Sillitoe SEG papers: 19712013

001_Sillitoe, R.H., and Sawkins, F.J., 1971, Geologic, mineralogic, and fluid inclusion
studies relating to the origin of copper-bearing tourmaline breccia pipes, Chile:
Economic Geology, v. 65, p. 10281041.
002_Sillitoe, R.H., 1972, A plate tectonic model for the origin of porphyry copper deposits:
Economic Geology, v. 67, p. 184197.
003_Sillitoe, R.H., 1973, Geology of the Los Pelambres porphyry copper deposit, Chile:
Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 1-10.
004_Sillitoe, R.H., 1973, The tops and bottoms of porphyry copper deposits: Economic
Geology, v. 68, p. 799-815.
005_Sillitoe, R.H., 1973, Environments of formation of volcanogenic massive sulfide
deposits: Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 1321-1325.
006_Sillitoe, R.H., Halls, C., and Grant, J.N., 1975, Porphyry tin deposits in Bolivia:
Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 913-927.
007_Sillitoe, R.H., 1975, Lead-silver, manganese, and native sulfur mineralization within a
stratovolcano, El Queva, northwest Argentina: Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 1190-1201.
008_Sillitoe, R.H., 1975, Subduction and porphyry copper deposits in southwestern North
America a reply to recent objections: Economic Geology, v. 70, p. 1474-1477.
009_Sillitoe, R.H., 1977, Permo-Carboniferous, late Cretaceous and Miocene porphyry
copper-type mineralization in the Argentinian Andes: Economic Geology, v. 72, p. 99103.
010_Sillitoe, R.H., Jaramillo, L., Damon, P.E., Shafiqullah, M., and Escovar, R., 1982,
Setting, characterisitics, and age of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Colombia:
Economic Geology, v. 77, p. 1837-1850.
011_Silliitoe, R.H., 1983, Enargite-bearing massive sulfide deposits high in porphyry copper
systems: Economic Geology, v. 78, p. 348-352.
012_Sillitoe, R.H., Jaramillo, L., and Castro, H., 1984, Geologic exploration of a
molybdenum-rich porphyry copper deposit at Mocoa, Colombia: Economic Geology, v.
79, p. 106-123.
013_Sillitoe, R.H., Baker, E.M., and Brook, W.A., 1984, Gold deposits and hydrothermal
eruption breccias associated with a maar volcano at Wau, Papua New Guinea:
Economic Geology, v. 79, p. 638-655.
014_Sillitoe, R.H., and Bonham, H.F., Jr., 1984, Volcanic landforms and ore deposits:
Economic Geology, v. 79, p. 1286-1298.

015_Sillitoe, R.H., 1985, Ore-related breccias in volcanoplutonic arcs: Economic Geology, v.

