U.S. Geological Survey
Mineral Resources External Research Program - Reports
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2004
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided |
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| John Dilles | 04HQGR0164 | The mineralogy and origin of hydrothermally altered Quaternary volcanic rocks on the south flank of Lassen Volcano, California | Download 04HQGR0164 report [PDF file, 1.4 MB] |
| Richard Fifarek | 04HQGR0171 | Magmatic fluid evolution from porphyry Cu-Au to high-sulfidation Au-Ag deposits: Fluid inclusion evidence from the Pierina (Peru) and Summitville (USA) deposits | Download 04HQGR0171 report [PDF file, 1.4 MB] Download 4 Excel data tables: Table 1 [24 KB], Table 2 [84 KB], Table 3 [54 KB], Table 4 [188 KB] |
| Paul Layer, Rainer Newberry | 04HQGR0163 | A long-term effort to determine 40 Ar/39Ar ages of Alaskan mineral deposits | Download 04HQGR0163 report [PDF file, 1.7 MB] |
| Reed Lewis, Jeffrey Vervoort | 04HQGR0153 | Detrital zircon analysis of Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic high-grade metasedimentary rocks of north-central Idaho: Reduction of the mapped extent of the Belt basin | Download 04HQGR0153 report [PDF file, 1.4 MB] |
| Joann Mossa | 04HQGR0178 | River corridor sand and gravel mining, Louisiana and Mississippi: A database and comparison of different data sources AND Planform change rates in rivers with and without instream and floodplain sand and gravel mining: Assessing instability in the Pascagoula River and tributaries, Mississippi | Download 04HQGR0178 report 1 (River corridor …) [PDF file, 2.2 MB] Download 04HQGR0178 report 2 (Planform change …) [PDF file, 996 KB] Download Sand-Gravel-Mines Access database [Access database file, 44.2 MB] Metadata files [XML format): 1 [12 KB], 2 [16 KB], 3 [16 KB], 4 [16 KB], 5 [16 KB], 6 [16 KB], 7 [16 KB], 8 [12 KB], 9 [16 KB], 10 [12 KB], 11 [12 KB], 12 [12 KB] |
| Philippe Ross, James Ranville | 04HQGR0154 | Evaluating the influence of soil geochemical characteristics on metal bioavailability | Download 04HQGR0154 report [PDF file, 5.1 |
2005
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided |
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| Michael Brown, Boswell Wing, Sarah Penniston-Dorland | 05HQGR0158 | Petrogenesis of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa, Interrogated Using Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotopes | Download 05HQGR0158 report [PDF file, |
| Lang Farmer | 05HQGR0160 | Petrogenesis of Cretaceous, Gold-Related Plutons, Eastern Tintina Gold Province (TGP), Alaska and Yukon: Implications for Ore Genesis and Resource Distribution in the Northern Cordillera | Download 05HQGR0160 report [PDF file, 512 MB] |
| Edmond A. Mathez | 05HQGR0155 | Investigations of the Geochemical Evolution of the Stillwater Complex and Origin of Platinum Group Element Deposits from Analysis of Lead Isotopes | Download 05HQGR0155 report [PDF file, 404 KB] |
| Pat Mueller, David A. Foster | 05HQGR0156 | Relationship of Lithospheric Age and Composition to Mineral Resources Within, Beneath, and Adjacent to the Belt Basin | Download 05HQGR0156 report [PDF file, 268 KB] |
| James A. Saunders, Willis E. Hames | 05HQGR0153 | Geochronology of Volcanic-hosted Low Sulfidation Au-Ag Deposits in the Winnemucca-Sleeper Mine Area, North Great Basin, USA | Download 05HQGR0153 report [PDF file, 4.6 MB] |
| Aaron J. Slowey, Gordon E. Brown, Jr. | 05HQGR0154 | Environmental Chemistry of Mercury in Sulfidogenic Sediments: A Key to Understanding the Ecological Impact of Mercury and Gold Mining | Download 05HQGR0154 report [PDF file, 824 KB] |
2006
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided | |
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| Martin S. Appold | 06HQGR0178 | Comparative Analysis of Fluid Inclusion Geochemistries from World-Class and Small-Scale Zn-Pb Deposits in the Ozark Plateau Using Laser Ablation ICP-MS and Raman Spectroscopy | Download 06HQGR0178 report [PDF file, 2,433 KB] |
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| Robert B. Blodgett |
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Devonian-Pennsylvanian Paleographic Reconstruction of the Arctic Alaska Terrane and Its Relation to Sedimentary-Hosted Ore Deposits | Download 06HQGR0199 report [PDF file, 1,509 KB] |
