Completed CREG Theses

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor	Degree	Year
Bonner,Wilson	Spatial and Temporal Relationships between Carlin-type Gold and Polymetallic Mineralization at the Deep Cove Gold-Silver Deposit, Lander County, Nevada	Muntean	M.S.	2019
Claypoole, Micah	Mineral Ridge: A Late Cretaceous Orogenic Gold System in the Miocene Silver Peak-Lone Mountain Metamorphic Core Complex	Ressel	M.S.	2018
Freedman, David	Igneous and Hydrothermal Geology of the Central Cherry Creek Range, White Pine County, Nevada	Ressel	M.S.	2018
Quillen, Patrick	Buffalo Canyon: an Oligocene Greisen-Like Intrusion-Related Gold Deposit in the Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada	Muntean	M.S.	2017
Anderson, Tracy	Testing Silver Mobility: An Investigation into Supergene Silver Enrichment at the Rochester Mine in Pershing County, Nevada	Muntean	M.S.	2016
Balogh, Carli	Tertiary Volcanic Rocks, Hydrothermal Alteration, and Epithermal Precious Metal Deposits of the Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mountains, Mono County, California and Lyon County, Nevada	Vikre	M.S.	2016
Benge, Elizabeth	Pilot Study using Elemental Geochemistry as a Means of Discriminating Chert Stratigraphy in the Roberts Mountains Allochthon, Nevada	Noble	M.S.	2016
Hill, Tyler	Time-Space Relationships between Sediment-Hosted Gold Mineralization and Intrusion-Related Polymetallic Mineralization at Kinsley Mountain, NV	Muntean	M.S.	2016
Rocha-Rocha, Macario	Metallogenesis of the Peñasquito Polymetallic Deposit: A Contribution to the Understanding of the Magmatic Ore System	Thompson	Ph.D.	2016
Barber, Kait	Geology, Alteration, Geochemistry, and Paragenesis of the Vista Vein Shear Zone Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2015
Baldwin, Dylan	Evidence for Rapid Epithermal Mineralization and Coeval Bimodal Volcanism, Bruner Au-Ag property, NV USA	Arehart	M.S.	2014
Parrish, Benjamin	Petrography and Geochemistry of Hypogene Mineralization at the Mike Gold - Copper Deposit, Eureka County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2014
Wickham, Katie	Thallium Isotope Implications for the Metalliferous Source of Carlin-type Deposits in northern Nevada	Arehart	M.S.	2014
Baril, Tyler	Igneous Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Spruce Mountain District, Elko County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2013
Burtner, Geoff	The Mercedes Au-Ag District, Sonora, Mexico: Geology, Geochemistry and Structure of a Sierra Madre Low-sulfidation Epithermal System	Thompson	M.S.	2013
Anderson, Robbie	Stratigraphy of the Sandman low-sulfidation Au deposits, Winnemucca, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2013
Cantor, Brad	Petrography and field mapping of Eocene intrusions and adjacent breccia zones at the Scraper Springs prospect, Elko County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2012
Crosby, Betsy	Gold And base metal mineralization, hydrothermal alteration and vein paragenesis in the Spring Valley deposit, Pershing County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2012
Derby, Sean	Depositional modes of manganese oxides at Artillery Peak, Mohave County, Arizona	Thompson	M.S.	2012
Drexler, Heidi	A comparison of geochemistry, carbonate mineralogy, and argillic alteration between the Dome prospect and the Main Au Resource of the Donlin Creek project in southwest Alaska	Thompson	M.S.	2010
Hannink, Randy	Mineralization and timing of the Lover’s Lane Breccia, Santa Rita porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Grant County, New Mexico	Thompson	M.S.	2010
Robinson, Crystal	Molybdenum mineralization in deep drill Holes at the Cresson Mine and geology of Grouse Mountain: Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado	Thompson	M.S.	2010
Jarvie, Zachary	Carlin-type mineralization and alteration of late Cambrian and Ordovician carbonate rocks at Long Canyon, Pequop Mountains, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2009
Patterson, Lucia	Hydrothermal footprint of Carlin-type gold deposits at the district scale: Jerritt Canyon Mining District, Elko County, Nevada	Muntean	M.S.	2009
