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Yang H, Konzett J, Downs R T, Frost D J (2009) Crystal structure and Raman spectrum of a high-pressure Li-rich majoritic garnet, (Li2Mg)Si2(SiO4)3, American Mineralogist 94, 630-633

Grazulis S, Chateigner D, Downs R T, Yokochi A F T, Quiros M, Lutterotti L, Manakova E, Butkus J, Moeck P, Le Bail A (2009) Crystallography open database - an open-access collection of crystal structures Journal of Applied Crystallography 42, 726-729

J, Moeck P, Le Bail A (2009) Crystallography open database - an open-access collection of crystal structures Journal of Applied Crystallography 42, 726-729

Yang H, Konzett J, Frost D J, Downs R T (2009) X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of clinopyroxenes with six-coordinated Si in the Na(Mg0.5Si0,5)Si2O6 - NaAlSi2O6 system, American Mineralogist 94, 942-949

Lowry S, Wieboldt D, Dalrymple D, Jasinevicius R, Downs R T (2009) The use of a Raman spectral database of minerals for the rapid verification of semiprecious gemstones. Spectroscopy 24(5), 1-6

Barton, Mark D. (2009) IOCG deposits: A Cordilleran perspective: in P. J. Williams, Smart Science for Exploration and Mining, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, EGRU, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, p. 5-7.

Hitzman, M., Dilles, J., Barton, M. and Boland, M., 2009, Mineral resource geology in academia: An impending crisis? GSA Today, v. 19(8), p. 26-28.

Kreiner, D. C., and Barton, M. D., 2009, Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization zoning in iron oxide(-Cu-Au) vein deposits near Copiapó, Chile: in P. J. Williams, Smart Science for Exploration and Mining, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, EGRU, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, p. 635-637.

(Thesis) Nickerson, Phillip A., 2009, Characterization and reconstruction of the Tea Cup porphyry system, Pinal County, Arizona: unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 38 p.

Gillis D, Beus M, Joggerst P. Improving Safety and Efficiency of Mine Hoisting. International Conference on Hoisting and Haulage. Sept 12-15, 2010.

Dahlgren, Freund, Momayez, Bleier, Dunson, Joggerst, Jones, Wang. In situ stressing of rock: observation of infrared emission prior to failure. American Geophysical Union Fall 2009. Session: Multidisciplinary Approach for Earthquake Precursors Validation

Jinhong Zhang, Wei Zhang, "An AFM Study of Chalcopyrite Surface in Aqueous Solution", SME Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Feb. 21-24, 2010

Jinhong Zhang, "The application of an atomic force microscope in the study of sulfide flotation", Dec 7th, 2009, SME Arizona Conference, Tucson, AZ

Seedorff, Eric, Barton, Mark D., and Zürcher, Lukas, 2010, A 2010 View of Laramide Porphyry Deposits of Southwestern North America: SEG Meeting, Keystone, Colorado (in press)

Vikre, P.G., Graybeal, F.T., Fleck, R.J.,, Barton, M.D., Seedorff, E., 2009, Succession of Laramide magmatic-hydrothermal events in the Patagonia Mountains, AZ, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41(n)

Dilles, John H., Proffett, John M., Barton, Mark D., and Seedorff, Eric, 2009, Wall-rock alteration in porphyry copper deposits: Prediction of hydrothermal fluid compositions, flow paths, and sulfide ore deposition: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41(n), in press.

Zhang, J., Dai, J., Wang, R., Li, F., Wang, W., "Adsorption and desorption of divalent mercury (Hg2+) on humic acids and fulvic acids extracted from typical soils in China", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 335 (2009) 194-201.

(Thesis) Sugiharto Wiyono, 2009, "A Study of Surface Properties of Molybdenite", M.S. thesis, MGE, The University of Arizona [supported by IMR-SFAz, Freeport, Resolution Copper]

(Thesis) Nickerson, Phillip A. (2009) Characterization and reconstruction of the Tea Cup porphyry system,Pinal County, Arizona: unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 38 p.

Ross, Brad, Dessureault, Sean, and Michael Rieber. "The Tucson Mineral Show – Potential Market for Artisanal and Small Scale Miners" under review.

Dessureault, Sean and Ronald Benito. "Data Mining And Activity Based Costing For Equipment Replacement Decisions: Part I - Establishing The Information Infrastructure". Under review at the Transactions of the IMM: Mining Technology.

Annavarapu, Srikant, Sean Dessureault and John Kemeny. Joint spacing distributions from oriented core data. In preparation.

