Professional Background

Dr. Cline received her B.S. in geology from Wisconsin State University at Platteville in 1970. She then spent 11 years exploring for and developing base and precious metal deposits for Inspiration Development Company in the Western United States. She began graduate work at the University of Arizona, where she received an M.S. degree in economic geology in 1986, and she continued her graduate work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where she earned a Ph.D. in 1990. Since then, Dr. Cline has been a faculty member in the department of Geoscience at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and was promoted to Professor in 2002. She is a founding member of the Southern Nevada Chapter of the Geological Society of Nevada, and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, Arizona Geological Society, Geological Society of America, Geochemical Society, and Mineralogical Association of Canada. She is currently an associate editor for Economic Geology. Dr. Cline was named the College of Sciences Distinguished Researcher in 2003, and is the Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer for 2004. She has conducted collaborative research projects with Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Placer Dome Exploration, Newmont Gold Corporation, and Round Mountain Gold Corporation. Dr. Cline has been the Project Manager for the UNLV Walking Box Ranch project since 2005, managing the design and implementation of a museum; a field, research, and training center; and ranch renovation.

Professional Affiliations:

• Society of Economic Geologists
• Geological Society of Nevada
• Arizona Geological Society
• The Geochemical Society
• Geological Society of America

Professional Activities:

AGS Symposium, Session Chair: North American Ore Deposits, Tucson, 2007

Society of Economic Geologists, Publications Board, 2003-2009

Economic Geology, Associate Editor, Society of Economic Geologists, 2000-2009

Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry, co-chair, 2005 meeting

ECROFI 17, Scientific Committee, Budapest, Hungary, June 2003

Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry, vice chair, 2001 meeting

Manuscript reviews:  Economic Geology, Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Mineralium Deposita, Chemical Geology, Mining Engineering, Geology, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Geological Society of Nevada, European Journal of Mineralogy, Journal of the Faculty of Science at the U.A.E. University, Journal of Geophysical Research, Ore Geology Reviews, American Mineralogist

Proposal reviews:  NSF, NSERC, AAAS, American Chemical Society

Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting, Geochemistry Session Chair/Organizer, Denver, CO, 2/2001

GSA Annual Meeting, Session Chair/Organizer, “Secondary Mineralization in the Unsaturated Zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada,” Reno, Nevada, 11/2000

Pan-American Current Research on Fluid Inclusions Conference (PACROFI VII), Principal organizer, UNLV, June, 1998.  Three day international conference and two related field trips, Viceroy Castle Mountain deposit (1 day), and Carlin Trend, northern Nevada (4 days)

Society of Economic Geologists - Student Affairs Committee, 1997-2000

Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting, Session Chair/Organizer, “Geochemistry – Magmatic Components of Hydrothermal Systems,” Denver, CO, 1997

Economic Geology Publishing Company (PUBCO), Member, Board of Directors, 1994-2001

Society of Economic Geologists – Membership Committee, 1990-1993

Founding Member of Southern Nevada Chapter of the Geological Society of Nevada, 1991:  First Chapter President, 1991-1992; executive committee/officer, 1991-present

Geological Society of Nevada Coordinator of the Spring Field Trip, 1991

Continuing Education field trip leader:  Castle Mountains, CA, gold deposit; Oatman, AZ, gold vein; Grand Canyon raft trip; Shoshone-Tecopa, CA, hydrology; the Hurricane, UT, fault zone; Buffington Pockets, NV; gold exploration short course, 1991-present

Awards / Honors

Invited lead author, Society of Economic Geologist's 100th Anniversary Volume, Carlin-type Gold Deposits in Nevada, USA: Critical Geologic Characteristics and Viable Models (2005)

Chair, 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry

Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer, 2004, presentations in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa

Invited Perspective, Science, 2003

Distinguished Researcher, UNLV College of Science, 2003

Vice-chair, 2001 Gordon Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry

Invited paper, Society of Economic Geologist's "Gold in 2000" volume

Professor Worthy of Recognition: 1995, 1992

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Teaching

Dr. Cline has twice been selected as "Professor Worthy of Recognition" by the department's outstanding undergraduate students. Classes taught in recent years include:

