New Discovery and Exploration Methods of Porphyry and Epithermal Mineral Deposits, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Deposits".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editors
2. College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Interests: geology and genesis of porphyry-related deposits; stable isotopes; indicator minerals for exploration and porphyry fertility
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Interests: minerals’ hyperspectral and geochemical characteristics for exploration
Interests: porphyry–epithermal deposit; rare metal deposit; indicator minerals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the first Special Issue on the “New Discovery and Exploration Methods of Porphyry and Epithermal Mineral Deposits”, we are pleased to announce a second edition that builds upon the high-quality and innovative research previously published. The first edition brought together a diverse range of contributions from several countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hungary, Russia, and Turky, covering advanced mineralogical, geochemical, geophysical, and spectroscopic characterizations of many significant porphyry and epithermal deposits. We feel that there is more to explore in this topic to keep the porphyry–epithermal industry and academia updated with knowledge of recent discoveries and progress in metallogeny and exploration methods. We are delighted to organize the second edition of this Special Issue to disseminate knowledge about the geology, geochronology, hydrothermal processes, indicator minerals, geochemistry, geophysics, and spectroscopy of porphyry and epithermal deposits. The topics of interest for this second edition of Special Issue of Minerals, “New Discovery and Exploration Methods of Porphyry and Epithermal Mineral Deposits”, include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Geology of recently discovered porphyry and/or epithermal deposits;
- Formation processes of porphyry and epithermal deposits;
- New exploration tools for porphyry and epithermal deposits.
Dr. Chao Yang
Prof. Dr. Na Guo
Dr. Fuwei Xie
Dr. Xuhui Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- porphyry
- epithermal
- formation
- geology
- exploration
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