Momayez, M., Cronin A., Richardson, B. (2010) Economic and engineering evaluation of PV technology deployment on mining lands. Engineering and Mining Journal. In preparation.

Gerald S. Poplin, Jefferey L. Burgess, John RM Hill, Chengcheng Hu, Hugh Miller and Joseph Sotille. Development of a Severe Injury Surveillance System for Hazard Identification and Guiding Technological Interventions submitted to NIOSH Mining. Working on a submission to SME Transactions for this fall with a probable publication date in December.

Nickerson, Phillip A., Barton, Mark D. and Seedorff, Eric (2010a) Characterization and Reconstruction of the North Butte Dike Swarm and Tea Cup Porphyry System, Pinal County, Arizona SEG Meeting, Keystone, Colorado

Nickerson, Phillip A., Barton, Mark D. and Seedorff, Eric (2010b) Characterization and Reconstruction of the North Butte Dike Swarm and Tea Cup Porphyry System, Pinal County, Arizona: Economic Geology Monograph

Seedorff, Eric, Barton, Mark D., and Zürcher, Lukas (2010a) A 2010 View of Laramide Porphyry Deposits of Southwestern North America: SEG Meeting, Keystone, Colorado

Barton, M.D., Dilles, J.H., Girardi, J.D., Haxel, G., Johnson, D.A., Kreiner, D.C., Seedorff, E., and Zurcher, L., 2010, Jurassic Igneous-Related Metallogeny of the Great Basin and Surrounding Areas: in R. Steininger et al., editors, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin, Geological Society of Nevada, Reno

Yolanda B. Williams, Cristina M. Gonzalez-Maddux, Michael J. Wichman, Marin S. Robinson,Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 2010, "Do mine tailings sites west of Shiprock, NM affect airborne particulate concentrations?" poster presented at: 2010 National Tribal Science Forum, Mother Earth: Indigenous Knowledge and Science to Promote Positive Change, Traverse City, MI, June 6–10, 2010

Cristina M. Gonzalez-Maddux, NAU Yolanda B. Williams, NAU, Marin S. Robinson, NAU, Nabin Upadhyay, ASU, Pierre Herckes, ASU, 2010, "Elemental analysis of PM2.5 in wind-blown dust collected in Shiprock, NM", poster presented at: 2010 National Tribal Science Forum, Mother Earth: Indigenous Knowledge and Science to Promote Positive Change, Traverse City, MI, June 6–10, 2010

Jinhong Zhang, Wei Zhang, 2010, "Applying an atomic force microscopy in the study of mineral flotation", Book chapter, "Microscopy: Science, Technology, Applications and Education" (under review)

Yang H, Konzett J, Downs R T, Frost D J (2009) Crystal structure and Raman spectrum of a highpressure Li-rich majoritic garnet, (Li2Mg)Si2(SiO4)3, American Mineralogist 94, 630-633

Lowry S, Wieboldt D, Dalrymple D, Jasinevicius R, Downs R T (2009) The use of a Raman spectral database of minerals for the rapid verification of semiprecious gemstones. Spectroscopy 24(5), 1-6

Presentations Related to the SFAz Project

Yolanda Bercenti Williams and Marin Robinson. Do the Abandoned Mine Tailing Sites Affect the Concentration or Composition of Wind-Blown Dust in Shiprock, NM? Invited Talk at the Navajo Nation EPA Annual Conference, Window Rock, AZ, May 13, 2009.

Yolanda Bercenti Williams and Marin Robinson. Do mine tailings sites west of Shiprock, NM affect airborne particulate concentrations? NAU Celebration of Undergraduate Research, Flagstaff AZ, April 23, 2009.

Barton, Mark D. (2009) IOCG deposits: A Cordilleran perspective. PDAC Meeting, Toronto, Ontario (invited talk).

Hitzman, M., Dilles, J., Barton, M. and Boland, M., 2009, Mineral resource geology in academia: An impending crisis? GSA Today, v. 19(8), p. 26-28.

Nickerson, Phillip, Barton, Mark D. and Seedorff, Eric (2010) Characterization and Reconstruction of the North Butte Dike Swarm and Tea Cup Porphyry System, Pinal County, Arizona SEG Meeting, Keystone, Colorado

Nickerson, Phillip A., 2009, Characterization and reconstruction of the Tea Cup porphyry system, Pinal County, Arizona: unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 38 p.

Seedorff, Eric, Barton, Mark D., and Zürcher, Lukas, 2010, A 2010 View of Laramide Porphyry Deposits of Southwestern North America: SEG Meeting, Keystone, Colorado

Barton, Mark D. (2009) IOCG deposits: A Cordilleran perspective. PDAC Meeting, Toronto, Ontario (invited talk).

