| 2021 | Andrea Distel | Magmatic processes on the Asteroid 4-Vesta: Implications for differentiation of small rocky bodies | R. Palin |
| Alexander Jones | Germanium occurrence in the Bornite deposit, southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska | K. Pfaff |
| Duncan McIntire | Geology, mineralization, alteration, and structural evolution of the Zaozigou Au-Sb deposit, West Qinling Orogen, China | R. Goldfarb |
| Samantha Pascarelli | Shallow-water geothermal activity offshore Panarea, Aeolian island arc, Italy | T. Monecke |
| Stephen Piurkowsky | Distal signatures of, and vectors to, hydrothermal ores in carbonates in the Candelaria-Punta del Cobre district, Chile | Z. Chang |
| Dustin A. Shockley | Proterozoic structural history of the Montezuma mining district in the central Colorado Front Range | Y.D. Kuiper |
| 2020 | Edward P.T. Bonner | Shortwave infrared spectral analysis of hydrothermal alteration in the main and southwest Tintic mining district and exploration implications of the Silver City porphyry Cu-Mo-Au prospect, Tintic mining district, Utah, USA | S.M. Enders |
| Miranda Lehman | U–Th–Pb monazite constraints on the timing of Paleoproterozoic metamorphism in Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado Front Range | R. Palin |
| Kelsey Livingston | The peralkaline Mount Rosa granite: Contrasting mineralogy and geochemistry observed in the Mount Rosa granite, Pikes Peak batholith, Colorado | K. Pfaff |
| Logan Powell | The Proterozoic geology of the northern half of the Mount Evans 7.5-minute quadrangle | Y.D. Kuiper |
| 2019 | Hannah Cayes | Formation of topaz-enriched gneiss in the east-central Colorado Front Range via crystallization of Mesoproterozoic halogen-rich granitic magmas | R. Palin |
| Lyndsey N. Fisher | Characterization of the mineralized albitite bodies at Biggejavri, Kautokeino Greenstone Belt, Finnmark, Northern Norway | K. Pfaff |
| Justin Lowe | A petrographic, geochemical, and geochronological investigation of gold mineralization at the Lone Tree gold mine, Battle Mountain, Nevada | E.A. Holley |
| Asha Mahatma | The Proterozoic history of the southern half of the Mount Evans 7.5-minute quadrangle : Evidence for a ca. 1.4 Ga orogenic event in the central Front Range, Colorado | Y.D. Kuiper |
| Jeffrey McKeon | Evidence for a subseafloor replacement origin of the Cretaceous Palma volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, central Peru | T. Monecke |
| Zachary Palmer | The nature and timing of metamorphism within the San Isabel granite aureole, Wet Mountains, south Colorado | R. Palin |
| Carolyn Pauly | Mineralogy and petrogenesis of the California Blue mine aquamarine- and topaz-bearing pegmatite deposit, San Bernardino County, California | A. Gysi |
| Isaac Simon | Characterization of pentlandite-bearing quartz veins of Kambalda, Western Australia | K. Pfaff |
| Helen Thomas | Bulk compositional controls on mineral assemblages in metamorphosed ore deposits : an example from the LaRonde-Penna gold-rich VHMS deposit, Quebec, Canada | N. Kelly |
| Helen Twigg | The geology of Kakanda, D.R.C. : Implications for lithological and structural controls of Cu-Co mineralization of the Roan group | S. Enders, M.W. Hitzman |
| Christopher J. Van Hoozen | The hydrothermal solubility of monazite rare earth element endmembers | A. Gysi |
| 2018 | Michael L. Berger | Geology and mineralization of the Pajarita mountain layered peralkaline syenitic pluton-hosted REE-Zr prospect, Mescalero Apache Reservation, New Mexico | R.F. Wendlandt and A. Gysi |
| Kim A. Cone | Refining crystal size distributions and kinetic histories using automated scanning electron microscopy and manual methods : A hybrid approach | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Lauren C. Foiles | R-mode factor analysis of stream sediment data in the Fairbanks mining district, east-central Alaska | E.A. Holley |
| Emilie Gentry | Characterizing the southwestern extent of the Norumbega fault system, a mid-Paleozoic crustal-scale strike-slip fault system in the New England Appalachians | Y.D. Kuiper |
| Lauren R. Zeeck | The role of flashing in the formation of high-grade, low-sulfidation epithermal deposits: A case study from the Omu Camp in Hokkaido, Japan | T. Monecke |
| 2017 | Grainne M. Byrne | Geometries and genesis of breccias within the halokinetic Kalukundi diapir at the Mashitu mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo | M.W. Hitzman and Y.D. Kuiper |
