J. Harold Courtright Scholarship
2024 Recipient
Guido Merino ($3,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Ore and Geochemistry Characterization of Bonita and Maranceles Zones, Filo del Sol Cu-Au-Ag High Sulphidation Epithermal-Porphyry System. Vicuna Belt, Argentina
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 ($3,000)
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 ($3,000)
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 ($3,000)
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 ($3,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Basin Dynamics of the Middle - Upper Triassic of the Colorado Plateau
2018 Recipient
Alexandra L. Wallenberg ($3,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Gregg Canyon Intrusive Center, Sonoma Range, Nevada: Magmatism and Porphyry-Style Alteration-Mineralization
2017 Recipient
Michael A. Kassela ($3,000)
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 ($3,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Characterization and Reconstruction of Laramide Contractional Deformation Near Porphyry Copper Deposits in Southeastern Arizona
2015 Recipient
Alexandra Savard Macho ($3,000)
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 ($3,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Geology of the Cerro Colorado and Las Guijas Districts, Pima County, Arizona
2013 Recipient
Simone Runyon ($3,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Alteration Mapping in the Yerington Batholith, Yerington, Nevada
2012 Recipient
Samuel Wachtor ($3,000)
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 ($2,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Jurassic Volcanism and Magnetite-Apatite Mineralization in the Southern Palen Mountains, Southeastern California
2010 Recipient
Bryan J. MacFarlane ($2,000)
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 ($2,000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Timing and Structural Control of Gold Mineralization, Santa Gertrudis Mining District, Sonora, Mexico
2008 Recipients
Rachelle Wagner ($1,000)
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 ($1,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Detrital Zircon Geochronology in Sediments of the Salta Rift, Northwestern Argentina
2007 Recipient
Joshua Coyan ($2,000)
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Structural Controls of Gold Mineralization around San Antonio, Baja California Sur
2006 Recipient
S. Lynn Peyton ($1,500)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Thermochronology and Uplift in the Laramide Front Ranges
2005 Courtright Scholarship recipient
David Keeler ($1,500)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Structural Reconstruction of Copper Basin, Battle Mountain District, Nevada
2004 Recipient
W. Ross Waldrip ($1,770)
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 ($1,250)
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 ($1,000)
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 ($2,000)
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 ($1,000)
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 ($1,000)
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 ($1,000)
Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University
Geochemistry of Freshwater Carbonates, Uyuni-Coipas Basin, Bolivia
2000 Recipients
Jessica Duke ($1,000)
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 ($1,000)
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 ($1,000)
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 ($1,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Post-ore Structural History of the Sierrita-Esperanza Orebodies, Pima County, Arizona
1996 Recipient
Robert R. Casavant ($1,000)
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Tectonic Partitioning and Mineralization - The North Slope and Brooks Range Regions, Alaska