OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Economic Geology is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Teena Zn-Pb Deposit (McArthur Basin, Australia). Part I: Syndiagenetic Base Metal Sulfide Mineralization Related to Dynamic Subbasin Evolution	67
Formation of an Active Giant Nonsulfide Zinc System, Jinding, China: Relationships Among Tectonics, Climate, and Supergene Metal Remobilization	54
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Mupane and Shashe Gold Deposits of the Tati Greenstone Belt (NE Botswana): Implications for Mineral Deposit Models and Exploration	54
The Petrogenesis of the Lower Critical Zone and Lower Group Chromitites, Eastern Bushveld Complex: Incremental Development of Igneous Layering and Injection of Chromite Slurries	53
Role of Mg Gangue Minerals in Natural Analogue CO2 Sequestration	50
U-Pb and Sm-Nd Evidence for Episodic Orogenic Gold Mineralization in the Kalgoorlie Gold Camp, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia	48
High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses	47
The Teena Zn-Pb Deposit (McArthur Basin, Australia). Part II: Carbonate Replacement Sulfide Mineralization During Burial Diagenesis—Implications for Mineral Exploration	46
Spatio-Temporal Shifts in Magmatism and Mineralization in Northern Colorado Beginning in the Late Eocene	46
Geology and Genesis of the Giant Gorevskoe Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia	46
U-Pb DATING OF APATITE FROM SILVERMINES DEPOSIT, IRELAND: A MODEL FOR HYDROTHERMAL ORE GENESIS	45
Shape and Size Distribution of Sulfide Globules in the Raglan Magmatic Sulfide Deposit: Implications for Deposition and Exploration of Massive Sulfide Orebodies	44
Time Series Studies and Drilling Results from IODP Expedition 376 to Brothers Volcano, New Zealand: Insights into Petrology, Hydrothermal Processes, and Mineralization—Introduction	43
Two Episodes of Postpeak Metamorphic High- to Moderate-Temperature Orogenic Gold Mineralization at Danba, Southwest China: Timing and Fluid Source Constraints from Thermodynamic Modeling and U-Pb, Re-	42
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS, 2022	42
Lithium Pegmatites in Africa: A Review	41
Complex Effects of Assimilation on Sulfide Saturation Revealed by Modeling with the Magma Chamber Simulator: A Case Study on the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA	40
The GREENPEG Project Toolset to Explore for Buried Pegmatites Hosting Lithium, High-Purity Quartz, and Other Critical Raw Materials	39
Mobilization and Fractionation of Magmatic Sulfide: Emplacement and Deformation of the Munali Ni-(Cu-Platinum Group Element) Deposit, Zambia	36
Amphiboles of the Rare Earth Element-Rich Baerzhe Peralkaline Granite, Northeast China: Recorders of Fluoride-Silicate Melt Immiscibility and Rare Metal Enrichment	33
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	33
Exhumation and Preservation of Paleozoic Porphyry Cu Deposits: Insights from the Yandong Deposit, Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt	33
Interesting Papers in Other Journals	32
Distribution of Te, As, Bi, Sb, and Se in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt and Komatiites and in Picrites and Basalts from Large Igneous Provinces: Implications for the Formation of Magmatic Ni-Cu-Platinum Grou	32
Silver Behavior During Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of a Highly Evolved Reduced Granitic System Related to the Giant Shuangjianzishan Ag-Pb-Zn-(Sn) Epithermal Deposit, Northeast China	30

Escape a los Andes: La historia de Mauricio Hochschild, “el Schindler de Bolivia” (Escape to the Andes: The story of Mauricio Hochschild, “the Bolivian Schindler”)	30
Geology of Porphyry Cu-Au and Epithermal Cu-Au-Ag Mineralization at Filo del Sol, Argentina-Chile: Extreme Telescoping During Andean Uplift	30
Timing of Rhyolite Intrusion and Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization at the Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada, USA	27
RECOGNITION OF PORPHYRY QUARTZ IN STREAM SEDIMENTS BY FLUID INCLUSION PETROGRAPHY AND CATHODOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY: RESULTS OF SYSTEMATIC DISPERSION STUDIES AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN PORPHYRY EX	27
Formation of Gold Deposits (Neil Phillips)	26
Geology and Structure of the Río Blanco Cu-Mo Porphyry Deposit, Central Chile	26
Fluid Inclusion Evidence for Subseafloor Magmatic-Hydrothermal Processes at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand	25
Working up an Apatite: Enigmatic Mesoarchean Hydrothermal Cu-Co-Au Mineralization in the Pilbara Craton	25
INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC MATTER ON Re-Os DATING OF SULFIDES: INSIGHTS FROM THE GIANT JINDING SEDIMENT-HOSTED Zn-Pb DEPOSIT, CHINA	25
