Hassan Heidarian, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Last updated on April 18, 2024Regional Geologist, North Central and Northeast regions
Hassan is the Regional Geologist for the North Central and Northeast regions of British Columbia. He provides regional expertise to industry, government, academia, and the public for these regions.
Education
Payam-e-Noor University, Iran (B.Sc., Geology, 2008)
Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (M.Sc., Economic Geology, 2010)
University of New Brunswick (Ph.D., Economic Geology, 2022)
Expertise
Hassan is a geologist with more than 10 years of research and work experience in exploration geology and mining. He spent two years (2010-2011) researching iron oxide ore deposits in Central Iran. From 2012 to 2017, Hassan taught courses such as economic geology, surveying, field geology at Payame-Noor University of Iran. He also took part in mining projects for the Iranian Mining Engineering Organization. More recently, as part of his Ph.D. study, he applied U-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology, mineral geochemistry, and isotopic geochemistry techniques to examine northern Appalachian gold systems and deposits in southern New Brunswick. He has applied diverse geochronological and geochemical analytical devices such micro X-ray fluorescence (µ-XRF), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Electron Microprobe (EMP), and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to his work, and used portable XRF devices for in-situ real-time geochemical analysis.
Publications
2024
Heidarian, H., Lentz, D.R., Thorne, K.G., and McFarlane, C.R.M, 2024. Devonian intrusions of southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: U-Pb geochronology, petrogenesis and genetic constraints on gold mineralization. International Geology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2023.2299917
Clarke, G., Northcote, B.K., Corcoran, N.L., Pothorin, C., Heidarian, H., and Hancock, K., 2024. Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, 2023: A summary. In: Provincial Overview of Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, 2023. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Information Circular 2024-01, pp. 1-53.
Heidarian, H., 2024. Exploration and mining in the North Central and Northeast regions, British Columbia. In: Provincial Overview of Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, 2023. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Information Circular 2024-01, pp. 85-102.
Clarke, G., Northcote, B.K., Corcoran, N.L., Pothorin, C., Heidarian, H., and Hancock, K., 2024. Mines, mine development, selected proposed mines, and selected exploration projects in British Columbia, 2023. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2024-01.
2023
Clarke, G., Northcote, B., Corcoran, N.L., Heidarian, H., and Hancock, K., 2023. Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, 2022: A summary. In: Provincial Overview of Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, 2022. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey, Information Circular 2023-01, pp. 1-48.
Clarke, G., Northcote, B., Corcoran, N.L., Heidarian, H., and Hancock, K., 2023. Mines, mine development, selected proposed mines, and selected exploration projects in British Columbia, 2022. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2023-01.
Heidarian, H. 2023. Exploration and mining in the North Central and Northeast regions, British Columbia. In: Provincial Overview of Exploration and Mining in British Columbia, 2022. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey, Information Circular 2023-01, pp. 77-92.
2021
Heidarian, H., Lentz, D., Thorne, K., and Rogers, N., 2021. Application of portable X-ray and micro-X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to characterize alteration and mineralization within various gold deposits hosted in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 229, 1–20.
2018
Heidarian, H., Lentz, D., Alirezaei, S., McFarlane C.R.M., and Peighambari, S., 2018. Multiple stage ore formation in the Chadormalu iron deposit, Bafq metallogenic province, Central Iran: evidence from BSE imaging and apatite EPMA and LA ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology. Minerals, 8, 87.
2017
Heidarian, H., Alirezaei, S., and Lentz, D., 2017. Chadormalu Kiruna-type magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Iran: Insights from hydrothermal alteration evidence, geochemical, fluid inclusion, and sulfur isotopic data. Ore Geology Reviews, 83, 43-62.
2016
Heidarian, H., Lentz, D., Alirezaei, S., Peighambari, S., and Hall, D., 2016. Using the chemical analysis of magnetite to constrain various stages in the formation and genesis of the Kiruna-type Chadormalu magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Central Iran. Mineralogy and Petrology, 110, 927-942.
Peighambari, S., Uysal, I., Stosch, H-G., Ahmadipour, H., Heidarian, H., 2016, Genesis and tectonic setting of ophiolitic chromitites from the Dehsheikh ultramafic complex (Kerman, southeastern Iran): Inferences from platinum-group elements and chromite compositions. Ore Geology Reviews, 74, 39-51.