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| Jean S. Cline | 06HQGR0179 | Collaborative Research on Fluid Pathways and Metal Transport in Carlin-Type Gold Deposits: Insights from the Getchell Deposit | Download 06HQGR0179 Report [PDF file, 12 MB] |
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| Virginia S. Gillerman | 06HQGR0170 | Geochronology of Iron Oxide-Copper-Thorium-REE Mineralization in Proterozoic Rocks at Lemhi Pass, Idaho, and a Comparison to Copper-Cobalt Ores, Blackbird Mining District, Idaho | Download 06HQGR0170 report [PDF file, 13,600 |
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| Matthew T. Heizler | 06HQGR0172 | 40 Ar/ 39Ar Geochronology of Colorado Mineral Belt Magmatism | Download 06HQGR0172 report [PDF file, 9,444 |
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| Kenneth A. Hickey and Richard M. Tosdal | 06HQGR0182 | Defining Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Hydrothermal Flow Using Apatite Fission-Track Thermochronology; Implications for the Genesis of Carlin-Type Au-Deposits in North-Central Nevada | Download 06HQGR0182 report [PDF file, 1.93 |
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| Christopher S. Kim | 06HQGR0181 | Characterizing the Speciation, Distribution, and Correlation of Heavy Metals in Mine Wastes Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques | Download 06HQGR0181 report [PDF file, |
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| Andreas Luttge | 06HQGR0175 | Sulfide Dissolution Rates Studied by Vertical Scanning Interferometry: Comparison with and Application to Studies in Laboratory and Natural Setting | Download 06HQGR0175 report [PDF file, 480 KB] |
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| Jeffrey L. Mauk | 06HQGR0173 | Magnetite in Hydrothermal Orebodies and Host Rocks in the Proterozoic Belt Supergroup | Download 06HQGR0173 report [PDF file, 2,219 KB] |
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| David B. Mueller and Thomas E. Graedel | 06HQGR0174 | Service Lifetimes of Mineral End Uses: Analyzing Potential for Increased Use of Secondary Metals | Download 06HQGR0174 report [PDF file, 268 KB] |
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| John M. Proffett | 06HQGR0171 | The Geology and Genesis of the Yerington Porphyry Copper District: A Four Dimensional Study | Download 06HQGR0171 report |
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| John Ridley | 06HQGR0180 | Differentiating Crustal Fluids in the Eastern Tintina Gold Province of Alaska and Yukon: Implications for the Genesis and Distribution of Gold Ores | Download 06HQGR0180 Report [PDF file, 975 KB] |
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| Timberley M. Roane | 06HQGR0196 | Microbial Community Structure: A Biological Assessment Tool For Metal-Impacted Watersheds in the Central Colorado Assessment Project | Download 06HQGR0196 [PDF file, 690 KB] |
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| Eric Seedorff | 06HQGR0176 | Dismembered Laramide Porphyry Deposits in Southern Arizona: Links to Catalina Core Complex | Download 06HQGR0176 [PDF file, 817 KB] |
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| Tom Trainor | 06HQGR0177 | Controls on Antimony Speciation and Mobility in Legacy Mine Tailings Environments: A Case Study of Mineral Occurrences in the Tintina Gold Province, Alaska and Yukon | Download 06HQGR0177 report [PDF file, 1.54 MB] |
2008
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files provided |
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| Mark Barton, Lukas Zürcher, and Eric Seedorff | 08HQGR0060 | Comparative Study of Jurassic To Early Tertiary Igneous-Related Metallogeny in the Basin and Range Province | Download 08HQGR0060 report [PDF file, 201 KB] |
| Jean S. Cline and Haroldo L. Lledo | 08HQGR0059 | The Searchlight Mining District: Linking Low Sulfidation Epithermal Mineralization with an Underlying Granitic Pluton Using Melt and Fluid Inclusion Chemistry | Download 08HQGR0059 report [PDF file, 27.1 MB] |
