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About

Experience

2015 to present - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Australia)
2012 to present - Director, EGRU (Economic Geology Research Centre), James Cook University (Australia)
2011 to 2014 - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Australia)
2008 to 2011 - Senior Research Fellow, CODES, University of Tasmania (Australia)
2004 to 2008 - Research Fellow, CODES, University of Tasmania (Australia)
2004 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington State University (USA)
2000 to 2003 - PhD, Washington State University (USA)
1997 to 2000 - Assistant Professor, Peking University (China)
1992 to 1997 - PhD, Peking University (China)
1988 to 1992 - BSc, Peking University (China)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2017 - Award for Excellence in Research, James Cook University, Australia
2012 - AMIRA Award 2012 for Geoscience Research Excellence, for research into geochemical vectors as used in exploration for porphyry-related mineralisation
2003 - Bronze Medal, Remick Poster Awards competition, Annual meeting of Geological Association of Canada (GAC) (top 3 out of approximately 175 posters)
2003 - The Joseph W. Mills Endowment Award, Geology Department, Washington State University
2002 - 2nd prize in student poster contest. Annual meeting of NWMA (Northwest Mining Association, USA)
2002 - The Joseph W. Mills Endowment Award, Geology Department, Washington State University
2001 - The Roger V. LeClerc Fellowship “Outstanding Graduate Student in Geology”, Geology Department, Washington State University
1999 - The Gangsong Award for teaching excellence, Peking University, China
2018 - Session Chair, Mineral Resources of China, PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) conference, Toronto, Canada; 4-7 March 2018
2018 - Session Chair, Mineral Resources of China, PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) conference, Toronto, Canada; 4-7 March 2018

Fellowships

2011 - onwards: Guest Research Professor, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
2004 - onwards: Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Fellow
2009 to 2012 - Guest Professor, China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Memberships

2015 - Geological Society of Australia member
2013 - onwards: AusIMM member
2013 - onwards: AIG member
2010 - onwards: SGA member
2000 - onwards: Geological Society of America (GSAm) member
1998 - onwards: SEG member

Other

2015 - Associate Editor, Mineralium Deposita
2014 - onwards: Chair, IAGOD (International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits) Working Group on Skarn Deposits
2018 to 2023 - Associate Editor, Economic Geology
2018 - Session Chair, Mineral Resources of China, PDAC , Toronto, Canada; 4-7 March 2018
2018 - Session convener: Special Session S1 New discoveries and new research on skarn deposits, 15th IAGOD Quadrennial Symposium, Salta, Argentina; 28-31 August 2018
2013 to 2018 - Editorial Board member, Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)
2013 to 2018 - onwards: QEC (Queensland Exploration Council) Research Working Group member
2012 to 2018 - onwards: AusIMM North Queensland Branch Committee member
2017 - Session Chair, Skarn Deposits – Metal Content and Zonation, SEG 2017 Conference, Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017
2016 to 2017 - Organising Committee Member, SEG 2017 conference in Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017
2015 to 2017 - SEG International Exchange Lecturer Sub-Committee member
2014 to 2017 - Editor, SEG Special Publication Volume - Mineral Deposits in China
2012 to 2017 - SEG Publications Board member
2016 - Session convener, AESC (Australian Earth Science Convention), Adelaide, Australia, 26-30 June 2016
2015 - Organising Committee member, SEG 2015 Conference, 27-30 September 2015, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2015 - Session Chair: Plenary-Keynote session, SEG 2015 conference in Hobart, Tasmania, 27-30 September 2015
2015 - Convener: Skarns and Carbonate Replacement Deposits session, AusIMM PacRim 2015 Congress, Hong Kong, 18-21 March 2015
2015 - Organising Committee member, AusIMM PacRim 2015 Congress, 18-21 March 2015, Hong Kong, China
2005 to 2014 - 20 keynote or invited presentations
2013 - SEG Nominating Committee member
2013 - Co-convener, Skarn deposits – 138 years after Törnebohm session, SGA 2013 conference, 12–15 August 2013, Uppsala, Sweden
2013 - Chair, FUTORES (Future Understanding of Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability) conference, 2-5 June 2013, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (247 delegates from 15 countries)
2007 to 2013 - Taught or co-taught in 22 short courses / workshops; ~1840 participants
2012 - SEG Committee on Committees member
2011 - Guest editor: An Economic Geology special issue on the geology and mineral deposits of the Philippines
2011 - Chair, North Queensland Resources Development, 19-20 July 2011, Townsville, Australia
2008 - Convener: Skarns and Replacement Deposits session, PacRim Congress, 24-27 Nov 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Publications

