
SEG 2024 Student Chapter Challenge 2: Evolution of Geology in Brazil to the Mineral Potential of Northern England
We are thrilled to bring you the top entries from the 2024 SEG Student Chapter Podcast Challenge as a special set of three episodes. This second episode in the mini-series pairs the 2024 Silver the intriguing stories and history shared by an esteemed geologist in Brazil, with a second segment that uncovered the history and mining potential of northern England.
Chapter 1: Title: The Evolution of Geology in Brazil with Reinhardt Fück
SEG STUDENT CHAPTER – University of Brasilia
Hosts: Amanda Rompava and Gustavo D’Amore Heer
Producers: Juliana Berbert and Mariana
Guest: Professor Reinhardt Adolfo Fück
The theme of this episode tells the story behind the articles and mapping work of one of Brazil's greatest geological characters, with special emphasis on the magmatic arc of Goiás in the Brasília belt, where important deposits reside, as well as his significant work on crustal structure, the Tocantins Province, and Goiás Massif.
With a cautious eye and carrying the experience of working with geology since the 1960s, Professor Reinhardt shares with us the unwritten history behind published articles, his perspecitve on the evolution of knowledge in the field and also the importance of mapping for a geology career.
Chapter 2: ‘The Critical Mineral Potential of the North of England’
SEG STUDENT CHAPTER NAME: University of Leeds
Hosts, Lily Dickson and Brayden Pickard
Guests: Dr. James Shaw (structural geologist) and Adam Eskdale (Rio Tinto)
provides an overview of mineral exploration and extraction in our region of the UK, the North of England (Figure 1) and its critical mineral potential. In February 2024, our student chapter hosted a mini-conference on the subject of critical minerals (Figure 2) with talks from companies including British Lithium, the Critical Minerals Association (UK) and Green Lithium. We were inspired to carry out further research into the critical mineral potential of the region we live in, the North of England, which we present in this podcast. At present, the UK does not extract any of the 18 critical minerals on the 2021 list published by the British Geological Survey (BGS). This renders the UK completely reliant on international supply which is a big problem, and one that we must try to address through increased mineral exploration and mining in the near future.
In order to provide a full picture of the critical mineral potential of our region, we explore the rich mining history of the North of England, dating back to the Bronze Age at sites such as Alderly Edge (Figure 3). We also investigate current critical mineral projects: Li exploration around the Weardale Granite and Potash mining near the town of Whitby. Finally, we speak to Dr James Shaw and Dr Adam Eskdale who have worked on fluorspar mineralisation in the South Pennine Orefield and cobalt mineralisation in the Lake District, respectively. They provide insights into these deposits and to potential barriers to their extraction in the future.
A big thank you goes to Dr James Shaw and Adam Eskdale for sharing their expertise with our student chapter!
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