Undergraduate:
• Geology 335 - Earth Resources and the Environment
• Geology 330 - Introduction to Geochemistry
• Geology 370 - Intermediate Field Geology
• Geology 477 - Geology of Metallic Ore Deposits
• Geology 490 - Microtechniques in Geoscience

Graduate:
• Geology 677 - Geology of Metallic Ore Deposits
• Geology 690 - Microtechniques in Geoscience
• Geology 701 - Research Methods in Geoscience

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Research

Research interests include the physical and chemical evolution of hydrothermal ore systems, fluid evolution in magmatic systems, and the use of fluid inclusions to constrain ore deposit evolution. Recent projects have centered on understanding the genesis of Carlin-type and volcanic-hosted gold, Climax-type molybdenum, and porphyry copper systems. Petrography, fluid inclusion analyses, and U-Pb geochronology were recently used to constrain the history of fluid flux at the potential Yucca Mountain high level nuclear waste repository site. Research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and several mining companies including Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Newmont Mining Company, and Placer Dome Exploration.

Funded Research

In Review:

NSF, The Searchlight Mining District:  Linking low sulfidation epithermal     mineralization with an underlying pluton, $115,635, Submitted 6/1/07.

USGS, The Searchlight Mining District: Linking low sulfidation epithermal mineralization with an underlying granitic pluton using melt and fluid inclusion chemistry, $112,159, Submitted 2/24/07

Funded:

NSF, Collaborative Research on Fluid Pathways, and Metal Transport and Deposition in Carlin-type Gold Deposits: Insights from the Getchell System, PI (J Muntean, NBMG coPI), 2/15/07-1/31/10, $458,412 to Cline & Muntean ($296K to JC).

U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources External Research Program, Collaborative research on fluid pathways and metal transport in Carlin-type gold deposits:  Insights from the Getchell Deposit, PI (J Muntean, NBMG, collaborator), 2006-2007, $151K.

UNLV Planning Initiative Award,  Combining interdisciplinary scientific and cultural land surveys with responsive land use planning in southern Nevada, PI (coPIs Mark Hoversten, Brett Riddle, Barbara Roth), 2006-2007, $30K.

U.S. Geological Survey, Inorganic Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference, 7/1/05-6/30/06, $10K.

UNLV SITE Grant, Walking Box Ranch:  An Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Geology, Archaeology, and Landscape Architecture, 2005-06, PI (coPIs Mark Hoversten, Brett Riddle, Barbara Roth), $7500 total.

NSF, 2005 Inorganic Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference, 2005, $14K.

U.S. Geological Survey (Federal Appropriation), Mineral deposits in southern Nevada; 5/05-5/07; $400K (Cline award: $190K).

DOE, Bomb-pulse chlorine-36 at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository horizon: An investigation of previous conflicting results and collection of new data, Co-PI with K. Stetzenbach, J. Cizdziel, V. Hodge, and F. Phillips, 2003-2005

Barrick Gold Corp., Graduate Research Assistantship, 2003

Newmont Gold Corp., Batu Hijau Fluid Inclusion Study, 2003-2004

Placer Dome Exploration Incorporated, Characterization of Ore - Getchell Property 2003-2004

DOE, Extension to Thermochronological evolution of calcite formation at the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository site, Nevada, 2001-2002

DOE, Thermochronological evolution of calcite formation at the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository site, Nevada, 1999-2001

NSF, Carlin-type gold deposits - products of magmatism or metamorphism? 1997-2001

NSF, Inorganic Geochemistry 2001 (funding for Gordon Conference)

Center for Research on Economic Geology (CREG), UNR, Chemical signatures of paragenetically constrained ore-stage minerals, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada, 2001

Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Characteristics and sources of ore-stage fluids, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada, 2001

Center for Research on Economic Geology (CREG), UNR, Mineralization and alteration associated with Carlin-type gold systems, 1999

Center for Research on Economic Geology (CREG), UNR, Mineralization and alteration associated with Carlin-type gold systems: Studies at Turquoise Ridge and Getchell, Nevada, 1998

