Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper
Titular d’Universitat
Research interests
- Mineralization of rare elements (Nb, Ta, Cs, Li, Be, Y, Sc, Ree)
- Granitic pegmatites
- Carbonatites
- Kimberlites
- Unconventional deposits of platinum group elements
Selected publications
Melgarejo, J.C.; Costanzo, A.; Bambi, A.C.J.M.; Gonçalves, A.O.; Neto, A.B. (2012). Subsolidus processes as a key factor on the distribution of Nb species in plutonic carbonatites: The Tchivira case, Angola. Lithos, 152, pp. 187 – 201 . . ISSN: 0024-4937
Campeny, M.; Kamenetsky, V.S.; Melgarejo, J.C.; Mangas, J.; Manuel, J.; Alfonso, P.; Kamenetsky, M.B.; Bambi, A.; Gonçalves, A.O. (2015). Carbonatitic lavas in Catanda (Kwanza Sul, Angola): Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on the parental melt. Lithos(232), pp. 1 – 11 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.016 . ISSN: 0024-4937
Permuy Vidal, Conrado; Guido, Diego M.; Jovic, Sebastian M.; Bodnar, Robert J.; Moncada, Daniel; Carles Melgarejo, Joan; Hames, Willis (2016). The Marianas-San Marcos vein system: characteristics of a shallow low sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit in the Cerro Negro district, Deseado Massif, Patagonia, Argentina. Mineralium Deposita, 51(6), pp. 725 – 748 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-015-0633-9 . ISSN: 0026-4598
Castillo-Oliver, Montgarri; Gali, Salvador; Carles Melgarejo, Joan; Griffin, William L.; Belousova, Elena; Pearson, Norman J.; Watangua, Manuel; O’Reilly, Suzanne Y. (2016). Trace-element geochemistry and U-Pb dating of perovskite in kimberlites of the Lunda Norte province (NE Angola): Petrogenetic and tectonic implications. Chemical Geology, 426, pp. 118 – 134 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.12.014 . ISSN: 0009-2541
Giuliani, Andrea; Campeny, Marc; Kamenetsky, Vadim S.; Afonso, Juan Carlos; Maas, Roland; Melgarejo, Joan Carles; Kohn, Barry P.; Matchan, Erin L.; Mangas, Jose; Goncalves, Antonio O.; Manuel, Jose (2017). Southwestern Africa on the burner: Pleistocene carbonatite volcanism linked to deep mantle upwelling in Angola. Geology, 45(11), pp. 971 – 974 . https://doi.org/10.1130/G39344.1 . ISSN: 0091-7613
Selected projects
Metalogenia de kimberlitas y carbonatitas en Angola: Aplicaciones en exploración minera . 2010 – 2012 . Ref.CGL2009-13758 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper
Mineralogy of mineral deposits at the Tsolido area, Botswana . 2011 – 2021 . Ref.306740 . Tsodilo Resources Limited . PI: Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper
Mineral resources of the Precambrain of Western Sahara . 2012 – 2012 . Ref.306797 . Hanno Resources Pty Ltd . PI: Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper
Recursos Minerals: Jaciments, Aplicacions, Sostenibilitat . 2017 – 2021 . Ref.2017SGR707 . Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper
Assessorament i Investigació aplicada en el camp de la Mineralogia i els Recursos Minerals . 2018 – 2018 . Ref.301041 . Diversos . PI: Joan Carles Melgarejo Draper