80, p. 1467-1514.
016_Sillitoe, R.H., Grauberger, G.L., and Elliott, J.E., 1985, A diatreme-hosted gold deposit
at Montana Tunnels, Montana: Economic Geology, v. 80, p. 1707-1721.
017_Cunnean, R., and Sillitoe, R.H., 1989, Paleozoic hot spring sinter in the Drummond
Basin, Queensland, Australia: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 135-142.
018_Sillitoe, R.H., 1989, Gold deposits in western Pacific island arcs: The magmatic
connection, in The geology of gold deposits: The perspective in 1988, Keays, R. R.,
Ramsay, W. R. H., and Groves, D. I., eds.: Economic Geology Monograph 6, p. 274291.
019_Arnold, G.O., and Sillitoe, R.H., 1989, Mount Morgan gold-copper deposit, Queensland,
Australia: Evidence for an intrusion-related replacement origin: Economic Geology, v.
84, p. 1805-1816.
020_Sillitoe, R.H., 1991, Gold metallogeny of Chile an introduction: Economic Geology, v.
86, p. 1187-1205.
021_Vila, T., and Sillitoe, R.H., 1991, Gold-rich porphyry systems in the Maricunga belt,
northern Chile: Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 1238-1260.
022_Sillitoe, R.H., McKee, E.H., and Vila, T., 1991, Reconnaissance K-Ar geochronology of
the Maricunga gold-silver belt, northern Chile: Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 1261-1270.
023_Vila, T., Sillitoe, R.H., Betzhold, J., and Viteri, E., 1991, The porphyry gold deposit at
Marte, northern Chile: Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 1271-1286.
024_Sillitoe, R.H., 1992, Gold and copper metallogeny of the central Andes Past, present,
and future exploration objectives (SEG Distinguished Lecture): Economic Geology, v.
87, p. 2205-2216.
025_Sillitoe, R.H., 1993, Giant and bonanza gold deposits in the epithermal environment:
Assessment of potential genetic factors, in Giant ore deposits, Whiting, B. H., Mason,
R., and Hodgson, C. J., eds.: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 2, p.
125-156.
026_Sillitoe, R.H., and Lorson, R.C., 1994, Epithermal gold-silver-mercury deposits at
Paradise Peak, Nevada: Ore controls, porphyry gold association, detachment faulting,
and supergene oxidation: Economic Geology, v. 89, p. 1226-1246.
027_Sillitoe, R.H., and McKee, E.H., 1996, Age of supergene oxidation and enrichment in
the Chilean porphyry copper province: Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 164-179.
028_Sillitoe, R.H., Hannington, M.D., and Thompson, J.F.H., 1996, High-sulfidation
deposits in the volcanogenic massive sulfide environment: Economic Geology, v. 91,
204-212.
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029_Sillitoe, R.H., Marquardt, J.C., Ramrez, F., Becerra, H., and Gmez, M., 1996, Geology
of the concealed MM porphyry copper deposit, Chuquicamata district, northern Chile,
in Andean copper deposits: New discoveries, mineralization styles and metallogeny,
Camus, F., Sillitoe, R. H., and Petersen, R., eds.: Society of Economic Geologists,
Special Publication 5, p. 59-69.
030_Hannington, M.D., Poulsen, K.H., Thompson, J.F.H., and Sillitoe, R.H., 1999,
Volcanogenic gold in the massive sulfide environment, in Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide deposits: Processes and examples in modern and ancient settings, in Barrie,
C.T., and Hannington, M.D., eds.: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 8, p. 325-356.
031_McInnes, B.I.A., Farley, K.A., Sillitoe, R.H., and Kohn, B.P., 1999, Application of
apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry to the determination of the sense and amount of
vertical fault displacement at the Chuquicamata porphyry copper deposit, Chile:
Economic Geology, v. 94, p. 937-947.
032_Sillitoe, R.H., 2000, Geologic analogy: A vital field component of mineral exploration:
Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter 42, p. 6-9.
033_Gendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Len, J.P.,
and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area,
southern Ecuador: Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter 43, p. 1, 8-15.
034_Sillitoe, R.H., 2000, Gold-rich porphyry deposits: Descriptive and genetic models and
their role in exploration and discovery, in Hagemann, S. G., and Brown, P. E., eds.,
Gold in 2000: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 13, p. 315-345.
035_Sillitoe, R.H., 2002, Rifting, bimodal volcanism, and bonanza gold veins: Society of
Economic Geologists Newsletter 48, p. 24-26.
036_Sillitoe, R.H., Cooper, C., Sale, M.J., Soechting, W., Echavarria, D., and Gallardo, J.L.,
2002, Discovery and geology of the Esquel low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit,
Patagonia, Argentina, in Goldfarb, R. J., and Nielsen, R. L., eds, Integrated methods for
discovery: Global exploration in the twenty-first century: Society of Economic
Geologists Special Publication 9, p. 227-240.
037_Sillitoe, R.H., and Burrows, D.R., 2002, New field evidence bearing on the origin of the
El Laco magnetite deposit, northern Chile: Economic Geology, v. 97, p. 1101-1109.
038_Sillitoe, R.H., and Hedenquist, J.W., 2003, Linkages between volcanotectonic settings,
ore-fluid compositions, and epithermal precious metal deposits, in Simmons, S. F., and
Graham, I. J., eds., Volcanic, geothermal, and ore-forming fluids: Rulers and witnesses
of processes within the Earth: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 10,
p. 315-343.

