Anthony Rene Barringer

Background

Barringer, Anthony Rene was born on October 20, 1925 in Bognor Regis, England. Came to Canada, 1954, naturalized, 1959. Son of Michael Alan and Dorothy Jesse (Allman) Barringer.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mining Geology with 1st class honours, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University London, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University London, 1954.

Career

He made numerous contributions to mineral exploration technology. His most famous work was the development of the INPUT airborne electromagnetic system, which has been credited in the discovery of tens of billions of dollars" worth of ore deposits. Before beginning his university studies, Barringer served with the British Army in World World War World War II In 1948, he began attending the University of London.

In 1951, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in economic geology from the university"s Imperial College of Science and Technology.

Barringer left the United Kingdom to accept a post in Toronto, Canada with Selco Exploration as an exploration geologist. Eventually he was promoted to Manager of its Airborne and Technical Services division.

At this time, he invented the INPUT (Induced Pulse Transient) airborne electromagnetic system and the equipment for a portable ground electromagnetic system. This technology uses one horizital transmitter looped around a fixed-wing aircraft and a vertically suspended receiver loop about 120 meters behind the aircraft.

The transmitter electromagnetic pulses are half sine wave shape of millisecond duration, the induced transient is picked up by the receiver coil.

Analysis of the received wave pattern when matched against a catalog of waves forms generated in the lab based upon analog scale modeling allows explorers to get a better understanding of the minerals in a rock formation, without extracting the rocks. In 1961, he formed a private company, Barringer Research Limited. He was the President and major shareholder.

Barringer continued to develop the airborne system and licenses its use to exploration companies.

Major oil and mining companies depended on this remote-sensing technology for their exploration. lieutenant has been credited in the discovery of over 25 commercial ore deposits, representing tens of billions of dollars.

Barringer Research went public in 1967. Ten years later, Barringer moved to Denver, Colorado and brought the company"s headquarters with him.

He later became a citizen of the United States.

Barringer made numerous technical contributions to the mining industry, including a laser-induced fluorescence-based system used primarily in oil and gas exploration (FLUOROSCAN), correlation spectrometer used to measure atmospheric dispersions of various gases (COSPEC), an infrared remote sensor for atmospheric gases which has been used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration to measure the worldwide atmospheric distribution of carbon dioxide (GASPEC), two airborne conductivity mapping systems using very low frequency fields (East-phase and radiophase) and several particulate analyzers (COTRAN, SURTRACE, LASERTRACE and AIRTRACE). He has presented more than 80 technical papers and has been awarded more than 70 patents in Canada, the United States., and other countries. In 1989, Barringer officially retired.

He died in Golden, Colorado at the age of 84. inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame by the Mining Association of Canada.

Achievements

• Anthony Rene Barringer has been listed as a noteworthy organization executive, research by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with British Army, 1944-1947. Member Geological Association Canada (Logan medal 1977), Instrument Society of America (Sperry medal 1971), Canadian Exploration Geophysicist Society, Canadian Institute Mining and Metallurgy, American Institute Mining Engineers, Society Exploration Geophysicists (Kauffman award 1980), Association Exploration Geochemists, European Association Exploration Geophysics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics.

Connections

Married Jean Margaret Reid, November 5, 1948. Children: Christopher, Claire, Roger, Patrick, Elisabeth.

Father:

Michael Alan Barringer

Mother:

Dorothy Jesse (Allman) Barringer

Spouse:

Jean Margaret Reid

child:

Claire Barringer

child:

Roger Barringer

child:

Elisabeth Barringer

child:

Christopher Barringer

child:

Patrick Barringer