This manual classifies and describes differing styles of southwest Pacific rim gold-copper systems, and analyses hydrothermal ore-forming processes. Investigations of these systems in terms of structure, alteration and styles of mineralization provide information which may help determine the direction of fluid flow within evolving hydrothermal systems. 

Кимберлиты - основной в мире, а в России пока и единственный коренной источник промышленных алмазов. Уникальность кимберлитовых пород заключается в том, что они, как содержащие барофильную ассоциацию минералов, предоставляют возможность изучения мантийного петрогенезиса. Несмотря на непрерывный поток публикаций по кимберлитовой тематике, который начался с открытия Якутской кимберлитовой провинции, кимберлитовые породы остаются одним из самых интересных объектов исследований в геологии.

Переход проведения геолого-поисковых и разведочных работ на алмазы от открытых на закрытые территории, где кимберлитовые тела перекрыты мощными толщами более молодых отложений, особенно юрских, влечёт за собой усложнение методического обеспечения поисков алмазов и, соответственно, значительное увеличение себестоимости конечной продукции. Ситуация к тому же усугубляется петрографическими вариациями самих кимберлитовых пород, что требует привлечения новых методических приемов.

Шлихоминералогический метод является важным и эффективным методом поисков алмазных месторождений, как на площадях простого геологического строения, так и на закрытых территориях. Переход на опоискование закрытых территорий приводит к необходимости разработки новых и усовершенствованию принятых в алмазопоисковой геологии методических приемов, способов обработки и анализа минералогической информации. Информация о минералах-спутниках алмазов (далее – МСА), которая остается главным предметом изучения по своей природе и из-за выборочного способа опробования является статистической и многомерной.

Роль разломной тектоники в распределении и локализации кимберлитовых тел на территории Якутской алмазоносной провинции обсуждается в научной и специальной литературе на протяжении более чем 50-летнего периода после открытия первых трубок. Несмотря на столь продолжительную историю изучения, до сих пор не удалось создать единой концепции о взаимосвязи кимберлитового магматизма и разломных структур Сибирской платформы.

Tectonic and Structural Controls on Diamondiferous Kimberlite and Lamproite and Their Bearing on Area Selection for Diamond Exploration

Argyle Deposit

The Discovery of the Argyle Pipe, Western Australia: The World’s First Lamproite-Hosted Diamond Mine

Evaluation of the AK1 Deposit at Argyle Diamond Mine

The Geology of the Argyle (AK1) Diamond Deposit, Western Australia

Nature of the Mantle Beneath the Argyle AK1 Lamproite Pipe: Constraints from Mantle Xenoliths, Diamonds, and Lamproite Geochemistry

Sillitoe SEG papers: 1971–2013
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. 1028–1041.
002_Sillitoe, R.H., 1972, A plate tectonic model for the origin of porphyry copper deposits: Economic Geology, v. 67, p. 184–197.
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. 99-103.
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. 274-291.
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.

029_Sillitoe, R.H., Marquardt, J.C., Ramírez, F., Becerra, H., and Gómez, 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., León, 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., Perelló, 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 Perelló, 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 Chañarcillo, 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-Río 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., Perelló, J., and García, 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.