NSF, PACROFI VII: Pan American Current Research on Fluid Inclusions Conference, 1998

UNLV Planning Initiative Award, Geologic processes responsible for Nevada's gold, 1997-1998

Center for Research in Economic Geology (CREG), UNR, Source and paragenesis of ore-stage metals and sulfur in Carlin-type gold systems, Getchell and Turquoise Ridge, Nevada, 1997

NSF EPSCoR Summer Research Enhancement award, 1997

UNLV Faculty Travel Award to attend ECROFI XIV, Nancy, France, 1997

Center for Research in Economic Geology (CREG), UNR, Origin of gold mineralization at the Getchell deposit, as determined from associated iron- sulfide minerals, 1996

Barrick Goldstrike Mines Incorporated; Evaluation of the exploration potential of fluid inclusion characteristics at the Bullfrog Mine, Awarded 1996

NSF, Pressure-temperature constraints and fluid evolution for sediment-  hosted gold and intrusion-related mineralization, Getchell, Nevada; 1993-  1996

NSF EPSCoR Summer Research Enhancement award, 1996

NSF EPSCoR Summer Research Enhancement award, 1995

UNLV Barrick Faculty Travel Award GAC/MAC meeting, Victoria, BC, 1995

NSF EPSCoR Women in Science summer enhancement award, 1994

NSF EPSCoR Women in Science travel award for research at UA, Tucson, AZ, 1994

UNLV Barrick faculty travel award, ECROFI XII, Warsaw, Poland; 1993

College of Science and Math award, ECROFI XII, Warsaw, Poland; 1993

UNLV Research Support Award; Analysis of melt inclusions in a granite porphyry, Questa, New Mexico, 1992

NSF, Pressure-temperature constraints and fluid evolution as determined from fluid inclusions in the Getchell, Nevada, Carlin-type gold deposit, 1991-1993

UNLV Research Support Award; Aqueous fluid evolution in the vicinity of the Getchell Gold Deposit, north central Nevada, 1991

UNLV Barrick faculty travel award to attend the ECROFI XI, Firenze, Italy, 1991

UNLV Barrick faculty travel award GSA, San Diego, CA; 1991

Barrick Goldstrike Mines Incorporated; Petrographic and fluid inclusion study of hydrothermal fluid evolution in the Post/Betze and Purple Vein gold systems, Carlin, Nevada, 1991

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Research Publications

Manuscripts (In preparation):

Lamb, J.B. and Cline, J.S., Ore fluids at the Meikle Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Northern Nevada:  To be submitted to Economic Geology.

Cline, J.S., Stuart, F., Hofstra, A.H., Riciputi, L., and Weaver, K., Sources of ore fluids and ore fluid components:  A genetic model for the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, northern Nevada:  To be submitted to Economic Geology.

Edited Volumes:

Vanko, D.A., and Cline, J.S., 1998, PACROFI VII, Pan-American Current Research on Fluid Inclusions, Program and Abstracts:  Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 98-4, Reno, Nevada, 74 p.

Invited Publications (Peer-reviewed):

Wilson, N. and Cline, J.S., 2006, The history of aqueous fluids at Yucca Mountain, in Macfarlane, A. and Ewing, R., eds.,  Uncertainty Underground: Dealing with the Nation’s High-Level Nuclear Waste Policy and Scientific Issues: MIT Press, Boston, MA, p. 165-178.

Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., Muntean, J.L., Tosdal, R.M., and Hickey, K.A., 2005, Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada, USA:  Critical geologic characteristics and viable models,  in Hedenquist, J. and Thompson, J., eds., 100th Anniversary Volume: Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton, CO, p. 451-484.

Cline, J., 2004, Introduction to Carlin-type Deposits, in Controversies on the origin of World-class gold deposits, Part 1:  Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada, by J.L. Muntean, J. Cline, M.K. Johnston, M.W. Ressel, E. Seedorff, and M.D. Barton:  Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter, Littleton, CO, Oct 2004, #59, pg. 1, 10-18.

Cline, Jean S., 2004, Report on the 24 Carat Gold Workshop: Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter, Littleton, CO, Oct 2004, #59, pg. 21-22.

Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., Muntean, J., Tosdal, R.A., and Hickey, K.M., 2004, Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada, USA: in, Cooke, D., ed, Ore Deposit Models, 24 Carot Gold Workshop, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, CODES Special Publication 5, p. 133-139.

Cline, Jean S., 2003, How to Concentrate Copper, A Perspective: Science, v. 302, p. 2075-76. (Full Text) (Summary)

Tosdal, R.M., Cline, J.S., Fanning, C.M., and Wooden, J.L., 2003, Two Pb sources in Carlin-type gold deposits, northern Nevada:  Implications for fluids and metal sources: Special Nevada issue of Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 1189-1211.

Castor, S.B., Boden, D.R., Henry, C. R., Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., McIntosh, W.C., Tosdal, R.M., and Wooden, J.P., 2003, Geology of the Eocene Tuscarora volcanic-hosted, epithermal precious metal district, Elko County, Nevada: Special Nevada issue of Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 339-366.

Hofstra, A.H., and Cline, J.S., 2000, Characteristics and models for Carlin-type gold deposits, in, Thompson, T.B., ed., Society of Economic Geology Reviews, v. 13, Denver, CO, p. 163-220.

Published Articles (Peer-reviewed):

Barker, S., Hickey, K., Cline, J., Dipple, G., Kilburn, M., Vaughan, J., and Longo, A., 2009, Uncloaking Invisible Gold: Use of Nanosims to Evaluate Gold, Trace Elements, and Sulfur Isotopes in Pyrite from Carlin-type Gold Deposits: Economic Geology, v. 104. Available .pdf

Cizdziel, J., Wei, Y., Stetzenbach, K., Hodge, V., Cline, J.S., Howley, R., and Phillips, F., 2007, Recent Measurements of Chlorine-36 in Yucca Mountain Rock, Soil, and Seepage: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.
Available .pdf

Wilson, N.S.F. and Cline, J.S., 2005, Reply to the Comment on “Origin, timing, and temperature of secondary calcite-silica mineral formation at Yucca Mountain, Nevada” by Y.V. Dublyansky, S.Z. Smirnov and G.P. Palyanova: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, p. 4391-4395.

Evans, N.J., Wilson, N., Cline, J.S., McInnes, B.I.A. Byrne, J., 2005, Fluorite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology: Constraints on the Low Temperature History of Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Applied Geochemistry, v. 20, p. 1099-1105 (http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0883292705000594).

Wilson, N., Cline, J.S., and Amelin, Y., 2003, Origin, timing, and temperature of secondary calcite-silica minerals at Yucca Mountain, NV: Implications for fluid flux: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 67, no. 6, p. 1145-1176.

Tosdal, R.M., Cline, J.S., Fanning, C.M., and Wooden, J.L., 2003, Two Pb sources in Carlin-type gold deposits, northern Nevada: Implications for fluids and metal sources: Invited paper for special Nevada issue of Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 1189-1211.

Castor, S.B., Boden, D.R., Henry, C. R., Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., McIntosh, W.C., Tosdal, R.M., and Wooden, J.P., 2003, Geology of the Eocene Tuscarora volcanic-hosted, epithermal precious metal district, Elko County, Nevada: Invited paper for special Nevada issue of Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 339-366.

Cail, T. and Cline, J.S., 2001, Alteration associated with gold mineralization at the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, Northern Nevada, USA: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1343-1359.

Cline, J.S., 2001, Timing of gold and arsenic sulfide mineral deposition at the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, North-central Nevada: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 75-90.

Wilson, N.S.F., Cline, J.S., and Amelin, Y., 2001, Temporal constraints for elevated temperature fluids at the potential Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, USA, in, Cidu, R., ed., Water-Rock Interaction 2001: Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Balkema, The Netherlands, p. 1407-1410.

Cline, J.S., and Wilson, N.S.F., 2001, Paragenesis of secondary mineralization at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA, in, Cidu, R., ed., Water-Rock Interaction 2001: Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Balkema, The Netherlands, p. 1311-1314.

