Duncan R. Derry
Duncan R. Derry (* 1906 in England ; † 1987 ) was a Canadian deposit geologist. He has been active in natural resource exploration worldwide and has played a significant role in Canadian mining.
Derry graduated from Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in natural sciences and then emigrated to Canada, where he received his master's degree in geology from the University of Toronto and a PhD in geology .
In 1935 he founded Ventures Ltd. with Thayer Lindsay, which successfully operated exploration and mining consulting in many countries around the world (in addition to Canada, South Africa, Guyana, Chile, Peru, Greenland, Greece). In Canada they worked for the mining company Operniska Copper Mines in Quebec. The company was the forerunner of the Falconbridge mining company . From 1954 he headed exploration at the mining company Rio Tinto Group , which led, among other things, to the uranium mine Rio Algom near Elliot Lake in Ontario . In 1960 he founded his own mining consultancy, Derry Michener Booth & Wahl.
Derry was President of the Society of Economic Geologists and one of the founders of the Geological Association of Canada , which has been awarding the Duncan R. Derry Medal for Economic Geologists in his honor since 1980, and the Canadian Geological Foundation. He was an honorary doctor from the University of Toronto. He received the Logan Medal (1970) and the Selwyn Blaylock Medal from the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1987 he received the Penrose Gold Medal .
Fonts
- World Atlas of Geological and Mineral Deposits. Halsted Press, 1980
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| SURNAME | Derry, Duncan R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian deposit geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1987 |