Virginia McLemore:
Student Theses (advised or on committee)
We are a research and service division of:
Randall Phillips, 1990, Geochemistry of hydrothermal Th-U-REE quartz/fluorite veins from the Capitan Pluton, M.S. thesis, graduated 1990
Randall Ruff, 1993, Gas analysis of fluid inclusions: Application toward precious metal exploration, Steeple Rock mining district, Grant County, New Mexico, M.S. thesis,graduated 1993
James Watrus, 1998, A regional geochemical Atlas for part of Socorro County, New Mexico: M.S. thesis,graduated 1993
Eric Munroe, 1999,Geology and geochemistry of waste rock piles in the Hillsboro mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico, M.S. thesis, graduated 1999
Kelly Donahue, 2002, Geochemistry, geology, and geochronology of the Victorio mining district, Luna County, New Mexico: Linking skarn and porphyry systems to carbonate-hosted lead-zinc replacement deposits, M.S. thesis, graduated 2002
L. Steven Raugust, 2003, The natural defenses of Copper Flat, Sierra County, New Mexico, M.S. thesis, graduated 2003
Amanda Rowe, 2005, Fluid evolution of the magmatic hydrothermal breccia of the Goat Hill Orebody, Questa Climax-type porphyry molybdenum system, New Mexico - A fluid inclusion study M.S. thesis, graduated 2005
Samuel Tachie-Menson, 2006, CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ACID-PRODUCING POTENTIAL AND INVESTIGATION OF ITS EFFECT ON WEATHERING OF THE GOATHILL NORTH ROCK PILE AT THE QUESTA MOLYBDENUM MINE, NEW MEXICO, M.S. thesis, graduated 2006
Luiza Aline Fernandes Gutierrez, 2006, THE INFLUENCE OF MINERALOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICAL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES ON SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF THE GOATHILL ROCK PILE MATERIAL, QUESTA MOLYBDENUM MINE, NEW MEXICO, M.S. thesis, graduated 2006
Heather Renee Shannon, 2006, FLUID TRANSPORT THROUGH A VARIABLY SATURATED ROCK PILE HILLSLOPE SYSTEM, M.S. thesis, graduated 2006
Vanessa Candida de Viterbo, 2007, EFFECTS OF PRE-MINING HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION PROCESSES AND POST-MINING WEATHERING ON ROCK ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF THE GOATHILL NORTH ROCK PILE AT THE QUESTA MINE, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, M.S. thesis, graduated 2007
Gabriel James Graf, 2008, Mineralogical and Geochemical Changes Associated with Sulfide and Silicate Weathering in Natural Alteration Scars, Taos County, New Mexico, M.S. thesis, graduated 2008
Kwaku Boakye, 2008, LARGE IN SITU DIRECT SHEAR TESTS ON ROCK PILES AT THE QUESTA MINE, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, M.S. thesis, graduated 2008
Hooman Hosseinpour, 2008, NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF AN OVERSIZE PARTICLE ON DIRECT SHEAR TEST RESULTS, M.S. thesis, graduated 2008
Gertrude Fobiah Ayakwah, 2009, EFFECT OF WEATHERING AND ALTERATION ON POINT LOAD AND SLAKE DURABILITY INDICES AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DEBRIS FLOW AT THE QUESTA MINE, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, M.S. thesis, graduated 2009
Samuel Nunoo, 2009, GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATION OF QUESTA MINE MATERIAL, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, M.S. thesis, graduated 2009
John Morkeh, 2009, Geochemistry and mineralogy of mine rock pile materials and different grain size fractions from the Chevron Questa mine, Taos County, New Mexico, M.S. thesis, graduated 2009
Kojo Anim, 2010, EFFECT OF STRAIN RATE ON THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF QUESTA ROCK PILE MATERIALS, M.S. thesis, graduated 2010
Shannon F. Williams, 2010, Spatial Distribution of Fluoride Concentration in Goathill North Rock Pile, Questa Molybdenum Mine, Questa, New Mexico, M.S. thesis, graduated 2010
Pruthvid Geedipally, et al., 2012, Geology and mineral deposits in the Hillsboro mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 63, p. 559-568, M.S. independent study, graduated 2012
Rowe, Amanda, 2012, Ore genesis and fluid evolution of the Goat Hill orebody, Questa Climax-type porphyry-Mo system, New Mexico and its comparison to the Climax-type deposits of the Colorado mineral belt, Ph.D. dissertation, New Mexico Institute Mining Technology, Socorro, NM, 286 pp.
Kwame Femfrong, 2013, Rare Earth Elements (REE) Potential and Origin of the Cambrian-Ordovician(?) Episyenites in the Caballo Montains, southern New Mexico, M.S. thesis, graduated 2013
Annie Riggins, 2014, Origin of the REE-bearing Episyenites in the Caballo and Burro Mountains, New Mexico: M.S. thesis, graduated 2014
Asafo-Akowuah, John, 2017, New Mexico Abandoned Uranium Mines Study: Jeter, Lucky Don, and Little Davie mines, Socorro County, New Mexico: M.S. independent thesis, graduated 2017
Tiffany Luterbach, M.S. Mineral Engineering, Trace Element Analysis of Placer Gold, New Mexico Geology, v. 37, no. 4, pp. 89. (2015), independent study, graduated May 2018
Zutah, William, 2017, Origin and mineral resource potential of Rosedale District, Socorro County, New Mexico: M.S. independent thesis, graduated 2017
Smith, Adam E., 2018, Multi-stage processes for generation REE-enriched episyenites and fenites in New Mexico and Colorado: the role of magmatic and diagenetic fluids based on 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, whole rock geochemistry and radiogenic isotopes [M.S. thesis]: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, 352 p., graduated 2018
Silva, Marcus E., 2019, An inventory and mineralogical characterization of mines and prospects in the North Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico: M.S. thesis, graduated 2019
Harrison, Nicholas, (coaurthors McLemore, V.T., Silva, M., Mojtabai, N., and Asafo-Akowuah, J.), 2020, A study of abandoned mine lands in New Mexico: SME Annual Meeting, Preprint 20-37, 6 p., https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/mclemore/documents/20-037.pdf senior thesis, gaduated May 2021
Grab, John, 2021, Resolving the style of gold minealiztion and the associate mineral and alteration assembalges at the Trenton Canyon property, Nevada: M.S. independent study, graduated 2021
Stellah Cherotich, 2023, Characterization and Origin of the REE-bearing Magmatic-hydrothermal breccia pipes in the Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico: M.S. independent study, graduated 2023
Mason Woodward, 2023, Using 40AR/39AR geochronology and clinopyroxene geothermometry to re-evaluate the emplacement history and tectonics of the Cornudas Mountains, southern New Mexico: M.S. thesis, graduated 2023
updated March 5, 2024