Alec Martin

About me

My PhD work centers on collaborating with mining companies to constrain geologic controls on trace metal(loid) and chalcogen deportment (primarily in hypogene Cu-(Fe) sulfides) of porphyry Cu-(Mo) deposits in the Laramide province of the southwestern USA, paired with global comparisons for other porphyry systems and its implications for exploration, geometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and by-product critical element supplies.

I also have research interests in Western Interior Seaway remnants in southeastern Arizona (via research done with Resolution Copper Company), igneous titanite trace element geochemistry, a geologic/geoarchaeologic model for the Khazad-dûm Fe-Au(-Ti) deposit, and the connection between the philosophy of history and geologic practice.

My time spent in industry has mostly revolved around mineralogy/geometallurgy in porphyry copper mining, with extensive work with automated mineralogy (TIMA) systems.

Education

2020 - BS Geology, Brigham Young University

2022 - MSc Geology, University of Arizona

Project Description

Supervisor: Dr. Mark Barton

Geologic controls on trace metal(loid) and chalcogen deportment in hypogene Cu-(Fe) sulfides of porphyry Cu-(Mo) deposits in the Laramide province of the southwestern USA: implications for exploration, geometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and by-product critical element supplies