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PhD (Monash University), M.Sc. (University of British Columbia), B.Sc. ENG. (Queen's University at Kingston)
Patrick Hayman is a senior lecturer and coordinator of the Earth Science major at Queensland University of Technology. Upon completion of an MSc. degree, Pat worked for several diamond exploration and mining companies in Canada before moving to Australia to obtain his PhD. His research aim is to develop genetic models for improving successful exploration for minerals. Because volcanoes are associated with many ore minerals, Dr. Hayman's research focusses on physical volcanology (typically field-based) and includes other lab based techniques (especially geochronology, geochemistry and geochemical modelling) to address the research question. Pat has extensive field experience in kimberlites/diamonds and greenstone successions hosting orogenic gold, and has worked in VMS, komatiite-hosted Ni sulphide and Cu-porphyry systems, in sequences ranging in age from modern to the Archean, especially in Australia, Canada and West Africa. Pat’s research is supported by industry partners, geological surveys and the Australian Research Council. Pat also teaches an annual Volcanology and Resources short-course in Merimbula (NSW) designed primarily for industry geologist and postgraduate students.
Additional information
Current Projects:
- CI on ARC Discovery Project 220100136: Experimental and empirical insight into melting of the Earth's mantle
- CI on Yilgarn 2020 project on the basin architecture of the Kalgoorlie Terrane, Eastern Goldfields (funded through MRIWA)
Current Students:
- Luke Perry (MPhil) Stratigraphic reconstruction and assessment of host rock control on mineralisation: case study of the E22 porphyry copper deposit, North Parkes, NSW (CMOC sponsored)
- Nick Parr (MPhil) Lithospheric controls on the distribution of lithium in Queensland (Rio Tinto and Geological Survey of Queensland)
- Alyssa Negus (MPhil) Internal architecture of a high-Mg differentiated dolerite and implications for gold exploration (Williamstown Dolerite, WA) (Northern Star Resources)
- Joe Austin (PhD) Testing the 'terrane-boundary' concept and geodynamics in the NeoArchean: A case study of the stratigraphy from the West and East Laverton Greenstone Belts (Gold Fields, Geological Survey of Western Australia)
Past Students
- Nick Dyriw (PhD 2021) Tectono-magmatic setting of seafloor massive sulphide systems: investigating Solwara 1 Cu-Au deposit
- Gloria Senyah (PhD 2021) Volcanic architecture of the Hounde and Boromo greenstone belts, West-Africa: implications for terrane evolution (WAXI)
- Nico Meriaud (PhD 2020, external) Litho-tectonic evolution and metallogeny of the Yaouré gold camp, Côte d'Ivoire West Africa: Integration into the southern West African Craton evolution
- Julie Boyce (PhD 2015) Volcanic and magmatic evolution of Mount Eccles: Victoria, Australia
- Simone Jordon (PhD 2013) Factors controlling phreatomagmatic eruptions: a case study from Lake Purrumbete, Victoria, Australia
- Thomas Cotter (MPhil 2020) Timing and basin implications for the Eden-Comerong-Yalwal Volcanic Zone, NSW
- Eudes Tegan (2019, external) Paleoproterozoic debris avalanche deposits: Toumodi greenstone belt, Ivory Coast
- Brenainn Simpson (MSc 2017) Identifying magma recharge events using cryptic mineral variations in the Somerset Dam Igneous Complex (QLD)
- Ritipurna Das (MSc 2017) Volcanic stratigraphy of the Archean Jaguar-Teutonic Bore VMS deposits
- Gemma Prata (MSc 2017) Cyclicity in flucuating phreatomagmatic and magmatic eruptive styles of Tower Hill Volcanic Complex, SE Australia.
- Kevin Rose (Hons, 2017) Stratigraphic architecture of the Euro Corridor and Raw Prawn prospects Kurnalpi Terrane, Western Australia
- Tom Watson (Hons, 2016) Geological Controls on Stable Isotope Distribution and Fluid Flow: Case Study of the Mount Rawdon Gold Deposit
- (+ 10 other Honours projects before 2015)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Nominated for the Stillwell Award for best paper in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. Hayman et al (2015) A new period of volcanological massive sulfide formation in the Yilgarn: a volcanological study of the 2.76 Ga Hollandaire VMS deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia,
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- AB Edwards medal for the best paper on aspects of economic geology published in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences for Hayman et al (2015) A new period of volcanological massive sulfide formation in the Yilgarn: a volcanological study of the 2.76 Ga Hollandaire VMS deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
- Stratigraphic architecture of an Archean mafic sill: implications for lateral and vertical differentiation
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr David Murphy - Novel approaches to tracking lithium in rocks and minerals for lithium exploration
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Balz Kamber
- Timing and Basin Implications for the Eden-Comerong-Yalwal Volcanic Zone: Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment and Tectonic Affinity of the Comerong Volcanic Complex, NSW (2020)
- Identifying Magma Recharge Using Cryptic Mineral Variations in the Somerset Dam Igneous Complex, Queensland, Australia (2017)