Chris Ingles

Chris Ingles
PhD Candidate
Bachelor of Science (Honours) from ANU. Major in Earth Science, minor in Chemistry and specialisation in Geochemistry and Petrology

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Research interests

My research is in geochemistry and focusses on cation behaviour in sphalerite (ZnS) to aid critical metals exploration and extraction. This includes:

  • The localisation and abundance of critical metals such as indium, gallium, germanium, arsenic, antimony and manganese;
  • Investigating oxidation states and lattice constraints on elements recovered from sphalerite;
  • Distinguishing ore deposits types with cation concentrations in economically important minerals and different redox environments.

Secondary research includes:

  • Lattice constructs and bonding arrangements of elements in sulfides.
  • The analysis and synthesis of sulfide calibration standards for laser ablation mass spectrometry (eg: LA-ICP-MS);
  • Experimental synthesis of sphalerite with metallic solid solutions.

Successful X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES) experiments:

  • Project lead: "Speciation of Arsenic and Thallium in Sphalerite (ZnS)";
  • Project lead: "Iron oxidation states in sphalerite: a redox study on different ore deposit types";
  • Assisted: "Characterisation of garnet related to critical metal-enriched U-REE-Cu-Au mineralisation in Queensland, Australia".

Location

Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University

Publications

Journal Articles:

Christopher H. Ingles, John A. Mavrogenes, Nicholas D. Tailby, Jeremy L. Wykes (2024); Arsenic K-edge and Thallium L3-edge XANES, with XFM imaging and LA-ICP-MS to determine oxidation states and distribution in sphalerite. Chemical Geology; 670, 122441. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122441

Christopher H. Ingles, John A. Mavrogenes (2021); Cationic substitutions in sphalerite from the Porgera mine, Papua New Guinea. The Canadian Mineralogist; 59 (3): 573–587. doi: https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000085

 

Commissioned Industry Report:

Chris Ingles (2023); Sphalerite report for the Geological Survey of Queensland, Commissioned Industry Report for the Geological Survey of Queensland, CR148692. https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/data/report/cr148692

 

Conference Presentations:

Chris Ingles (2022); Inferring ore deposit types and redox conditions from sphalerite (ZnS), GSQ Technical Workshop for Industry, Townsville, Jul 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifcGeyA2sws&t=2445s