| Xinran He | Origin and evolution of the Rocky Pond slice, an enigmatic tectonic block in eastern Massachusetts | Y.D. Kuiper |
| Michael J. Hurth | Geologic investigation of iron occurrences in the Katangan and Damaran successions of southern Africa: A comparative study | A. Gysi and M.W. Hitzman |
| Johana M. Pedraza Rojas | Geologic controls on alteration and mineralization at the Wharf mine, South Dakota | E.A. Holley |
| Philip Persson | The geochemical and mineralogical evolution of the Mount Rosa complex, El Paso County, Colorado, USA | K. Pfaff |
| Timothy O. Wyatt | The residence of uranium in roll front deposits: A case study | K. Pfaff |
| 2016 | Nicole K. Allen | Structurally controlled Cu-Zn-(Co-Pb) mineralization in the Neoproterozoic Ombombo subgroup, Kaokoland, Namibia | M.W. Hitzman and Y.D. Kuiper |
| Steffen M. Ball | Hydrothermal nickel sulfide hosted in Neoproterozoic carbonate and evaporitic rocks of the Menda Central prospect, Democratic Republic of Congo | M.W. Hitzman |
| Mario Guzman | Geology, vein petrography and mineral chemistry of the North Amethyst deposit, Creede mining district, Creede, Colorado | T. Monecke |
| Mandi B. Hutchinson | REE enrichment in weathered carbonatite, Bull Hill: Bear Lodge mountains, Wyoming | M.W. Hitzman and R.F. Wendlandt |
| Madison Lytle | The Proterozoic history of the Idaho Springs-Ralston shear zone: Evidence for a widespread ca. 1.4 Ga orogenic event in central Colorado | Y.D. Kuiper |
| Patrick Quigley | The spectrum of ore deposit types, their alteration and volcanic setting in the Penokean volcanic belt, Great Lakes region, USA | T. Monecke |
| Ashley Quigley | Setting of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in the Penokean volcanic belt, Great Lakes region, USA | T. Monecke |
| Wiley B. Skewes | Evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal systems below boiling conditions: Evidence from the C?o?pler Au-Cu deposit, east central Turkey | T. Monecke |
| 2015 | Robert D. Charnock | Origin and evolution of the southeastern Merrimack belt, Massachusetts | Y.D. Kuiper |
| Douglas T. Conner | The geology of the Bornite copper-zinc-cobalt carbonate-hosted deposit, southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska | M.W. Hitzman |
| Matthew D. Dye | Mineralogical characterization and paragenesis of the Cripple Creek deposit, Colorado | N. Kelly |
| Jae Erickson | Rare-earth element mineralization and formation of the Iron Hill carbonatite complex, Gunnison County, Colorado | K. Pfaff |
| Matthew T. Fithian | Geology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Marigold mine, Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, Nevada | E.A. Holley and N. Kelly |
| Gregory Hufford | Tectono-hydrothermal evolution of the Neoarchean Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada: New insights from the Timiskaming assemblage | T. Monecke |
| Teresa A. Johnson | Petrology and geochemistry of the mafic and ultramafic dikes and intrusions in Aitkin, Pine and Carlton counties, Minnesota | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Corey J. Meighan | PT evolution of Sentinel Cu deposit, northwestern Zambia | N. Kelly and M. Hitzman |
| 2014 | Mitchell M. Bennett | Cathodoluminescence and fluid inclusion characteristics of hydrothermal quartz from porphyry deposits | T. Monecke and N. Kelly |
| Timothy G. Gross | Controls and distribution of Cu-Au mineralization that developed the Island Mountain deposit, Whistler property, southcentral Alaska | N. Kelly |
| Harry Hanneman | Mineralogy and geochemistry of carbonaceous mudstone as a vector to ore: A case study at the Lagunas Norte high-sulfidation gold deposit, Peru | T. Monecke |
| Jena Long | Structural controls on roll-front mineralization at the Buss Pit deposit, Gas Hills district, Wyoming | T. Monecke |
| Olivia Oseguera | The significance of magma mingling and mixing during the formation of the host-rock successions of Archean massive sulfide deposits in the Noranda camp, Abitibi subprovince, Quebec | T. Monecke |
| Justin C. Palmer | Structural geology and geochemistry of sedimentary rock-hosted gold in the eastern Nadaleen Trend, Yukon Territory, Canada | Y.D. Kuiper |
| 2013 | Patricia L. Capistrant | Geology of the Enterprise hydrothermal nickel deposit, eastern Kabompo Dome, North-Western Province, Zambia | M.W. Hitzman |
