Economic Geology at New Mexico Tech
The geology of ore deposits has been an important area of research
at New Mexico Tech for many years. Studies of ore deposits are carried
out in the Earth and Environmental Science Department as well as the New
Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and in the Department
of Mining and Minerals Engineering. There are three faculty whose primary
research interests are in the field of ore-deposit research. Many of the
studies in the department involve the origins of metallic ore deposits.
We have excellent facilities for determining the source, timing, and physical
conditions of the ore forming fluids. Campbell and Chavez are currently
co-editors of the SEG News Letter for the Society of Economic Geologists.
Norman occasionally offers a summer short course in fluid inclusions.
Geology/geochemistry faculty working on economic geology
projects
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Andrew Campbell (stable isotopes, fluid inclusions,
fluid inclusions in opaque minerals, magmatic fluids).
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David Norman (fluid inclusions, gas analysis of
inclusion gasses, mineral equilibrium, geochemical exploration, gold and
diamonds in Africa).
Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering faculty
working on economic geology projects
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William Chavez (porphyry deposits, supergene enrichment, exploration, ore
petrography, ore deposits of Chile).
Ore Deposit Exploration Option