039_Sillitoe, R.H., 2004, Musings on future exploration targets and strategies in the Andes,
in Sillitoe, R.H., Perell, J., and Vidal, C.E., Andean metallogeny: Mineralization
styles, new discoveries, and deposit updates: Society of Economic Geologists Special
Publication 11, p. 1-14.
040_Sillitoe, R.H., 2004, Distal-disseminated and Carlin-type gold deposits: Are they
fundamentally different?: Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter 59, p. 28-30.
041_Sillitoe, R.H., 2005, Supergene oxidized and enriched porphyry copper and related
deposits: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 723-768.
042_Sillitoe, R.H., and Perell, J., 2005, Andean copper province: Tectonomagmatic settings,
deposit types, metallogeny, exploration, and discovery: Economic Geology 100th
Anniversary Volume, p. 845-890.
043_Sillitoe, R.H., and Thompson, J.F.H., 2006, Changes in mineral exploration practice:
Consequences for discovery, in Doggett, M. D., and Parry, J. R., eds., Wealth creation
in the minerals industry: Integrating science, business, and education:: Society of
Economic Geologists Special Publication 12, p. 193-219.
044_Sillitoe, R.H., Hall, D.J., Redwood, S.D., and Waddell, A.H., 2006, Pueblo Viejo highsulfidation epithermal gold-silver deposit, Dominican Republic: A new model of
formation beneath barren limestone cover: Economic Geology, v. 101, p. 1427-1435.
045_Sillitoe, R.H., 2007, Hypogene reinterpretation of supergene silver enrichment at
Chaarcillo, northern Chile: Economic Geology, v. 102, p. 777-781.
046_Sillitoe, R.H., 2008, Major gold deposits and belts in the North and South American
Cordillera: Distribution, tectonomagmatic settings, and metallogenic considerations:
Economic Geology, v. 103, p. 663-687.
047_Sillitoe, R.H., 2009, Supergene silver enrichment reassessed, in Titley, S.R., ed.,
Supergene environments, processes, and products: Society of Economic Geologists
Special Publication 14, p. 15-32.
048_Sillitoe, R.H., 2010, Porphyry copper systems: Economic Geology, v. 105, p. 3-41.
049_Sillitoe, R.H., 2010, The challenge of finding new mineral resources: An introduction, in
Goldfarb, R.J., Marsh, E.E., and Monecke, T., eds., The challenge of finding new
mineral resources: Global metallogeny, innovative exploration, and new discoveries:
Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 15, p. 1-4.
050_Irarrazaval, V., Sillitoe, R.H., Wilson, A.J., Toro, J.C., Robles, W., and Lyall, G.D.,
2010, Discovery history of a giant, high-grade, hypogene porphyry copper-molybdenum
deposit at Los Sulfatos, Los Bronces-Ro Blanco district, central Chile, in Goldfarb,
R.J., Marsh, E.E., and Monecke, T., eds., The challenge of finding new mineral
resources: Global metallogeny, innovative exploration, and new discoveries: Society of
Economic Geologists Special Publication 15, p. 253-269.

051_Sillitoe, R.H., and Mortensen, J.K., 2010, Longevity of porphyry copper formation at
Quellaveco, Peru: Economic Geology, v. 105, p. 1157-1162.
052_Sillitoe, R.H., 2010, Grassroots exploration: Between a major rock and a junior hard
place: Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter 83, p. 11-13.
053_Sillitoe, R.H., Perell, J., and Garca, A., 2010, Sulfide-bearing veinlets throughout the
stratiform mineralization of the Central African Copperbelt: Temporal and genetic
implications: Economic Geology, v. 105, p. 1361-1368.
054_Sillitoe, R.H., Van Kerkvoort, G., and Tolman, J., 2013, Geology of the Caspiche
porphyry gold-copper deposit, Maricunga belt, northern Chile: Economic Geology, v.
108, in press.