Hofstra, A.H., and Cline, J.S., 2000, Characteristics and models for Carlin-type gold deposits, in, Thompson, T.B., ed., Society of Economic Geology Reviews, v. 13, Denver, CO, p. 163-220.

Cline, J.S., and Hofstra, A.H., 2000, Ore fluid evolution at the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, Nevada, USA: European Journal of Mineralogy, v. 12, p. 195-212.

Hofstra, A.H., Premo, W.R., Emsbo, Poul, Cline, J.S., and Aleinikoff, J.N., 2000, U-Th-Pb dating of hydrothermal minerals from Carlin-type gold deposits: Results and evaluation, in Cluer, J.K., Price, J.G., Struhsacker, E.M., Hardyman, R.F., and Morris, C.L., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium Proceedings, Reno, Nevada, p. 61-65.

Tosdal, R.M., Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., Peters, S.G., Wooden, J.L., and Young-Mitchell, M.N., 1998, Mixed sources of Pb in sedimentary-rock-hosted Au deposits, northern Nevada, in, Todsal, R.M., ed., Contributions to the Gold Metallogeny of Northern Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-338, p. 223-233.

Lamb, J.B., and Cline, J.S., 1997, Depths of Formation of the Meikle and Post/Betze Deposits, in, Vikre, P., Thompson, T.B., Bettles, K., Christensen, O., and Parratt, R., eds., Carlin-Type Gold Deposits Field Conference: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, Vol. 28, p. 101-108.

Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A., Landis, G., and Rye, R., 1997, Ore Fluids at the Getchell, Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, North-Central Nevada, in, Vikre, P., Thompson, T.B., Bettles, K., Christensen, O., and Parratt, R., eds., Carlin-Type Gold Deposits Field Conference: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, Vol. 28, p. 155-166.

Cline, J.S. and Vanko, D.A., 1995, Magmatically generated saline brines related to molybdenum at Questa, New Mexico, USA, in, Thompson, J.F.H., ed., Magmas, Fluids, and Ore Deposits: Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series, Victoria, B.C., Canada, v. 23, p. 153-174.

Cline, Jean S., 1995, Genesis of porphyry copper deposits: The behavior of water, chloride, and copper in crystallizing melts, in, Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 69-82.

Cline, Jean S., and Bodnar, R. J., 1994, Direct generation of brine from a crystallizing silicic melt at the Questa, New Mexico, molybdenum deposit: Economic Geology, v. 89, p. 1780-1802.

Cline, Jean S., Bodnar, R. J., and Rimstidt, J.D., 1992, Numerical simulation of fluid flow and silica transport and deposition in boiling hydrothermal solutions: Application to epithermal gold deposits: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, no. B6, p. 9085-9103.

Cline, Jean S., and Bodnar, R. J., 1991, Can economic porphyry copper mineralization be generated by a "typical" calc-alkaline melt?: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, no. B5, p. 8113-8126.

Bagby, William C., and Cline, Jean S., 1991, Constraints on the pressure of formation of the Getchell gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada, as interpreted from secondary fluid inclusion data: Great Basin Symposium Proceedings Volume, Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, p. 793-804.

Non-Refereed Publications:

Wilson, Nicholas S. F. and Cline, Jean S., 2001, Paragenesis, temperature, and timing of secondary mineralization at Yucca Mountain: High Level Nuclear Waste Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada; CD-ROM, 4 p.

McKeag, S.A., Cline, J., and Seedorff, E., (compilers), 1991, Overview of geology of Kingston Range detachment and gold deposits of Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino County, California, in Seedorff, E., ed., Tertiary Geology and Volcanic-Hosted Gold Deposits of the Southern Great Basin and Vicinity: Geological Society of Nevada 1991 Spring Field Trip Guidebook, Spec. Pub. #13, Reno, NV, p. 121-125.

Cline, Jean S., 1986, Wall rock alteration of the Sixteen-to-One epithermal vein deposit, Esmeralda County, Nevada, in Beatty, B. and Wilkinson, P. A. K., eds., Frontiers in Geology and Ore Deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest XVI, p. 466-467.

