42 Cordilleran Mineral Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Critical Metal Ore Deposits

Explore the processes responsible for selective transport and accumulation of critical metals in the Earth’s crust: mineral systems science, economic geology, mineral exploration, geochemistry and isotopes, fluid inclusions, and mineral chemistry (bilingual session (English/Spanish)).

Friday, 24 April 2026
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
LMH, Meeting Room

Participants

• Chair Néstor Cano
• Chair Mélanie Noury
• Chair Cristo Bejarano-Carrillo
• Chair Edith Fuentes Guzmán
• Chair Héctor Gutiérrez-Mendoza
• Chair Francisco Quintanar-Ruiz
• Chair Dr. Edgardo Barrera Moreno

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Occurrence of metallic particles beneath the Mexican Central Plateau: Evidence for mantle and crustal fertility from xenoliths in maars of San Luis Potosí
  André Figueroa Elizalde, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciudad de México, México and Néstor Cano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, DF and José González Jiménez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada
  410770 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  Geodynamic Controls on Porphyry Copper Formation in Southern Peru: Insights from Apatite Trace Element Geochemistry
  Silja Aguilar Austria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo, Sonora and Mélanie Noury, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo, SON
  411025 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  Evidence of cretaceous Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au? system in central-eastern of Mexico (El Milagro de Gudalupe deposit)
  Emilio Torres Jurado, Instituto potosino de investigación científica y tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí and Sanjeet Kumar Verma, Instituto potosino de investigación Científica y tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí and Eduardo González Partida, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Juriquilla, Querétaro and ´Paola Lozano Niño, Instituto potosino de investigación científica y tecnológica , San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí and Sumit Mishra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Juriquilla, Querétaro
  410763 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  Mineralogical Analysis of the San Carlos Epithermal Vein in Fresnillo, Zacatecas.
  Alexis Cervantes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geologia, University City, Mexico City and Néstor Cano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, DF and José María González Jiménez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciónes Científicas, Granada and Antoni Camprubi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, DF
  410751 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  Metallogenic Study of the East Camp Douglas Gold Prospect, Great Basin, Nevada, USA
  Rafael Avalos-Alejandre, Institute of Geology, Mexico City, Mexico City and Néstor Cano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, DF and Ricardo Garcia-Vasquez, Institute of Geosciences, Juriquilla, Querétaro and Eduardo González-Partida, Institute of Geosciences, Juriquilla, Querétaro and Antoni Camprubi, UNAM, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico City, DF
  410890 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  Mineralogy and fluid nature of the Antares Sur ore body, Velardeña Mining District, Durango (Mexico).
  Diana Miranda López, Instituto de Geología, UNAM., Coyoacán, Ciudad de México and Néstor Cano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, DF and Edith Fuentes, UNAM, Procesos litosfericos, MEXICO CITY, DF and Antoni Camprubi, UNAM, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico City, DF and Ana González
  410881 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  Rare metal mineralization associated with agpaitic syenites in the northern Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province
  Néstor Cano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, CDMX and Roberto Díaz-Martínez, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Nueva Rosita, Coahuila and Luis Brito-Calderón, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Nueva Rosita, Coahuila and Antoni Camprubi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Mexico City, CDMX and Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona and Diego Domínguez-Carretero, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona and Xavier Llovet, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona and Eduardo González-Partida, Univerisdad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, CDMX and Joaquín Proenza, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona
  410793 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  DNA of the East Pacific Rise: Mn-Ba-Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag at Detachment Faults in Arizona
  William Brooks, Reston, VA
  410774 (Technical Sessions)