36 Cordilleran Mineral Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Critical Metal Ore Deposits (Posters)

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
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
LMH, 5th Floor Chapel

Participants

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

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Preliminary Mapping of Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Volcanic Rocks in Southern Clayton Valley and Implications for the Lithium Enriched Silver Peak Volcanic Center
  Cutter Morebeck, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV and Philipp Ruprecht, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
  410771 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Structural Architecture of the Cananea Porphyry Copper District
  Luis Fernando Ayala Lopez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Hermosillo, Sonora and Mélanie Noury, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo, SON
  410892 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  The Potential for obtaining reliable Quartz ages using 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology: An example from the Amalia Tuff, North Central New Mexico
  Daniel Miggins, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon and Ada Gabriela Encinas-Symonds, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora
  410908 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Pressure-Temperature Gradients of Biotite in the Lights Creek Stock
  Amber Cochrane, California State University, Chico, Chico, California and Hannah Aird, California State University, Chico, Chico, California
  410928 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Geological-Structural characterization of “Mexican-type Sn Veins” in the Sierra Norte of Guanajuato: Mining opportunity areas for Ce, In, Nb, Tl ore deposits.
  Luis Beristain Beristain, Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingenieria y Arquitectura Unidad Ticoman , Ciudad de Mexico and Augusto Rodríguez Díaz, Instituto de Geofísica Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico , Ciudad de Mexico and Mario Ramos Arias, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de Mexico and Teresa Pi Puig, Instituto de Geología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico and Raymundo Casas García, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg and Brian Vallejo Herrera, Instituto de Geofísica Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico and Moises Vera Herrera, Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingenieria y Arquitectura , Ciudad de Mexico
  410963 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  New U-Pb Age Data for Lights Creek Stock and Engels Gabbro, Plumas County, Northern California
  Hannah Aird, California State University, Chico, Chico, California and Margaret Pierce, California State University, Chico, Chico, California and Mauricio Martinez-Contreras, California State University, Chico, Chico, California
  410966 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Boron Isotope Signatures in Hydrothermal Tourmaline from Three IOCG Deposits within the Lights Creek Stock in Northern California
  Mauricio Martinez-Contreras, California State University Chico, Chico, CA and Hannah Aird, CSU Chico, Chico, CA
  410970 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Geological and Structural Characteristics at the Intersection of the Veta Madre and Aldana Faults (El Orito zone), Guanajuato Mining District, Mexico.
  Juan García-Colín, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Edgar Angeles-Moreno, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Alejandra Menéndez-González, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Ángel Méndez-López, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Beatriz Beltrán-Martínez, Empresa Geo and Petroservices, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Isidro Loza-Aguirre, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Raúl Miranda-Avilés, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato
  411015 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Eocene structural controls on spatial distribution of hydrothermal ores at the tectonic southern limit of Mesa Central of Mexico
  Edgar Angeles-Moreno, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Beatriz Beltrán-Martínez, Geo and Petroservices, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Isidro Loza-Aguirre, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Raúl Miranda-Avilés, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and Pooja Kshirsagar, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato and María de Jesús Olmos-Moya, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato
  411027 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Constraining the Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution Using Magnetite Trace Elements and Oxygen Isotopes from Ore-Forming Breccias at the Mount Polley Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Canada
  Rebecca Morris, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC and Dante Canil, Univ Victoria, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Victoria, BC and Chris Rees, Imperial Metals Corporation, Vancouver, BC
  411068 (Technical Sessions)