba, Céline Mallet, Damien Jougnot, Philippe Leroy, Gautier Laurent, et al.. Transport properties estimation from coupled acoustic and electric characterization in heterogeneous limestones. 2025. ⟨hal-04990728v2⟩

Thèses1 document

  • Xinghua Ni. Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt : structural, metamorphic and magmatic evidence from the eastern Tianshan. Other. Université d’Orléans; Nanjing University (Chine), 2024. English. ⟨NNT : 2024ORLE1043⟩. ⟨tel-04914513⟩

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