Dr Clive Rice
Research interests
- Intrusive-related hydrothermal ore deposits
- Hydrothermal ore deposits in the Caledonides of N. Britain
Research
Since arriving in Aberdeen in 1973 from the British Geological Survey, I have been principally interested in intrusive-related hydrothermal ore deposits and especially, the geometry and structural controls of the hydrothermal systems, and the sources of the metals, sulphur and water. Much of this work has involved the use of stable and radiogenic isotopes in collaboration with SUERC near Glasgow. Knowledge of the genesis of individual ore deposits has been used to construct and refine exploration models. Over the years I have worked on porphyry–style molybdenum deposits in Colorado, epithermal deposits in Bolivia and Bulgaria and subaerial and submarine exhalative deposits in Fiji and Scotland.
Currently, I am working on the timing and geological setting of gold mineralization in the Caledonides of N. Britain as part of a wider project on end-Caledonian hydrothermal activity.
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Selected Publications
MARK, D., RICE, C., LEE, M., FALLICK, A., BOYCE, A., TREWIN, N. & LEE, J. (2011). 40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal activity, biota and gold mineralization in the Rhynie hot-spring system, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 555-569
MARWA, E.M.M., HILLIER, S., RICE, C.M. & MEHARG, A.A.(2009). Mineraological and chemical characterization of some vermiculites from the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania for agricultural use. Journal of Clay Minerals, 44, 1-17
EVENSTAR, L.A., HARTLEY, A.J., STUART, F.M., MATHER, A.M., RICE,C.M., CHONG, G. (2009) Multiphase development of the Atacama planation surface recorded by cosmogenic 3He exposure ages: Implications for uplift and Cenozoic climate change in western South America. Nature, 37, 27-30.
MARWA, E.M.M., MEHARG, A.A., & RICE, C.M.(2008). The effect of heating temperature on the properties of vermiculites from Tanzania with respect to potential agronomic applications. J.Applied Clay Science, doi:10.1016/j.clay.2008.11.005
RICE, C.M. (2007). Mineralization related to orogenic magmatism in the British and Irish Caledonides: A review. In: `Digging Deeper`, Proc. 9th Biennial SGA Meeting. Ed C.J.Andrew et al., Dublin, 951-954.
Rice, C. M., McCoyd, R. J., Boyce, A. J., & Marchev, P. 2007. Stable isotope study of the mineralisation and alteration in the Madjarevo Pb-Zn district, south-east Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita.
Rice, C. M., Steele, G., Barfod, D., Boyce, A. J. & Pringle. M. S. 2005. Duration of magmatic, hydrothermal and suopergene activity at Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia. Economic Geology, 100, 1647-1656.
Hartley, A.J. & Rice C.M. 2005. Controls on Supergene Enrichment of Porphyry Copper Deposits in the Central Andes: A Review and Reinterpretation. Mineralium Deposita, 40, 515-525. DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0017-7
Baron, M., Hilliers, S., Rice, C. M., Czapnik, K. & Parnell, J. 2004. Fluids and hydrothermal alteration assemblages in a Devonian hot-spring system, Rhynie, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 94, 309-324.
Rice, C. M. & Ashcroft, W. A. 2004. The geology of the northern half of the Rhynie basin. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 94, 299-308.
Rice, C.M., 2002. Metalliferous Minerals. In: Trewin N.H. (ed) Geology of Scotland. Geological Society of London, 431-448
RICE, C.M., HARMON, R.S., BOYCE.A.J. ,FALLICK, A.E.(2001) Assesment of grid-based dD surveys in exploration: The Boulder County epithermal tungsten deposit, Colorado, USA. Economic Geology (in press).
WAREHAM, C.D., RICE, C.M., BOYCE, A.J., AND ROGERS, G. (1998). S, C, Sr and Pb sources in the Pliocene Silver Creek porphyry Mo system, Rico, Colorado. Economic Geology, 93, 32-46.
RICE, C.M., DARKE, K.E., STILL, J.W. AND LACHOWSKI, E.E. (1998). Tungsten-bearing rutile from the Kori Kollo gold mine, Bolivia. Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 421-429.
McEWAN, C.J.A., FALLICK, A.E. AND RICE, C.M. (1995). The Rosita Hills epithermal Ag-base metal deposits, Colorado, USA: A stable isotope and fluid inclusion study. Mineralium Deposita., 31, 41-51.
THOMSON, B., AFTALION, M., MCINTYRE, R.M. AND RICE, C.M. (1995). Geochronology and tectonic setting of silicic dyke swarms and related silver mineralisation at Candelaria, Western Nevada. Economic Geology, 90, 2182-2196.
RICE, C.M. et al. (13 other authors) (1995). The geology of an Early Devonian hot spring system near Rhynie, Scotland. Jour. Geol. Soc. Lond., 152, 229-250.
RICE, C.M. (1993). Mineralisation related to Caledonian magmatism. In ’Mineralisation of the British Isles’. Eds. R.A.D. Patrick and D. Polya., Chapman and Hall, 102-176.
FLETCHER, T.A., & RICE, C.M. (1989). Geology, mineralisation, (Ni-Ci) and precious-metal geochemistry of Caledonian mafic and ultramafic intrusions near Huntly, northeast Scotland. Trans. Inst. Min. and Metall,, 98, B185-B200.
JONES, E.M., RICE, C.M. & TWEEDIE, J.R. (1987). Lower Proterozoic stratiform sulphide deposits in Loch Maree Group, Gairloch , northwest Scotland. Trans. Inst. Min. and Metall,, 96, B128-B140.
DICKIN, A.P., RICE, C.M, & HARMON, R.S. (1986). A Strontium and Oxygen isotope study of Laramide magmatic and hydrothermal activity near Central City, Colorado. Economic Geology, 81, 904-914.
RICE, C.M., HARMON, R.S. & SHEPHERD, T.J. (1985). Central City, Colorado: The upper part of an alkaline porphyry molybdenum system. . Economic Geology, 80, 1769-1796.
RICE, C.M., LUX, D.R. & MACINTYRE, R.M. (1982). Timing of mineralisation and related intrusive activity near Central City, Colorado. Economic Geology, 77, 1655-1666.
RICE, C.M., ATKIN, D., BOWLES, J.F.W & CRIDDLE, A.J. (1976). Nukandamite, a new mineral, and idaite. Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 193-200.