Annavarapu, Srikant, Momayez, Moe, and Kronan, Alex (2009) September 9, Tucson Section SME, Solar Energy on Mine Tailings

Annavarapu, Srikant, Momayez, Moe, and Kronan, Alex (2009) October, Maricopa Section SME, Solar Energy on Mine Tailings

Poulton, Mary (April 15, 2010), Overview of the Lowell IMR, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (2 presentations plus meeting with vice president for research)

Poulton, Mary (April 20, 2010), Mineral Resources Education and Research in the 21st Century: Arizona Leads the Way, Pinal Mountain Section of SME, Globe, AZ

Poulton, Mary (May 6, 2010), Arizona's Resourceful Future: Briefing to Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ (with Gary Jones, Tim Snider, Scott Urquardt)

Poulton, Mary (May 17, 2010), Prospecting through Reclamation, Rocky Mountain Mining Law Foundation Short Course on Mining Law, Boulder, CO

Poulton, Mary (May 18, 2010), Overview of the Lowell IMR, Newmont Process Technology Center, Denver, CO

Poulton, Mary (September 8, 2009), Satisfying the Material World, Lecture to School of Natural Resources and the Environment, ARL 641 class

Poulton, Mary (September 22, 2009), Overview of the Institute for Mineral Resources, Chemical and Environmental Engineering graduate seminar

Graduate Student and Other Research Projects

Ana Collins (MS project) Mineralogy and geochemistry of tourmaline-bearing assemblages in IOCG and other hydrothermal systems

Isabel Fay (MS project) Aspects of the mineralogy and geology of the Proterozoic Mines Series rocks at Tenke-Fungurume deposit, D.R. Congo

James Girardi (PhD projects) Comparative magmatic and metallogenic evolution of 'early' Cordilleran arcs – SW North America and northern Chile

Doug Kreiner (PhD projects) IOCG vein deposits near Copiapó, Chile and related topics

Frank Mazdab (research scientist) Current topics directly and indirectly linked to SFAz projects

Andy Olson (MS project) Geology of the Noche Buena Gold Deposit – Sonora, Mexico

James Pape (MS project) Tertiary extensional tectonics and implications for Au mineralization in northeastern Nevada

Katie Sechrist (MS project) Geology of Buffalo Valley Intrusion-related Au Deposit, Nevada

Alex Winant (MS project) Characterization of sericitic and advanced argillic mineral assemblages and their relationship to copper mineralization, Resolution deposit, Arizona

Lukas Zürcher (research scientist and Lowell Program Manager) Current topics directly and indirectly linked to SFAz projects

Student Abstracts *

*These are citations to abstracts presented at student-run research meetings. They are reviewed and published for local consumption, but not widely distributed.

Collins, A., Barton, M. D., and Mazdab, F. D. (2010) Mineralogical and Petrological Studies of Tourmaline Group Minerals near Copiapó Chile: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Fay, I., Barton, M., and Mazdab, F. (2010) Aspects of the Geology and Mineralogy of the Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume, D.R. Congo: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Gil-Rodriguez, J. (2010) Igneous Petrology of the Colosa Porphyry Gold Deposit, Tolima, Colombia: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

González Garzón, G. (2010) Petrographic Characterization of Two Gold-Rich Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) in the Foxe Fold Belt, Baffin Island, Canada: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Kreiner, D.C., and Barton, M.D. (2010) Geological Diversity of Intense Acid ("Advanced Argillic") Hydrothermal Alteration: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Kreiner, D.C., Barton, M.D., and Girardi, J. (2010) Jurassic Igneous Related Metallogeny of Southwest North America: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Nickerson, P. (2010) Recalculating the Pre-extension Geothermal Gradient of the Northern Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Olson, A.T. (2010) Geology of the Noche Buena Gold Deposit, Sonora, Mexico: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Pape, J.R. (2010) Structural Reconstructions of Basin and Range Extension: Contrasting Domains of Extension in the Vicinity of the Ruby Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex, NE Nevada: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Sechrist, K. (2010) Developing a Genetic Sequence for Buffalo Valley Gold Deposit, North-Central Nevada: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38

Winant, A.R. (2010) Sericitic and Advanced Argillic Mineral Assemblages and Their Relationship to Copper Mineralization, Resolution Porphyry Cu-(Mo) Deposit, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona: GeoDaze Symposium Abstract with Programs, v. 38