Personal profile
Biography
Steffen is a Professor for Economic Geology and Director of the Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia. He has 33 year experience in economic geology specialising in the field of structural geology, hydrothermal alteration and fluid chemistry of mainly gold, iron and copper deposits. Steffen has specialised in combining detailed field observations with high tech geochemical methods in order to unravel the metallogeny and paleo magma/hydrothermal evolution of mineral systems and the 4-D control of orebodies. Most of his current research projects are in the Yilgarn craton of Western Australia and in South America with projects in the eastern Andes of Peru, NW Argentina and the Precambrian shields of Brazil and Guyana. Steffen has supervised and co-supervised 16 postdoctoral fellows and 91 PhD, MSc and Honours thesis. Steffen is presently an Associate Editor in Mineralium Deposita, Brazilian Journal of Geology and Geological Survey of Brazil.
Roles and responsibilities
Future research
Funding overview
Portman Mining: Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 to 2010) $ 493,861
Medusa Mining: Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 to 2010) $ 415,100
Poderosa Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 to 2009) $ 234,500
Poderosa Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 to 2010) $ 273,864
Iron bark Honours Student (2008) $ 22,350
SinoSteelMidwest Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 to 2011) $ 510,570
Previous positions
Current projects
Nickel - Flying Fox
Iron - Hamersley
Gold - New Celebration, Golden Mile, Crixas (Brazil)
Iron ore - Murchison Province WA
Industrial relevance
Teaching overview
EARTH 3345 Exploration Technology
EARTH 3351 Mineral Resources
At any time economic geology related projects can be generated. Potential honours, PhD students or postdoctoral researchers can contact me and discuss fields of interest.
Research
Languages
German
Portuguese
Research expertise keywords
- Economic geology, ore genesis and exploration
- Fluid inclusion
- Global metallogeny
- Isotope geochemistry
- Structural geology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Coupling whole-rock geochemistry with trace elements and S-isotope analyses of pyrite to unravel distinct precipitation processes responsible for the Yaouré gold deposit formation (Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa)
Mériaud, N., Thébaud, N., Masurel, Q., Hagemann, S., Martin, L. A. J., Danyushevsky, L. & Olin, P., 2026, In: Mineralium Deposita.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Petrology and mineralogy of the CuAu fertile, Archaean Burns Porphyry Intrusive Complex, Yilgarn craton, Western Australia
Witt, W. K., Smithies, H., Fisher, C. M., Roberts, M. P. & Hagemann, S. G., Feb 2026, In: Lithos. 522-523, 31 p., 108313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diverse examples of sodic and sodic–calcic alteration in greenstone rocks and intrusions of the Kalgoorlie–Kurnalpi Rift, Yilgarn Craton: significance for gold mineralisation
Witt, W. K., Hagemann, S. G. & Fisher, C. F., 2025, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 72, 5-6, p. 701-731 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Geologic Setting and Hydrothermal Alteration at the Tucano Gold Deposit in Northern Brazil: Evidence for a Hypozonal Orogenic Gold System in the Guiana Shield
Soares, G. A. R., Silva, R. C. F. E., Hagemann, S. G., Lobato, L. M., Lucena, R. A. & Lana, C. C., Mar 2025, In: Economic Geology. 120, 2, p. 275-306 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Granitoid-Hosted Orogenic Gold Mineralization: Genetic Constraints on the 7.4 Moz Archean Gruyere Gold Deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Schreefel, R., Hagemann, S. G., Davy’s, C., Robinson, J. A., Thébaud, N., Fisher, C. M., Roberts, M. P., Martin, L. A. J., Schoneveld, L. E. & Creaser, R. A., 2025, In: Economic Geology. 120, 1, p. 171-203 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: Ediacaran-Cambrian far-field hydrothermal event in the southeast of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil: evidence from zircon U-Pb SHRIMP, trace elements, Lu-Hf and oxygen isotopes
Braga, F. (Creator), Santos, J. (Contributor), Rosière, C. (Contributor), Rolim, V. (Contributor), Roberts, M. (Contributor), Evans, N. (Creator) & Hagemann, S. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 10 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.17632/4rxkfkpzb2.3, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/4rxkfkpzb2
Dataset
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Magnetic Signature Belinga Fe Deposit
Dentith, M. (Investigator 01) & Hagemann, S. (Investigator 02)
1/03/26 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Geodynamic Andes eXploration Initiative (GAXI)
Hagemann, S. (Investigator 01)
12/06/24 → 11/06/27
Project: Research
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SEG - Student Research Grant Jerry Dunga
Hagemann, S. (Investigator 01)
Society of Economic Geologists Foundation
7/06/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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SEG - Student Research Grant Edmore Marima
Hagemann, S. (Investigator 01)
Society of Economic Geologists Foundation
5/06/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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Kupferschiefer Project
Hagemann, S. (Investigator 01), Tattitch, B. (Investigator 02) & Gorczyk, W. (Investigator 03)
1/03/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Research