| Paul O’Sullivan and Raymond Donelick | 08HQGR0061 | Thermal History and Landscape Evolution of the Pebble Deposit, Southwest Alaska: Applying Thermochronology to the Study of Concealed Mineral Deposits | Download 08HQGR0061 report [PDF file, 34.2 MB] |
2009
| Principal Investigator(S) | Award Number | Final Report | Files Provided |
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| Robert J. Bodnar | G09AP00041 | Genetic Model And Assessment Criteria For Coles Hill-Type Uranium Deposits | Download G09AP00041 report [PDF file, |
| Jaroslav Dostal | G09AP00039 | Geological Investigation Of Uranium And Rare Earth Element Deposits Of The Bokan Mountain Granite Complex, Prince Of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska | Download G09AP00039 report [PDF file, |
| Craig J.R. Hart | G09AP00038 | Magmatic Signatures Of The Cretaceous Pebble Porphyry Mineralizing Event: Foundations For Exploration Targeting And Mineral Assessments For Concealed Mineralizing Systems | Not available at this time (Due 1 July 2010) |
| Michael McKibben | G09AP00037 | Release Rates Of W And Li From Dissolution Of Common Ore Minerals In Aqueous Environments | Download G09AP00037 report [PDF file, |
2010
| Principal Investigator(S) | Award Number | Final Report | Files Provided |
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| John Dilles | G10AP00052 | Footprints of Porphyry Cu Deposits: Vectors to the Hydrothermal Center Using Mineral Mapping and Lithogeochemistry | Download G10AP00052 report [PDF file, |
| Adriana Heimann | G10AP00051 | Major and Trace Element Composition of Zincian Spinel and Spessartine Garnet as Exploration Guides to and Indicators of the Genesis of Rare Element (Li, REEs) Granitic Pegmatites | Not available at this time (Due 24 Mar 2013) |
| William Lassetter | G10AP00054 | Stratigraphic Modeling for Concealed Phosphate Deposits in Virginia's Coastal Plain | Download G10AP00054 report [PDF file, |
| Craig Lundstrom & Thomas Johnson | G10AP00053 | Using 238U/235U Analysis to Understand U Ore Deposit Formation at Redox Fronts | Download G10AP00053 report [PDF file, |
| Thomas Monecke | G10AP00055 | Development of New Mineralogical and Geochemical Vectors to Uranium Roll-front Deposits | Not available at this time (Due 25 Apr 2011) |
| LeeAnn Munk | G10AP00056 | Lithium Brine Resources: A Predictive Exploration Model | Download G10AP00056 report [PDF file, |
2011
| Principal Investigator(S) | Award Number | Final Report | Files Provided |
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| Mark Barton | G11AP20118 | Studies of hydrothermal Fe oxide (± Cu, Au, Ag, U, P, REE, Co) systems with a focus on SW North America |
Not available at this time (Due 30 Sept 2013) |
| Paul Jewell | G11AP20050 | LiDAR Identification of Hydrothermal Alteration Styles: A New Tool for Revealing Concealed Mineral Deposits | Download G11AP20050 report (PDF file 1.59 MB) |
2012
| Principal Investigator(s) | Award Number | Final Report | Files Provided |
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| John Cottle | G12AP20049 | Evaluating mechanisms for rare earth phosphate mineralization in Proterozoic gneiss, Music Valley, California | Not available at this time (Due 1 June 2013) |
| Lang Farmer | G12AP20052 | Collaborative Research with the University of Nebraska and University of Colorado on the Age and Origin of the REE-Rich Elk Creek Carbonatite, Southeast Nebraska, USA | Not available at this time (Due 1 June 2013) |
| Richard M. Kettler and R. M. Joeckel | G12AP20053 | Collaborative Research with the University of Nebraska and University of Colorado on the Age and Origin of the REE-Rich Elk Creek Carbonatite, Southeast Nebraska, USA | Not available at this time (Due 1 June 2013) |
| Lin Ma and Lixin Jin | G12AP20050 | Systematic investigation of REE mobility and fractionation during continental shale weathering | Not available at this time (Due 1 June 2013) |
| Virginia T. McLemore and Nelia Dunbar | G12AP20051 | Rare earth element (REE) potential and origin of the Cambrian-Ordovician syenites/episyenites in the Caballo and Burro Mountains, southern New Mexico | Not available at this time (Due 1 June 2013) |
| Paul G. Spry | G12AP20054 | Mineralogy and chemistry of tellurium in the hypogene and supergene environments | Not available at this time (Due 1 June 2013) |