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Journal Articles

Cheng Y, Spandler C, Chang Z and Clarke G (2018) Volcanic–plutonic connections and metal fertility of highly evolved magma systems: a case study from the Herberton Sn–W–Mo Mineral Field, Queensland, Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 486. pp. 84-93
Kouhestani H, Mokhtari M, Chang Z, Stein H and Johnson C (2018) Timing and genesis of ore formation in the Qarachilar Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Ahar-Arasbaran metallogenic zone, NW Iran: evidence from geology, fluid inclusions, O-S isotopes and Re-Os geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 102. pp. 757-775
Kouhestani H, Mokhtari M, Chang Z and Johnson C (2018) Intermediate sulfidation type base metal mineralization at Aliabad-Khanchy, Tarom-Hashtjin metallogenic belt, NW Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 93. pp. 1-18
Neal L, Wilkinson J, Mason P and Chang Z (2018) Spectral characteristics of propylitic alteration minerals as a vectoring tool for porphyry copper deposits. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 184 (Part A). pp. 179-198
Sahlström F, Dirks P, Chang Z, Arribas A, Corral I, Obiri-Yeboah M and Hall C (2018) The Paleozoic Mount Carlton deposit, Bowen Basin, Northeast Australia: shallow high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag-Cu mineralization formed during rifting. Economic Geology, 113 (8). pp. 1733-1767
Case G, Blenkinsop T, Chang Z, Huizenga J, Lilly R and McLellan J (2017) Delineating the structural controls on the genesis of iron oxide–Cu–Au deposits through implicit modelling: a case study from the E1 Group, Cloncurry District, Australia. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 453.
Jansen N, Gemmell J, Chang Z, Cooke D, Jourdan F, Creaser R and Hollings P (2017) Geology and genesis of the Cerro la Mina porphyry-high sulfidation Au (Cu-Mo) prospect, Mexico. Economic Geology, 112. pp. 799-827
Lawrence D, Allibone A, Chang Z, Meffre S, Lambert-Smith J and Treloar P (2017) The Tongon Au deposit, Northern Côte d’Ivoire: an example of Paleoproterozoic Au skarn mineralization. Economic Geology, 112 (7). pp. 1571-1593
Sahlström F, Blake K, Corral I and Chang Z (2017) Hyperspectral cathodoluminescence study of indium-bearing sphalerite from the Mt Carlton high-sulphidation epithermal deposit, Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (6). pp. 985-993
Sahlström F, Arribas A, Dirks P, Corral I and Chang Z (2017) Mineralogical distribution of germanium, gallium and indium at the Mt Carlton high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, NE Australia, and comparison with similar deposits worldwide. Minerals, 7 (213).
Shu Q, Chang Z, Hammerli J, Lai Y and Huizenga J (2017) Composition and evolution of fluids forming the Baiyinnuo'er Zn-Pb Skarn Deposit, Northeastern China: insights from laser ablation ICP-MS study of fluid inclusions. Economic Geology, 112. pp. 1441-1460

Books

Huston D, Champion D, Morrison G, Mass R, Thorne J, Carr G, Beams S, Bottrill R, Chang Z, Dhnaram C, Downe P, Forster D, Gemmell J, Lisitsin V, McNeill A and Vicary M (2017) Spatial variations in lead isotopes, Tasman Element, eastern Australia. Geoscience Australia Record, 2017. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 82+ research outputs authored by Prof Zhaoshan Chang from 1995 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Compania Minera Antamina S.A. - Contract Research

Uplift History, Intrusive Sequence, and Skarn Mineralisation at the Giant Antamina Deposit, Peru

Indicative Funding: $200,250 over 4 years
Summary: The Antamina deposit is a giant Cu-Zn skarn and the largest skarn deposits in the world. The known mineralisation occurs continuously over a vertical length of >2.5km, with the extension to the depth still open. In this project we will try to understand why this deposit is so big. We will try to find out the factors controlling the mineralisation and thereby assist in the exploration of similar deposits in this region and world wide.
Investigators: Zhaoshan Chang in collaboration with L Meinert, Carl Spandler and S Mrozek (College of Science & Engineering, US Geological Survey and Division of Tropical Environments & Societies)
Keywords: Antamina; Cu-Zn; Intrusive Sequence; Skarn; Uplift history; Mineralisation

Evolution Mining - Contract Research

Geological Characteristics and Genesis of Mt Carlton High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit, and the Implications for Exploration

Indicative Funding: $150,000 over 3 years
Summary: The project aims to A) Document the geological characteristics, particularly the zoning patterns of Mt Carlton, and understand the ore formation processes and factors controlling the positions of orebodies, to help the exploration for similar deposits, and B) to estimate the position of the porphyry deposit related to the Mt Carlton HS deposit, by first estimating the surface projection of the porphyry deposit at depth, and then estimating the depth of the deposit.
Investigators: Zhaoshan Chang, Paul Dirks, Jan Huizenga and Christa Placzek in collaboration with Lars Fredrik Sahlstrom (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Mt Carlton; Gold-Copper; Porphyry Deposit; Queensland; High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit; Exploration

Supervision

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Geological Characteristics and Origin of the Watershed Tungsten Deposit, Northeast Queensland, Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Zonation, paragenesis and fluid evolution from the root to the top of the Far Southeast porphyry deposit, Mankayan district, Philippines (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

Genesis of the E1 group of iron oxide-copper-gold deposits, Cloncurry district, North West Queensland (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
The Giant Antamina Deposit, Peru: Intrusive Sequence, Skarn Formation, and Mineralisation (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Ore-forming mechanisms and spatio-temporal framework for intrusion-related deposits in NE China (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
The Mt Carlton high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, NE Australia: geologic character, genesis and implications for exploration (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)

Collaboration

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