Refereed abstracts for papers presented at professional meetings (since 2000):

Lledo, H, and Cline, J., 2007, The Searchlight Mining District: Linking Low Sulfidation Epithermal Mineralization With an Underlying Granitic Pluton Using Fluid Inclusions: European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions (ECROFI) Conference, Bern, Switzerland, 7/07 (accepted).

Kerrich, R., Cline, J., Goldfarb, R., and Leach, D., 2007, Geodynamic Setting of North American Metallogenic Provinces: Ores and Orogenesis, Arizona Geological Society Symposium, Tucson, AZ, invited (in review).

Griffin, L.J. and Cline, J.S., 2007, Characterization of Minerals Associated with Gold Deposition in Carlin Deposits, Northern Nevada: Ores and Orogenesis, Arizona Geological Society Symposium, Tucson, AZ, (in review).

Cline, J.S., 2006, Carlin-type Au Deposits in Nevada:  Unique Hydrothermal Systems?:  Eos Transactions, AGU, v. 87, no. 36, Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract U24A-06; Invited. 

Tosdal, R.M., Hickey, K.A., Lubben, J.D., and Cline, J.S., 2005, Paleothermal anomalies, large scale convection of geothermal fluid, and the relative timing of gold deposition in the Carlin-type deposits of northern Nevada (U.S.A.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 37, no. 7, p. 419.

Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., Muntean, J., Tosdal, R.A., and Hickey, K.M., 2004, The Genesis of Carlin-type Gold Deposits - Current Models and Future Research: Geoscience Africa 2004, Abstract Volume, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, p. 26-27.

Cline, J.S., Shields, D., Riciputi, L., Fayek, M., Copp, T., Muntean, J., and Hofstra, A.H., 2003, Trace element and isotope microanalyses support a deep ore fluid source at the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, northern Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35 , p. 358.

Lubben, J.D., Cline, J.S., and Fairhurst, R.J., 2003, Cathodoluminescence in quartz: Clues to ore paragenesis and ore fluid properties at the Goldstrike Carlin-type gold deposit, northern Nevada: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 267.

Henkelman, C., Lubben, J., and Cline, J.S., 2003, Variations in Pyrite Chemistry as Clues to Gold Deposition at the Goldstrike System, Carlin Trend, Nevada USA: Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development, Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial SGA Meeting, Athens, Greece, p. 981-984.

Cline, J.S., Stuart, F.M., Hofstra, A.H. Premo, W., Riciputi, L., Tosdal, R.M., and Tretbar, D., 2003, Multiple sources of ore-fluid components at the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, Nevada, USA: Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development, Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial SGA Meeting, Athens, Greece, p. 965-968.

Lubben, J.D., Henkelman, C., and Cline, J.S., Using fluid inclusions to constrain ore fluid properties at the Goldstrike Carlin-type gold system, Nevada, USA: ECROFI XVII, Budapest, Hungary, June, 2003, ACTA, Mineralogica-Petrographica Abstract Series, University of Szeged, Hungary, v. 2, p. 114-115.

Lubben, J.D., Henkelman, C., and Cline, J.S., Chemistry, textures, and fluid inclusions in quartz: Clues to ore fluid sources at the North Betze ore zone, Goldstrike Carlin-type gold system, northern Carlin Trend, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, v. 35, n. 4, p. 60.

Cline, J.S., Stuart, F.M., Hofstra, A.H., and Tretbar, D.R., Riciputi, L., and Premo, W., 2002, Helium and stable isotope constraints on Carlin-type ore fluid components, Getchell, NV, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Denver, CO, v. 34, no. 6, p. 141.

Cline, J.S., Stuart, F.M., Hofstra, A.H., and Tretbar, D.R., 2002, Helium and Stable Isotopic Constraints on the Source of Ore Fluid Components at the Getchell Carlin-type Gold Deposit, North-central, Nevada, USA: Eighth Biennial Pan-American Current Research on Fluid Inclusions, Halifax, Canada, Program with Abstracts, p. 23-24.

Evans, Noreen, Wilson, Nick, Cline, Jean, McInnes, Brent, and Byrne, John, 2002, Developments in Fluorite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology: Australian Geological Conference.

