Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Lecture Series

In 1995 Ralph Roberts made a donation to the Mackay School of Mines with the intent of starting a lecture series in economic geology that would complement the CREG program. Ralph Roberts, a pioneering geologist formerly with the U. S. Geological Survey , is credited with pointing out the potential for carbonate-hosted disseminated gold deposits in what is now the Carlin Trend. Lectures are typically given in late April or early May on UNR’s campus.

Jean Cline | Lecture Series 2013

Jean Cline, economic geology professor from the University of Nevada Las Vegas giving the nineteenth Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Lecture in Economic Geology in 2013.

Past Lectures

2018

Brian Rusk | Western Washington University

Hydrothermal Fluid Evolution in Porphyry-Type Ore Deposits

2017

Jeffery Hedenquist | Consultant

Transitions from the Epithermal Environment to the Tops of Porphyry Deposits

2016

Peter Vikre | U.S. Geological Survey

Diverse Mineral Deposits in the Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada: A 250th Million Year Record of Magmatism, Metasomatism, and Tectonism

2015

Adam Simon| University of Michigan

Critical Controls on the Mass Transfer of Metals from Magmas to Ore Deposits

2014

Stuart Simmons | Consultant

Spatial and Temporal Variations in Epithermal Ore-Forming Processes

2013

Jean Cline | Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Ore Deposition in Carlin-Type Gold Deposits: Studies of Sample Transects from Dead Rock to High Grade

2012

Rich Goldfarb | U.S. Geological Survey

Tectonics and Gold Metallogeny

2011

Glen Masterman | Vice President Exploration, Kinross Gold

The Rosario Porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Northern Chile: Hypogene Upgrading during Gravitational Collapse of the Domeyko Cordillera

2010

John Dilles | Professor, Oregon State University

Lessons Learned from Butte: Research Applied to Exploration and Mining

2008

Jim Saunders | Professor, Auburn University

Bonanza Epithermal Au-Ag Ores related to the Early (mid-Miocene) Yellowstone Hotspot, Northern Great Basin

2007

Peter Megaw | President, IMDEX

Exploration and Development of Excellon Resources Platosa Bonanza Ag-Pb-Zn Manto Deposit, Durango, Mexico

2006

Doug McGibbon | Chief Geologist Marigold Mine, Glamis Gold

Glamis Marigold Mine: A Recap of nearly 20 Years of Evolving Concepts

2005

Patrick Highsmith | Senior Geologist, New Business Opportunities, Newmont Mining

Urgency: Fuel for the Changing Face of Exploration

2004

Steve Enders | Vice-President Exploration, Newmont Mining

Meeting Quarter-Century Exploration Requirements in a Quarterly Results Business World

2003

John Muntean | Senior Geologist, Placer Dome Exploration

The Porphyry-Epithermal Transition: Examples from the Maricunga Belt, Northern Chile

2002

Bill Chavez | Professor of Minerals Engineering, New Mexico Tech

Oxidation and Metals Transport: Supergene Accumulation Profiles developed from the Weathering of Porphyry Copper Systems

2001

J. Alan Coope | Exploration Geochemist

Geochemical Exploration: Its Expanding Potential

2000

David Lowell | Geologist-Consultant, Lowell Mineral Exploration

How Ore Bodies are Found

1999

Ted Theodore | Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Implications of Regional Geology and Geochemistry in the Northern Carlin Trend, Southern Tuscarora Mountains, Nevada

1998

Lewis Teal | Regional Geologist, Newmont Mining

Geologic Overview of the Carlin-Trend Gold Deposits and Carlin-Type Deposits in Southern China

1997

Andy Wallace | Exploration Manager, Cordex Exploration

25 Myths of Nevada Gold Exploration

1996

Keith Bettles | Exploration Manager, Barrick Goldstrike
Larry Kornze | General Manager Exploration Mexico and Central

Geology and Exploration History of the Goldstrike Property, Carlin Trend, Nevada

1996

Al Hofstra | Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Age Constraints on Carlin-Type Gold Deposits: Lessons from Jerritt Canyon

1995

Odin Christensen | Chief Geologist, Newmont Mining

Carlin-Type Sedimentary-Rock Hosted Gold Deposits in Nevada and China: Similar rocks – Worlds Apart