J. Harold Courtright Scholarship

2023 Recipient

Benjamin Amundsen ($3,000)

School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University

Petrologic and Crustal Evolution of the Platoro Caldera Complex, Colorado

2022 Recipient

Maria Camila Sojo Aguero ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Unravelling the Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of Filo del Sol Porphyry-Epithermal System, San Juan Province, Argentina

2021 Recipient

Eytan B. Orent ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Characterization of U(-V) Deposits in the La Sal District, Utah and Colorado and their Relationship to Paradox Basin Fluid Flow

2020 Recipient

Dylan Carlini ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Gold in the Oatman District, Mohave County, Northwestern Arizona, including Characterization of the Gold Road Vein, Surface to Depth

2019 Recipient

Robert Hayes ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

2018 Recipient

Alexandra L. Wallenberg ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Gregg Canyon Intrusive Center, Sonoma Range, Nevada:  Magmatism and Porphyry-Style Alteration-Mineralization

2017 Recipient

Michael A. Kassela  ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Austin Pluton and Reese River Mining District, Central Nevada: Magmatism, Alteration, Ore Formation, and Post-ore Dismemberment and Tilting

2016 Recipient

Daniel A. Favorito ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

2015 Recipient

Alexandra Savard Macho ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Eocene Intrusions and Associated Hydrothermal Systems in the Egan Range, White Pine County,  Nevada

2014 Recipient

Jason (J. D.) Mizer ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Geology of the Cerro Colorado and Las Guijas Districts, Pima County, Arizona

2013 Recipient

Simone Runyon ($3000)

Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Alteration Mapping in the Yerington Batholith, Yerington, Nevada

2012 Recipient

Samuel Wachtor ($3000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Structural Evolution of Ore Mineral Viability of the Northern Sierra de la Laguna Mountains, La Ventana, Baja California Sur

2011 Recipient
James Girardi ($2000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Jurassic Volcanism and Magnetite-Apatite Mineralization in the Southern Palen Mountains, Southeastern California

2010 Recipient
Bryan J. MacFarlane ($2000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Structural Geology, Age Dating, and Petrography of the Santa Gertrudis Mining District, Sonora, Mexico

2009 Recipient
Jeff J. Geier ($2000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Timing and Structural Control of Gold Mineralization,  Santa Gertrudis Mining District, Sonora, Mexico

2008 Recipients

Rachelle Wagner ($1000)
Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University
Miocene Fault and Basin Analysis along the Boulevard and Dry Wash Faults, Northern Frenchman Mountain, Lake Mead Domain, Nevada

Jesse Einhorn ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Detrital Zircon Geochronology in Sediments of the Salta Rift, Northwestern Argentina

2007 Recipient
Joshua Coyan ($2000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Structural Controls of Gold Mineralization around San Antonio, Baja California Sur

2006 Recipient
S. Lynn Peyton ($1500)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Thermochronology and Uplift in the Laramide Front Ranges

2005 Courtright Scholarship recipient
David Keeler ($1500)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Structural Reconstruction of Copper Basin, Battle Mountain District, Nevada

2004 Recipient
W. Ross Waldrip ($1770)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Restoration of Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary Contractional and mid-Tertiary Extensional Structures Across the San Pedro Trough, Southeastern Arizona

2003 Courtright Recipients
Joseph Ryan Michalski ($1250)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Detachment-related K-metasomatism, Secondary Carbonates, and Cu-Fe Mineralization in the Buckskin Mountains, Western Arizona

Stephen DeLong ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Plio? - Pleistocene Sedimentary Basin Evolution at the Edge of the Cordillera Cuyama Valley, California

2002 Recipients
Benjamin R. Siwiec ($2000)
Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University
Structure and Metamorphism in the Northern Hualapai Mountains, Arizona:  Implications for the Paleoproterozoic Tectonics of  the Southwestern United States

Andrew McCarthy ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Collection and Analysis of Mantle Xenoliths from a Transect across the North American Cordillera

Victor Valencia ($500)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Evolution of the Laramide Magmatism and Porphyry Copper  Mineralization at La Caridad Mine and its Comparison with the Southern Arizona Porphyry Copper Province

2001 Recipients
Andrew Leier ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Uplift and Erosional History of the Eastern Cordillera and Sub-Andes in Southern Bolivia and Northernmost Argentina

Christa Placzek ($1000)
Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University
Geochemistry of Freshwater Carbonates, Uyuni-Coipas Basin, Bolivia

2000 Recipients
Jessica Duke ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Supergene Copper Enrichment at Hanover Mountain, New Mexico

Sara Christine James ($500)
Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University
Constraints on the Mojave-Yavapai Crustal Provinces Boundary:  A Structural and Metamorphic Study in the Grand Wash Cliffs and Peacock Mountains, Arizona

1999 Recipients
Julia K. Johnson ($1000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Proterozoic Structural Geology and Stratigraphy of the Phoenix Mountains, Central Arizona

Jason Arnold Rech ($900)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Tracking Sulfur in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile

1998 Recipients
Andrew Schroth ($1000)
Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University
The Effect of Waste Rock Removal on the Hydrogeochemistry of Water Draining the Alta Mine Site, Colorado Mining District, Montana

Eric V. Hargrave ($500)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Stratigraphy and Correlation of  Triassic and Jurassic Rocks in West-Central Arizona and Southeastern California

Gail Morrissey ($500)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Progressive Metamorphism and Structural Attenuation in the Big Maria Mountains, Southeastern California: An Evaluation with the Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner

1997 Recipient
Paul W. Jensen ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Post-ore Structural History of the Sierrita-Esperanza Orebodies, Pima County, Arizona

1996 Recipient
Robert R. Casavant ($1000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Tectonic Partitioning and Mineralization - The North Slope and Brooks Range Regions, Alaska