| Wesley S. Hall | Geology and paragenesis of the Boseto copper deposits, Kalahari Copperbelt, northwest Botswana | M.W. Hitzman |
| Michael Hendrickson | Geology of the Fishtie copper deposit, Central Province, Zambia | M. Hitzman |
| Nicholas Kerr | Geology of the Stonepark Zn-Pb prospects, County Limerick, Ireland | M.W. Hitzman |
| Owen Nicholls | Mineralization related to the biotite syenite at the Money Knob intrusion-related gold deposit, Livengood, Alaska | T. Monecke |
| Anne Rahfeld | Mineralogical and geochemical fingerprints of alteration associated with the Cripple Creek alkaline-magmatic Au-Te deposit, Colorado | N. Kelly |
| Tim Stockhausen | The Upper Conglomerate and its importance to the Sierra Mojada Ag-Zn deposit system, Coahuila, Mexico | M.W. Hitzman |
| Erik Roger Tharalson | Understanding the role of footwall sulfur, ore mineralogy, and igneous stratigraphy in the formation of the Serpentine magmatic Cu-Ni deposit, Duluth Complex, northeastern Minnesota | T. Monecke |
| 2012 | Elisabeth Easley | Geochemical characterization of the Waunita Hot Springs geothermal reservoir: Gunnison County, Colorado | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Jeff Edelen | Geology of the Cerro Jumil gold skarn deposit, Mexico | T. Monecke |
| Laura Garchar | Geochemistry of a volcanic hydrothermal system at Mount Spurr, Alaska | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Robert Nowak | The nature and significance of high-grade metamorphism and intense deformation in the Izok VHMS alteration halo and deposit | N. Kelly |
| Andrew Ritts | Texture and composition of pyrite contained in the mudstone host of the Eskay Creek sulfide and sulfosalt deposit, British Columbia | T. Monecke and N. Kelly |
| Danielle S. Schmandt | Stratigraphy and mineralization of the Kamoa copper deposit, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo | M.W. Hitzman |
| 2011 | John Gibbons | Mineralogical and geochemical vectors to mineralization at the Hoyle Pond gold mine, Timmins, Ontario | T. Monecke |
| Michael J. Kirschbaum | Geology of the Guelb Moghrein iron oxide-copper-gold deposit | M.W. Hitzman |
| 2010 | Brandon D. Lewis | Geology of the Toboggan gold-telluride prospects, Murray, Idaho | M.W. Hitzman |
| Jocelyn Ross | A geometallurgical study at the Bingham Canyon mine, Utah: Analyzing mineralogical and textural parameters impacting rock breakage | M.W. Hitzman and K.O. Hoal |
| Chris R. Siron | Geology of the Little Whiteman carbonate-hosted replacement deposit, western Fortymile district, east-central Alaska | M.W. Hitzman |
| Michael Tedeschi | Geology of the Cerro Verde iron oxide-copper-gold prospect: San Javier, Sonora, Mexico | M.W. Hitzman |
| 2009 | Walter Valery Garcia Wong | Geology of the Milagros project, Alto Chicama district, La Libertad, Peru | M.W. Hitzman and J.W. Hedenquist |
| 2008 | Michael Patrick Sheehan | Ore genesis of the Monywa copper complex, Monywa, Myanmar | L.G. Closs |
| Jane G. Stammer | Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of the Chukar footwall gold deposit, northeastern Nevada | M.G. Hitzman |
| 2007 | Bridget A. Ball | The petrology of sulfide and PGE-bearing zones in the lower portion of the Lake Owen layered mafic intrusion, Albany County, Wyoming | M.W. Hitzman |
| Greg Lee Melton | Geochemical characterization of mantle xenoliths and the Herring Park Basalt and their association to the Rio Grande Rift | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Catherine E. Morgan | Alteration of the Bootstrap Limestone, northern Carlin Trend, Elko Country, Nevada | J. Humphrey |
| James F. Venendaal | Trace element geochemistry and carbonate alteration as indicators for gold mineralization at the Cortez Hills deposit, Lander County, Nevada | L.G. Closs |
| Desiree Tenille Wentland | Copper and platinum group element mineralization in the Revais Creek Intrusion, Flathead Indian Reservation, Sanders County, Montana | M.W. Hitzman |
| 2006 | Eric Earnest Eckberg | Geology and mineral paragenesis of the Copper Hill area, NW Gillis Range, Walker River Indian Reservation, Mineral County, Nevada | M.W. Hitzman |
| Shawana M. Gilbertson | Phoenix district exploration target evaluation based on integrated 3-D geology, geochemistry, and geophysics, Lander Country, Nevada | L.G. Closs |
| Ronald Gutierrez | Geology of the Huevos Verdes silver-gold vein system, San Jose district, Deseado Massif, Patagonia, Argentina | E.P. Nelson |
