Thomas Monecke

Education

• PhD, Economic Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, 2003
• MSc, Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, 1996

Research Interests

• Metallogeny of modern and ancient volcanic arcs.
• Economic geology of hydrothermal ore deposits.
• Fluid-fluid, fluid-mineral, and fluid-rock interactions as tools to reconstruct fluid characteristics.
• Physical volcanology.
• Archean geology and metallogenesis.
• Hydrothermal geochemistry

Teaching

• GEOL 513: Hydrothermal Geochemistry
• GEOL 519: Abitibi Geology and Exploration Field School
• GEOL 524: Economic Geology
• GEOL 599B: Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits
• GEOL 599C: Low-sulfidation Epithermal Deposits

Selected Publications

• Stolze, S., Monecke, T., 2020, A record of Neolithic land-use dynamics from northwest Ireland: Multi-proxy evidence from Lough Arrow, Country Sligo: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Online published.
• Sun, M., Monecke, T., Reynolds, T.J., Yang, Z., 2020, Understanding the evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal systems based on microtextural relationships, fluid inclusion petrography, and quartz solubility constraints: insights into the formation of the Yulong Cu-Mo porphyry deposit, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China: Mineralium Deposita. Online published.
• Alford, L., Gysi, A.P., Hurtig, N.C., Monecke, T., Pfaff, K., 2020, Porphyry-related polymetallic Au-Ag vein deposit in the Central City district, Colorado: Mineral paragenesis and pyrite trace element chemistry: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 119, 103295.
• Monecke, T., 2019, Environmental setting of County Sligo. In: S. Stolze (ed.) Archaeology and landscape history of Neolithic County Sligo: XX INQUA Congress Field Guide, IQUA, Dublin, Ireland, p. 3-12.
• Tharalson, E.R., Monecke, T., Reynolds, T.J., Zeeck, L., Pfaff, K., Kelly, N., 2019, The distribution of precious metals in high-grade banded quartz veins from low-sulfidation epithermal deposits: Constraints from mXRF mapping: Minerals, v. 9, 740, doi:10.3390/min9120740.
• Monecke, T., Monecke, J., Reynolds, T.J., 2019, The influence of CO₂ on the solubility of quartz in single-phase hydrothermal fluids: Implications to the formation of stockwork veins in porphyry copper deposits: Economic Geology, v. 114, p. 1195-1206.
• Hufford, G., Monecke, T., 2019, Timiskaming sedimentary and intrusive rocks at Kinross Park, Kirkland Lake, Ontario: Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8474, 1 map and 8 p.
• Taylor, R.D., Monecke, T., Reynolds, T.J, 2019, Formation mechanism of quartz veins in orogenic gold deposits: Insights from Grass Valley, California, USA. Proceedings of the 15th biennial SGA meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (August 27-30, 2019), p. 788-791.
• Monecke, T., Petersen, S., Augustin, N., Hannington, M., 2019. Seafloor hydrothermal systems and associated mineral deposits of the Tyrrhenian Sea. In: S. D’Angelo, A. Fiorentiono, G. Giordano, A. Pensa, A. Pinton, L. Vita (eds.) Atlante delle Strutture Vulcaniche Sottomarine Italiane. Memorie Descrittive Della Carta Geologica D’Italia, 104, 41-74.
• Keevil, H.A., Monecke, T., Goldfarb, R.J., Moeller, A., & Kelly, N.M., 2019, Geochronology and geochemistry of Mesozoic igenous rocks of the Hunjiang region, Jilin Province, NE China: Constraints on regional tectonic processes and lithospheric delamination of the eastern North China block: Gondwana Research, 68, 127-157.
• Mavrogonatos, C., Voudouris, P., Spry, P.G., Melfos, V., Klemme, S., Berndt, J., Baker, T., Moritz, R., Bissig, T., Monecke, T., & Zaccarini, F., 2018, Mineralogical study of the advanced argillic alteration zone at the Konos Hill Mo-Cu-Re-Au porphyry prospect, NE Greece: Minerals 2018, 8, 479; doi: 10.3390/min8110479.
• Pierre, S., Gysi, A.P., & Monecke, T., 2018, Fluid chemistry of mid-ocean ride hydrothermal vents: A comparison between numerical modeling and vent geochemical data: Geofluids 1389379, 20 p.