Evans, Noreen, Wilson, Nick, Cline, Jean, McInnes, Brent, and Byrne, John, 2002, Preliminary Results of Fluorite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology: Application to Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Abstracts, 12th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, special supplement to Geochemica Cosmochimica Acta, p. A219.

Wilson, NSF, Cline, J.S., and Amelin, Y., 2001, Fluid inclusion microthermometry and U-Pb dating constraints to fluid movement through the potential Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, 11th Ann. Goldschmidt Conference, Abst #3724. LPI contribution #1088: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM).

Wilson, Nicholas S. F., Cline, Jean S., and Amelin, Y., 2001, The record of fluid movement at the potential Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository site, Nevada, USA in, Noronha, F., Doria, A., and Guedes, eds., ECROFI XVI, European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions Abstracts: Universidadae do Porto, Porto, Portugal, p. 457-458.

Wilson, Nicholas S. F., Cline, Jean S., Rotert, J., and Amelin, Y., 2000, Timing and temperature of fluid movement at Yucca Mountain, NV: Fluid inclusion analyses and U-Pb and U-series dating: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Reno, Nevada, v. 37, no. 7, p. A-260.

Wilson, Nicholas S. F., Cline, Jean S., and Lundberg, S., 2000, Paragenesis and chemical composition of secondary mineralization at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Reno, Nevada, v. 37, no. 7, p. A-260.

Cline, J.S., Cail, T., Weaver, K., and Shigehiro, M, 2000, The geochemistry of the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, Nevada [Ext. Abs.]: Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond, Program with Abstracts, Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, p. 42.

Folger, H.W., Hofstra, A.H., and Cline, J.S., 2000, Alteration and mass transfer in igneous dikes at the Getchell Carlin-type gold deposit, Nevada [Ext. Abs.]: Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond, Program with Abstracts Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, p. 48.

Hofstra, A.H., Premo, W.R., Emsbo, P., Cline, J.S., and Aleinikoff, J.N., 2000, U-Th-Pb dating of hydrothermal minerals from Carlin-type gold deposits, Nevada -- results and evaluation [Ext. Abs.]: Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond, Program with Abstracts: Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, p. 55.

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Invited Presentations

Invited Presentations-Short Courses / Workshops:

CSIRO, Great Basin Mineral Systems Project Open House, Perth, Australia, April, 2006

Carlin-Wits Controversies Forum (SEG), Half-day forum on controversy surrounding the genesis of Carlin-type gold deposits, GSN Symposium "Window to the World," May, 2005

24 Carat Gold, International workshop on gold deposits; Centre for Ore Deposit Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2004.

Scale, Alteration, and Geochemistry of Carlin Systems, Newmont Mining Co. Nine day in-house workshop, February 2001.

Gold in 2000, Society of Economic Geologists Short Course, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, November 2000.

Carlin Gold Deposits, half day workshop, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, April, 2000.

Carlin Gold Deposits, one-day workshop, University of Tasmania, April, 2000

Partitioning of copper in porphyry copper systems, half day workshop, University of Tasmania, April, 2000

Carlin Gold Deposits, one-day workshop, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, May, 2000

Carlin-Type Gold Deposits Field Conference, Ore fluids at the Getchell, Carlin-type gold deposit, North-central Nevada: Society of Economic Geologists, Elko, Nevada, 1997.

Geochemical modeling and its application to economic geology, "Fluids in Carlin-type gold deposits," CREG, Mackay School of Mines, Reno, NV, 1996.

Magmas, fluids, and ore deposits, Mineralogical Association of Canada, GAC/MAC, Victoria, B.C, 1995.

Gold in the American Cordilleras, Productive Deposits, Geological and Geochemical Characteristics and Exploration Strategies, National Society of Minerals and Petroleum (Peru) and Mackay School of Mines, Lima and Cajamarca, Peru, 1995.

Invited Presentations-Professional Meetings (no publication) :

Griffin, L.J. and Cline, J.S., 2006, Characterization of minerals associated with Au deposition in Carlin deposits in northern Nevada:  Northwest Mining Association Meeting, Reno, Nevada, December 06 (poster presentation).