| John S. Lien | Characterization of the Black Mountain gold-mineralizing system, east-central Alaska | S.B. Romberger |
| Timothy J. MacIntyre | Fault-controlled hydrocarbon-related bleaching and sediment-hosted copper mineralization of the Jurassic Wingate Sandstone at the Cashin mine, Montrose County, Colorado | M.W. Hitzman |
| Celso L. Palacios C. | Geology of the Explorador epithermal vein and Selene mining district, Apurimac, Peru: Lithostratigraphy, structure, alteration and mineralization | E.P. Nelson and A. Dietrich |
| 2005 | Cayce A. Lillesve | Geochronologic determination and petrogenetic characterization of selected units in the Trickle Mountain area of the San Juan volcanic field, southwestern Colorado | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Heather A. Lowers | Origin of fibrous amphiboles in the Iron Hill carbonatite complex, Gunnison County, Colorado | W.J. Harrison |
| Christopher P. Valorose | Economic geology of the Dripping Springs area, San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona | M.W. Hitzman |
| 2004 | Kathryn E. Barba? | Structural analysis of mineralized veins in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado | E.P. Nelson |
| Adriana Blesa | Geology and mineralization of the Esquel area, Patagonia, Argentina | M.W. Hitzman and J.W. Hedenquist |
| Russell J. Dow | Geology of the Arizaro and Lindero gold-copper prospects, Salta province, northwest Argentina | M.W. Hitzman |
| Walter G. Orquera | Vertical variation in D veins at the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit, Chile : morphology, mineralogy, geochemistry and importance to porphyry ores | M.W. Hitzman and L.B. Gustafson |
| Jason B. Price | Structural controls and stable isotope geochemistry of mineralization and wallrock alteration at the Bonanza Mine, Kennecott, Alaska | M.W. Hitzman |
| Kenzie J. Turner | Age, origin, and geochemistry of the tuff of Saguache Creek, Saguache County, Colorado | R.F. Wendlandt |
| 2003 | Christopher E. Carman | The Aroona willemite trend, north Flinders Ranges, South Australia : sedimentary, structural and economic geology | M.W. Hitzman |
| 2002 | Eric D. Dillenbeck | Identification of mineral extraction waste products using the AVIRIS, CASI, SFSI, and Hyperion imaging spectrometers at the Bauer Mill tailings site, Stockton, Utah | L.G. Closs and K. Lee |
| Christopher Paul Mazeika | Lithogeochemical characterization of the Sage Breccia Pipe, Coconino County, Arizona | L.G. Closs and K.J. Wenrich |
| Stephen Redak | Trace element geochemistry and fluid inclusion study of the Magdalena and Patricia II veins of the Santa Rita Au-Ag Mine, San Dimas District, Durango, Mexico | L.G. Closs and W.W. Atkinson |
| Ezra Yacob | Correlation of ash-flow tuffs, San Juan Volcanic Field, Colorado | R.F. Wendlandt |
| 2001 | Katherine E. Langer | Geochemical data analysis techniques for gold exploration in Sumbawa, Indonesia | L.G. Closs and G.D. Thyne |
| Craig McClung | Wall rock alteration of the Metaline Formation around the Pend Oreille Zn-Pb deposit, Metaline district, NE Washington, USA | M.W. Hitzman |
| Ulrike Miersemann | Alteration and ore mineral zonation within the Silver Plume, Georgetown district, Clear Creek County, Colorado | S.B. Romberger |
| 2000 | Steven T. Beach | Kinematic analysis of mineralized veins in the Idaho Springs mining district, central Colorado | E.P. Nelson, M.W. Hitzman |
| Alexis Tawn Cupo | Alteration and mineralization at the Centenario manto-type copper deposit, northern Chile | M.W. Hitzman |
| Dane C. Evans | Carbonate-hosted breccias in the Meikle mine, Nevada and their relationship with gold mineralization | M.W. Hitzman |
| Kari Ann Fox | Fe-oxide (Cu-U-Au-REE) mineralization and alteration at the Productora prospect | M.W. Hitzman |
| Keri H. Moore | Geology of the gold-bearing L1 and L2 Liese quartz zones, Pogo deposit, east central Alaska | M.W. Hitzman |
| Maximino E. Simian | Geology and geochemistry of the Jeronimo gold deposit, Potrerillos district, III region, Chile | M.W. Hitzman |
| Justin Ibrahim Simon | A petrogenetic comparison of early crystal-poor ash-flow tuffs, San Juan volcanic field, south-central Colorado | R.F. Wendlandt |
| Heidie I. Torrealday | Mineralization and alteration of the Kansanshi copper deposit, Zambia | M.W. Hitzman |
| David Winterbourne | Alteration and mineralization of the San Pedro porphyry, Cerro San Pedro, San Luis Potosi?, Mexico | M.W. Hitzman |
