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Albert H. Hofstra is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics covered in their work include Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Mineral Processing and Grinding, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Hofstra has published in several academic venues frequently, with a notable presence in:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Economic Geology
  • American Mineralogist
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Ore Geology Reviews

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on geochemical dating and analysis of mineral deposits, as well as the study of ore-forming fluids and earth mapping resources. Significant publications include:

  • CALCITE U-Pb DATING UNRAVELS THE AGE AND HYDROTHERMAL HISTORY OF THE GIANT SHUIYINDONG CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, SOUTH CHINA, 2021, Economic Geology
  • U-Pb Dating on Hydrothermal Rutile and Monazite from the Badu Gold Deposit Supports an Early Cretaceous Age for Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization in the Youjiang Basin, Southwestern China, 2021, Economic Geology
  • TRACE ELEMENTS IN QUARTZ: INSIGHTS INTO SOURCE AND FLUID EVOLUTION IN MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS, 2022, Economic Geology
  • NOBLE GASES FINGERPRINT THE SOURCE AND EVOLUTION OF ORE-FORMING FLUIDS OF CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, SOUTH CHINA, 2020, Economic Geology
  • Systems-deposits-commodities-critical minerals table for the earth mapping resources initiative, 2020, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World

Collaborative efforts are a hallmark of Hofstra's work, with frequent co-authors including Jianwei Li, Heather Lowers, Erin E. Marsh, Corey J. Meighan, and Shen Gao. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications and contributions across various aspects of geoscience and related technologies.

Best Publications

  • Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in Nevada: Critical Geologic Characteristics and Viable Models

    Jean S. Cline;Albert H. Hofstra;John L. Muntean;Richard M. Tosdal

  • Characteristics and Models for Carlin-Type Gold Deposits

    Albert H. Hofstra;Jean S. Cline

  • Geology and geochemistry of Carlin-type gold deposits in China

    Hu Rui-Zhong;Su Wen-Chao;Bi Xian-Wu;Tu Guang-Zhi

  • Origin of High-Grade Gold Ore, Source of Ore Fluid Components, and Genesis of the Meikle and Neighboring Carlin-Type Deposits, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada

    Poul Emsbo;Albert H. Hofstra;Eric A. Lauha;Gregory L. Griffin

  • Age constraints on Jerritt Canyon and other carlin-type gold deposits in the Western United States; relationship to mid-Tertiary extension and magmatism

    A. H. Hofstra;L. W. Snee;R. O. Rye;H. W. Folger

  • Identification of quartz and carbonate minerals across northern Nevada using ASTER thermal infrared emissivity data—Implications for geologic mapping and mineral resource investigations in well-studied and frontier areas

    Barnaby W. Rockwell;Albert H. Hofstra

  • Genesis of sediment-hosted disseminated-gold deposits by fluid mixing and sulfidization: Chemical-reaction-path modeling of ore-depositional processes documented in the Jerritt Canyon district, Nevada

    A.H. Hofstra;J. S. Leventhal;H. R. Northrop;G. P. Landis

  • Chemical reaction path modeling of ore deposition in mississippi valley-type Pb-Zn deposits of the Ozark region, U.S. Midcontinent

    G. S. Plumlee;D. L. Leach;A. H. Hofstra;G. P. Landis

  • Hydrothermal reequilibration of igneous magnetite in altered granitic plutons and its implications for magnetite classification schemes: Insights from the Handan-Xingtai iron district, North China Craton

    Guang Wen;Jian-Wei Li;Albert H. Hofstra;Alan E. Koenig

  • Syngenetic Au on the Carlin trend: Implications for Carlin-type deposits

    Poul Emsbo;Richard W. Hutchinson;Albert H. Hofstra;Jeffrey A. Volk

  • Extreme variation of sulfur isotopic compositions in pyrite from the Qiuling sediment-hosted gold deposit, West Qinling orogen, central China: an in situ SIMS study with implications for the source of sulfur

    Lei Chen;Xian-hua Li;Jian-wei Li;Albert H. Hofstra

  • Geologic Setting and Genesis of the Mule Canyon Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, North-Central Nevada

    David A. John;Albert H. Hofstra;Robert J. Fleck;Jon E. Brummer

  • Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in the Dian-Qian-Gui “Golden Triangle” of Southwest China

    Wenchao Su;Wendou Dong;Xingchun Zhang;Nengping Shen

  • Metamorphic origin of the Coeur d'Alene base- and precious-metal veins in the Belt basin, Idaho and Montana

    D. L. Leach;G. P. Landis;A. H. Hofstra

  • Origin of late dolomite cement by CO2-saturated deep basin brines: Evidence from the Ozark region, central United States

    D. L. Leach;G. S. Plumlee;A. H. Hofstra;G. P. Landis

  • Silicate Melt Inclusion Evidence for Extreme Pre-eruptive Enrichment and Post-eruptive Depletion of Lithium in Silicic Volcanic Rocks of the Western United States: Implications for the Origin of Lithium-Rich Brines*

    Albert H. Hofstra;T.I. Todorov;C.N. Mercer;D.T. Adams

  • The giant Carlin gold province: a protracted interplay of orogenic, basinal, and hydrothermal processes above a lithospheric boundary

    Poul Emsbo;David I. Groves;Albert H. Hofstra;Frank P. Bierlein

  • Solute Compositions of Fluid Inclusions in Sphalerite from North American and European Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits: Ore Fluids Derived from Evaporated Seawater

    John G. Viets;Albert H. Hofstra;Poul Emsbo

  • Magmatic-hydrothermal origin of the early Triassic Laodou lode gold deposit in the Xiahe-Hezuo district, West Qinling orogen, China: implications for gold metallogeny

    Xiao-ye Jin;Jian-wei Li;Albert H. Hofstra;Ji-xiang Sui

  • CALCITE U-Pb DATING UNRAVELS THE AGE AND HYDROTHERMAL HISTORY OF THE GIANT SHUIYINDONG CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, SOUTH CHINA

    Xiao-Ye Jin;Xiao-Ye Jin;Jian-Xin Zhao;Yue-Xing Feng;Albert H. Hofstra

  • Pre-eruptive conditions of the Hideaway Park topaz rhyolite: Insights into metal source and evolution of magma parental to the Henderson porphyry molybdenum deposit, Colorado

    Celestine N. Mercer;Albert H. Hofstra;Todor I. Todorov;Julie Roberge

  • Hydrologic models of modern and fossil geothermal systems in the Great Basin: Genetic implications for epithermal Au-Ag and Carlin-type gold deposits

    Mark Person;Amlan Banerjee;Albert Hofstra;Donald Sweetkind

  • Evidence for Proterozoic and Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary ore-forming events in the Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho and Montana

    D. L. Leach;A. H. Hofstra;S. E. Church;L. W. Snee

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Wei Li
Jian-Wei Li China University of Geosciences
Mark Person
Mark Person New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
David L. Leach
David L. Leach Colorado School of Mines
Ruizhong Hu
Ruizhong Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carl W. Gable
Carl W. Gable Los Alamos National Laboratory
Richard M. Tosdal
Richard M. Tosdal University of British Columbia
David L. Huston
David L. Huston Geoscience Australia
David C. Champion
David C. Champion Geoscience Australia
Christopher D. Henry
Christopher D. Henry University of Nevada Reno
Craig A. Johnson
Craig A. Johnson United States Geological Survey

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