Cline, J.S., and Hofstra, A.H., 1998, Ore fluid evolution at the Getchell Carlin- type gold deposit, Nevada, USA, International Mineralogical Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 8/98.

Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., Rye, R.O., and Landis, G.P., 1997, Carlin-type gold deposits - Products of magmatism?, SME Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Lamb, Jan and Cline, Jean S., 1996, Ore Fluids of the Carlin Trend: Northwest Miner's Annual Meeting, Spokane, Washington.

Invited Presentations:

Geological Society of Nevada, Elko Chapter, Elko NV, May, 2006

Geological Association of Canada, St. Johns New Foundland, Invited Keynote speaker, February, 2005

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Geology seminar, February, 2004

Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA, Geology seminar, November, 2001

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, Geology seminar, November, 2001

UNLV Geoscience Department seminar, September, 2001

UNLV College of Sciences, College colloquium, May, 2001

Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Geology seminar, March, 2001

Newmont Mining Company, Elko Nevada, October, 2000

Barrick Mining Company, Elko Nevada, February, 2000

University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia, Geology seminar, March, 2000

Australian National University, Canberra Australia, Geology seminar, March, 2000

Australian Geological Society, Canberra Australia, monthly meeting, March, 2000

Orange, New South Wales local discussion group and monthly seminar, April, 2000

CSIRO, Sydney, Australia, geology seminar, April, 2000

James Cook University, Townsville Australia, geology seminar, April, 2000

University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, department seminar, April, 2000

Western Mining, Kambalda, Australia, seminar for mine geologists, May, 2000

Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Miners, seminar for mine geologists, May, 2000

Geological Society of Nevada, Elko Chapter, Elko, Nevada, April, 1997

Arizona State University, Tempe, Geology Colloquium, April, 1997

UNLV College of Science and Math Colloquium, October, 1995

Mackay School of Mines, Seminars in Economic Geology, Reno, Nevada, September, 1995

University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Department of Geology Seminar Series, February, 1995

Bootprints Across the Cordillera Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October, 1994

Third Annual Great Basin Mineral Symposium, Clark County Heritage Museum, Henderson, October, 1994

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Department of Geology Seminar Series, October, 1992

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, October, 1991

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Department of Geology Seminar Series, March, 1991

University of Texas, El Paso, Department of Geology Seminar Series, February, 1991

University of California, Riverside, Hewett Club Lecture Series, January, 1991

Mackay School of Mines, Seminars in Economic Geology, Reno, Nevada, December, 1990

Barrick Goldstrike Corp., Carlin, Nevada, October, 1990

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Geoscience Department Seminar Series, March, 1990.

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Students

• Jordan Armstrong, MS student, Ore Fluid Evolution at the Batu Hijau Copper-Gold Porphyry Deposit, Sumbawa, Indonesia (Proposed Graduation: December, 2010)
• Christine Henkelman, MS, summer 2004, Can variations in mineral chemistry across the Goldstrike system provide clues to gold deposition and improved exploration techniques?
• Jared Lubben, MS, summer 2004, Silicification across the Betze-Post Carlin-type Au deposit: Clues to ore fluid properties and sources, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada
• Dave Willard, MS candidate, Physical and chemical characteristics of potential ore fluids at the Vizcachitas porphyry copper system, central Chile.
• Kelli Weaver, MS, fall 2001, The geochemistry of gold-bearing and gold-free pyrite and marcasite from the Getchell gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada.
• Joel Rotert, MS, fall 2000, Paragenesis, fluid origin, and thermal history of a low-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag system.
• Michiko Shigihiro, MS, fall 1999, Mineral paragenesis and ore fluids at the Turquoise Ridge gold deposit, Nevada.
• Tracy Cail, MS, fall 1999, Alteration associated with gold deposition at the Getchell, Carlin-type gold deposit, north-central Nevada
• Jan Lamb, MS, spring 1995, A petrographic and fluid inclusion study of the Purple Vein and Post/Betze orebodies, Carlin Nevada.

Post Doctoral Fellows:

• Anthony Longo, 2007-Present
• Haroldo Lledo, 2005-Present
• Nicholas Wilson, 1999-2001

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