• Nassif, M.T., Kuiper, Y.D., Goldfarb, R.J., Monecke, T., & Holm-Denoma, C.S., 2018, Structural evolution of a gold-bearing transtensional zone within the Archean Porcupine-Destor deformation zone, southern Abitibi greenstone belt, eastern Ontario, Canada: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 117, p. 203-218.
• Taksavasu, T., Monecke, T., & Reynolds, T.J., 2018, Textural characteristics of non-crystalline silica in sinters and quartz veins: Implications for the formation of bonanza veins in low-sulfidation epithermal deposits: Minerals, v. 8, p. 331, doi:10.3390/min8080331.
• Monecke, T., Monecke, J., Reynold, T.J., Tsuruoka, S., Bennett, M.M., Skewes, W.B., & Palin, R., 2018, Quartz solubility in the H₂O-NaCl system: A framework for understanding vein formation in porphyry copper deposits: Economic Geology, v.113, p. 1007-1046.
• Monecke, T., Gibson, H.L., & Goutier, J., 2017, Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of the Noranda camp: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 19, p. 169-223.
• Hannington, M.D., Gemmell, T., & Monecke, T., 2017, The Kidd Creek volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit – An update: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 19, p. 81-102.
• Dubé, B., Mercier-Langevin, P., Ayer, J., Atkinson, B., & Monecke, T., 2017, Orogenic greenstone-hosted quartz-carbonate gold deposits of the Timmins-Porcupine camp: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 19, p. 51-79.
• Monecke, T., Mercier-Langevin, P., Dubé, B., &  Frieman, B.M., 2017, Geology of the Abitibi greenstone belt: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 19, p. 7-49.
• Monecke, T., Mercier-Langevin, P., Dubé, B., & Hannington, M., 2017, Archean base and precious metal deposits, southern Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 19, p. 1-5.
• Holley, E.A., Monecke, T., Bissig, T., & Reynolds, T.J., 2017, Evolution of high-level magmatic-hydrothermal systems: New insights from ore paragenesis of the Veladero high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit, El Indio-Pascua belt, Argentina: Economic Geology, v. 112, p. 1747-1771.
• Stolze, S., & Monecke, T., 2017, Holocene history of ‘non-native’ trees in Ireland: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 244, p. 347-355.
• Frieman, B.M., Kuiper, Y.D., Kelly, N.M., Monecke, T., & Kylander-Clark, A., 2017, Constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the southern Superior Province: U-Pb LA-ICP-MS analysis of detrital zircon in successor basins of the Archean Abitibi and Pontiac subprovinces of Ontario and Quebec, Canada: Precambrian Research, v. 292, p. 398-416.
• Anderson, E.D., Monecke, T., Hitzman, M.W., Zhou, W., & Bedrosian, P.A., 2017, Mineral potential mapping in an accreted island-arc setting using aeromagnetic data: An example from southwest Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 112, p. 375-396.
• Monecke, T., & Monecke, H., 2016, The Horne deposit in Quebec, Canada: A summary of the geology and history of discovery and development: Der Anschnitt 68, 2-13.
• Monecke, T., Petersen, S., Hannington, M.D., Grant, H., & Samson, I., 2016, The minor element endowment of modern sea-floor massive sulfides and comparison with deposits hosted in ancient volcanic successions: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 18, p. 245-306.
• Holley, E.A., Bissig, T., & Monecke, T., 2016, The Veladero high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit, El Indio-Pascua belt, Argentina: Geochronology of alunite and jarosite: Economic Geology, v. 111, p. 311-330.
• Taylor, R., Goldfarb, R.J., Monecke, T., Fletscher, I.R., Cosca, M.A., & Kelly, N.M., 2015, Application of U-Th-Pb phosphate geochronology to young orogenic gold deposits: New age constraints on the formation of the Grass Valley gold district, Sierra Nevada Foothills Province, California. Economic Geology, 110, 1313-1337.
• Ufer, K., Kleeberg, R., & Monecke, T., 2015, Quantification of stacking disordered Si-Al layer silicates by the Rietveld method: Application to exploration for high-sulphidation epithermal gold deposits. Powder Diffraction, 30 (suppl. 1), 111-118.

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