Timing of Hydrothermal Alteration and Au-Sb-W Mineralization, Stibnite-Yellow Pine District, Idaho	24
The Age and Origin of the Ruwai Polymetallic Skarn Deposit, Indonesia: Evidence of Cretaceous Mineralization in the Central Borneo Metallogenic Belt	24
Diagenetic and Epigenetic Mineralizing Events in the Kalahari Copperbelt, Botswana: Evidence from Re-Os Sulfide Dating and U-Th-Pb Xenotime Geochronology	22
Depositing >1.5 Mt of Tin Within <1 m.y. of Initial Granitic Intrusion in the San Rafael Tin (-Copper) Deposit, Southeastern Peru	21
Introduction to a Special Issue on Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Sulfide Deposits Dedicated to Anthony J. Naldrett	21
Detecting Buried Porphyry Cu Mineralization in a Glaciated Landscape: A Case Study from the Gibraltar Cu-Mo Deposit, British Columbia, Canada	20
Arsenic as an Indicator of Black Shale Assimilation by Nickel-Bearing Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions, Muremera-Rujungu, Burundi	20
TRACE ELEMENTS IN QUARTZ: INSIGHTS INTO SOURCE AND FLUID EVOLUTION IN MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS	19
Sulfide Variation in the Coeur Rochester Silver Deposit: Use of Geologic Block Modeling in the Prediction and Management of Mine Waste	19
Igneous Geochronology and Thermochronology of the Northern Battle Mountain District, Nevada: Implications for Gold Mineralization	19
Giant Rare Earth Element Accumulation Related to Voluminous, Highly Evolved Carbonatite: A Microanalytical Study of Carbonate Minerals From the Bayan Obo Deposit, China	18
Carbonate Replacement as the Principal Ore Formation Process in the Proterozoic McArthur River (HYC) Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposit, Australia	18
Complementary Textural, Trace Element, and Isotopic Analyses of Sulfides Constrain Ore-Forming Processes for the Slate-Hosted Yuhengtang Au Deposit, South China	18
FAULT-INDUCED GOLD SATURATION OF A SINGLE AURIFEROUS FLUID IS A KEY PROCESS FOR OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSIT FORMATION	18
Decoupling of Sulfur Isotope Signatures from Platinum Group Elements in Komatiite-Hosted Ore Systems: Evidence from the Mount Keith MKD5 Ni-(Co-Cu) Deposit, Western Australia	17
Rare Earth Element Mobility and Sr Isotope Systematics of Altered Volcanic Rocks from Seawater-Based and Magmatically Influenced Hydrothermal Systems: Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc (IODP Expedition 3	17
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	17
Nova-Bollinger Ni-Cu Sulfide Ore Deposits, Fraser Zone, Western Australia: Petrogenesis of the Host Intrusions	17
Lithostratigraphy, Lithogeochemistry, and Tectono-Magmatic Framework of the ABM Replacement-Style Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) Deposit, Finlayson Lake District, Yukon, Canada	16
In Situ Multiple Sulfur Isotope and S/Se Composition of Magmatic Sulfide Occurrences in the Labrador Trough, Northern Quebec	16
THE ROLE OF SCANDIUM CHLORIDE AND HYDROXIDE COMPLEXES IN THE FORMATION OF SCANDIUM DEPOSITS: INSIGHTS FROM EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING	16
Anthropogenic and Geogenic Mercury in Surface Waters in the Mature Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick, Canada	16
Episodic Nature of Magmatic Ascent in a Dynamic Conduit System: Evidence From a Late Gabbroic Intrusion Associated with the Eagle Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit in Northern Michigan, USA	16
Paleozoic Magmatism and Mineralization Potential of the Sanchakou Copper Deposit, Eastern Tianshan, Northwest China: Insights from Geochronology, Mineral Chemistry, and Isotopes	16
The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Sadisdorf Li-Sn-(W-Cu) Magmatic-Hydrothermal Greisen and Vein System, Eastern Erzgebirge, Germany	16
Electromagnetic Characteristics of the Magmatic Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposits in the Orogenic Belt: A Case Study from Kalatongke Deposits in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt	15
San Albino, Nicaragua: A Low-Angle, Thrust-Controlled Orogenic Gold Deposit	15
Mesozoic Hydrothermal Overprint on Carboniferous Bauxite in China	15
The Mina Justa Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) Deposit, Peru: Constraints on Metal and Ore Fluid Sources	15
Fluid and Vein Evolution, Timing, and Temperature of Cu-Au-Mo Sulfide Deposition at the Encuentro Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Northern Chile	15
Mapping Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element-Hosting, Small-Sized, Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks Using WorldView-3 Images and a Spatial-Spectral Transformer Deep Learning Method	15
