Nigel J. F. Blamey Visiting Professor of Geochemistry Dept of Earth & Environmental Science New Mexico Tech 801 Leroy Place Socorro, NM 87801 Office: MSEC 304 Phone: (575) 835-5404 Fax: (575) 835-6436 Email: nblamey at nmt.edu PhD Geology, New Mexico Tech (2001)   Left: Nigel Blamey at Grimsell Pass, Switzerland

I am a geochemist who specialises in fluid inclusion applications to geothermal systems, hydrothermal ore deposits, and petroleum basins. The principle equipment available for my research includes a Linkham heating/freezing stage for microthermometry and a custom-built mass spectrometer system for quantitative fluid inclusion gas analysis. This unique system analyses fluid inclusion volatiles including a suite of inorganic, organic, and noble gases. Although much of the fluid inclusion gas analysis was pioneered by David Norman, it wasn't until 2000 when he and I developed the interpretation as an exploration tool for the geothermal industry. It is equally applicable to the study of hydrothermal ore deposits. To date I have analysed samples from several geothermal systems, four gold settings, epithermal Au-Ag, porphyry Cu and Mo, MVTs, black smokers, pegmatites, metamorphic veins, emeralds, carbonatites, speleothems, amber, and man-made materials. Gas analysis is used to discriminate fluid sources (magmatic, meteoric, basinal), identify processes (boiling, condensational, mixing, equilibrium), constrain redox, correct isochors, apply gas geothermometry, and provide the gas concentrations for fluid-rock equilibria modeling.

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