Trotman, Rick	Geology of the Storm gold-silver deposit Elko County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2009
Hastings, Matthew	Relationship of base-metal skarn mineralization to Carlin-type gold mineralization at the Archimedes gold deposit, Eureka, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2008
Mach, Craig	Tectonic controls, timing and geochemistry of supergene enrichment of the Tyrone porphyry copper deposit, Grant County, New Mexico	Thompson	Ph.D.	2008
Doyle, Jessica	Geology and structure of Winters Creek, Jerritt Canyon District, Elko County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2007
Ruiz-Parraga, Juan	Geology of the Chukar Footwall Mine, Maggie Creek District, Carlin Trend, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2007
Campbell, Keith	The geology, alteration, and mineralization of the True North gold deposit, Fairbanks, Alaska	Thompson	Ph.D.	2006
Hall, Tim	Biostratigraphic and structural relationships of Middle to Lower Paleozoic rocks within the Roberts Mountains and Tuscarora Mountains, Elko	Noble	M.S.	2006
Henkelman, Christine	Can variations in pyrite chemistry across the Goldstrike system provide clues to gold deposition and improved exploration techniques	Cline (UNLV)	M.S.(UNLV)	2005
Ressel, Mike	Igneous geology of the Carlin Trend, Nevada: The importance of Eocene magmatism in gold mineralization	Henry	Ph.D.	2005
Cellura, Brian	Biostratigraphy and structural geology in the Marys Mountain area, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada	Noble	M.S.	2004
Hutcherson, Sheila	Geology, geochemistry and alteration of zone 5 of the Murray Mine, Jerritt Canyon District, Elko, County Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	2003
Johnston, Marcus	Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a genetic model for the McCoy-Cove magmatic-hydrothermal system	Thompson	Ph.D.	2003
Lubben, Jared	Silicification across the Betze-Post Carlin-type Au Deposit: Clues to ore fluid properties and sources, northern Carlin Trend, Nevada	Cline/UNLV	M.S.	2003
Marino, Fredy	Geology of the Deep Post mine, Northern Carlin trend, Nevada	Thompson/ Schweickert	M.S.	2003
Loayza-Tam, Carlos	Geologic study of Cerro Yanacocha gold-silver deposit, Yanacocha District, Northern Peru	Thompson	M.S.	2002
Vitaller, Alfredo	Structural setting of epithermal precious metal deposits at the Veladero Project, Valle del Cura, San Juan, Argentina	Thompson	M.S.	2002
Weaver, Kelli	Geochemistry of gold-bearing and gold-free pyrite and marcasite from the Getchell Gold Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada	Cline (UNLV)	M.S.(UNLV)	2001
Boskie, Rachelle	Detailed structure and stratigraphy of lower Paleozoic rocks of the Getchell Trend, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada	Schweickert	M.S.	2000
Altamirano-Morales, Carlos	Structural control and alteration at the Deep Star deposit, Eureka County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	1999
Cail, Tracy	Alteration associated with gold deposition at Getchell, Carlin type deposit north-central Nevada	Cline (UNLV)	M.S.(UNLV)	1999
Dewitt, Alex	Alteration, geochemical dispersion, and ore controls at the SSX Mine, Jerritt Canyon District, Elko County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	1999
Heinrich, Gavan	Geology and gold mineralization of the Toiyabe Mine area, Lander County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	1999
Mahmoudi, Jalal	Structural Geology of the Getchell Deposit and Relations to the Osgood Mountains window and the Getchell Trend	Schweickert	M.S.	1999
Rayias, Alexa	Stratigraphy, structural geology, alteration, and geochemistry of the northeastern Railroad District, Elko County, Nevada	Thompson	M.S.	1999
Shallow, Lori (Clarke)	Refractory ores at the Rain Mine, Elko County, Nevada: structural controls, wallrock alteration, petrography, and geochemistry	Thompson	M.S.	1999
Shigehiro, Michiko	Mineral paragenesis and ore fluids at the Turquoise Ridge gold deposit, Nevada	Cline (UNLV)	M.S.(UNLV)	1999
Hartman, Sarah	The use of acoustic log data in structural interpretation at the Turquoise Ridge deposit, Getchell Mine, north-central Nevada	Larson	M.S.	1998

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