PRECISE AGES FOR LODE GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE XIAOQINLING GOLD FIELD, SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE NORTH CHINA CRATON: NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM IN SITU U-Pb DATING OF HYDROTHERMAL MONAZITE AND RUTILE	15
Variant Offset-Type Platinum Group Element Reef Mineralization in Basal Olivine Cumulates of the Kapalagulu Intrusion, Western Tanzania	14
Trace Element Zonation in Carlin-Type Pyrite: Tracking Ore-Forming Processes at the Nanoscale	14
Pyrite as a Microtextural and Geochemical Tracer of Ore-Forming Processes, Central Zone Orogenic Gold Deposit, Gabgaba District, Sudan	14
The Magino Gold Deposit, Ontario, Canada: An Overprinted Archean Intrusion-Related Gold Deposit	14
Vertical Zoning in Hydrothermal U-Ag-Bi-Co-Ni-As Systems: A Case Study from the Annaberg-Buchholz District, Erzgebirge (Germany)	14
Geochemical Signatures of Mafic Volcanic Rocks in Modern Oceanic Settings and Implications for Archean Mafic Magmatism	13
Evaluating Geochemical Discriminants in Archean Gold Deposits: A Superior Province Perspective with an Emphasis on the Abitibi Greenstone Belt	13
Genesis of Sublayer, Footwall Breccia, and Associated Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the Sudbury Igneous Complex	13
Apatite as a Probe into the Nature and Origin of Hydrothermal Fluids Responsible for U Leaching in the Lujing Granite-Related U Deposits, South China	13

Genesis of the Loma Galena Pb-Ag Deposit, Navidad District, Patagonia, Argentina: A Unique Epithermal System Capped by an Anoxic Lake	13
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS, 2025	12
THE Fe-Cu DISCONNECT: UNRAVELING A COMPOSITE IRON OXIDE COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE OLYMPIC Fe-Cu-Au PROVINCE, GAWLER CRATON	12
Characterization and Timing of Mineralization in the Garrison Gold District, Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada	12
Letter About the Outgoing Editor, Lawrence Meinert	12
The Characteristics and Origin of Barite in the Giant Mehdiabad Zn-Pb-Ba Deposit, Iran	12
Geophysical Study of Gold Mineralized Zones in the Carolina Terrane of South Carolina	12
Discriminating Superimposed Alteration Associated with Epigenetic Base and Precious Metal Vein Systems in the Rouyn-Noranda Mining District, Quebec; Implications for Exploration in Ancient Volcanic Di	12
Constraints on the Genesis of Cobalt Deposits: Part II. Applications to Natural Systems	11
CASSITERITE U-Pb GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SANTA BÁRBARA TIN DISTRICT, RONDÔNIA TIN PROVINCE, BRAZIL	11
Interesting Papers in Other Journals	11
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	11
REVIEWERS OF MANUSCRIPTS	11
Anatectic Origin of Mississippian Spodumene-Bearing Pegmatites in Western Maine During Orogenic Plateau Collapse	11
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	11
Hydrothermal Alteration Within the Brothers Submarine Arc Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand	11
CALCITE U-Pb DATING UNRAVELS THE AGE AND HYDROTHERMAL HISTORY OF THE GIANT SHUIYINDONG CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, SOUTH CHINA	11
A RECENTLY DISCOVERED TRACHYTE-HOSTED RARE EARTH ELEMENT-NIOBIUM-ZIRCONIUM OCCURRENCE IN NORTHERN MAINE, USA	11
Geologic Setting and Hydrothermal Alteration at the Tucano Gold Deposit in Northern Brazil: Evidence for a Hypozonal Orogenic Gold System in the Guiana Shield	10
Epithermal Gold Discoveries in the Emerging Khundii Metallogenic Province, Southwest Mongolia	10
Antimony in Mine Wastes: Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Microbiology	10
Evaluating the Potential of Rhyolitic Glass as a Lithium Source for Brine Deposits	10
Genesis of the 1.45 Ga Kratz Spring Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit Complex in Southeast Missouri, USA: Constraints from Oxide Mineral Chemistry	10
IN SITU U-Pb DATING OF GARNET AND CASSITERITE FROM THE KANBAUK W-Sn(-F) SKARN DEPOSIT, DAWEI REGION, SOUTHERN MYANMAR: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE REGIONAL Sn-W METALLOGENY IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN TIN BELT	10
Geochemical Signatures of Felsic Volcanic Rocks in Modern Oceanic Settings and Implications for Archean Greenstone Belts	10
The Origin of Native Metal-Arsenide Mineralization in the World-Class Schlema-Alberoda Uranium Deposit (Germany): Insights from Arsenide Compositions and Fluid Inclusion Characteristics	10
Structural Controls on Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Mineralization and Related Alteration in a Paleoproterozoic Supracrustal Belt: Insights from the Nautanen Deformation Zone and Surroundings, Northern Swed	10
Geologic and Geochemical Features of the World-Class Archean Windfall Intrusion-Related Au Deposit, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada	10