OBITUARY: Mining Hall of Fame member Tony Barringer

It is with sadness that CMJ reports the recent death of Anthony R. (Tony) Barringer, member of the Mining Hall...

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It is with sadness that CMJ reports the recent death of Anthony R. (Tony) Barringer, member of the Mining Hall of Fame and a pioneer in the world of geophysics. He was 84.

 

Barringer was born on Oct. 20, 1925, and served in the British army during World War II. Afterwards, he earned a BSc in economic geology from the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London. He received his PhD from the same college in 1954.

 

Selco Exploration of Toronto hired him shortly after. While he worked for them he invented and began using the Input airborne electromagnetic system as well as portable ground EM equipment.

 

In 1961 he formed Barringer Research in Toronto where his advanced airborne system was licensed around the world. His technique is responsible for finding at least 14 mines. He relocated his company to Denver in the mid-1970s.

 

Barringer presented over 80 technical papers and was awarded more than 70 patents in Canada, the United States and other countries during his career

 

Although he retired in 1989, Barringer remained active in research in the United States. His vision and innovation were rewarded with numerous honours including the Logan Metal of the Geological Association of Canada, the Jackling Award of the American Association of Mining and Petroleum Engineers, and the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, as well as induction into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

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