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David L. Leach is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, encompassing several related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Paleontology.

The scientist's body of work is reflected in a selection of recent publications spanning diverse topics and journals. Notable papers include: Caco-2 Cell Permeability of Flavonoids and Saponins from Gynostemma pentaphyllum: the Immortal Herb (2020, ACS Omega); The Black Angel deposit, Greenland: a Paleoproterozoic evaporite-related Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb deposit (2022, Mineralium Deposita); Vanished evaporites, halokinetic structure, and Zn-Pb mineralization in the world-class Angouran deposit, northwestern Iran (2023, Geological Society of America Bulletin); Phytochemical composition of Denhamia obscura (A. Rich.) Meisn. Ex Walp. root bark, seeds and leaves (2022, ARKIVOC); and Differentiating Dyes: A Spectroscopic Investigation into the Composition of Scarlet Bloodroot (Haemodorum coccineum R.Br.) Rhizome (2023, Molecules).

The primary research topics in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • earthquake and tectonic studies

Frequent collaborators in their research career include James J. De Voss, Joanne T. Blanchfield, Matheus Carpinelli de Jesus, Johanna Wapling, and Taylah Church.

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • ACS Omega
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • ARKIVOC
  • Molecules

David L. Leach's interdisciplinary approach bridges molecular biology techniques with geological and geophysical studies. This combination has facilitated investigations into both the molecular composition of natural products and broader geological phenomena such as mineral deposits, evaporite structures, and tectonics.

Best Publications

  • Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective

    David L. Leach;Donald F. Sangster;Karen D. Kelley;Ross R. Large

  • Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in Earth History

    David. L. Leach;David. L. Leach;Dwight C. Bradley;David Huston;Sergei A. Pisarevsky

  • Mississippi Valley-type lead–zinc deposits through geological time: implications from recent age-dating research

    David L. Leach;Dwight Bradley;Michael T. Lewchuk;David T. Symons

  • Genetic link between Ouachita foldbelt tectonism and the Mississippi Valley–type lead-zinc deposits of the Ozarks

    David L. Leach;E. Lanier Rowan

  • Tectonic controls of Mississippi Valley-type lead–zinc mineralization in orogenic forelands

    Dwight C. Bradley;David L. Leach

  • Textural, Compositional, and Sulfur Isotope Variations of Sulfide Minerals in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska: Implications for Ore Formation

    K. D. Kelley;D. L. Leach;C. A. Johnson;J. L. Clark

  • 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

  • Origin of lode-gold deposits of the Juneau gold belt, southeastern Alaska

    Richard J. Goldfarb;David L. Leach;William J. Pickthorn;Colin J. Paterson

  • Re-Os sulfide geochronology of the Red Dog sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Brooks Range, Alaska

    R. M. Morelli;R. A. Creaser;D. Selby;K. D. Kelley

  • Secular Variation in Economic Geology

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Dwight Bradley;David L. Leach

  • Nature of Hydrothermal Fluids at the Shale-Hosted Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska

    David L. Leach;Erin E. Marsh;Poul Emsbo;Cameron Rombach

  • Trace and minor element variations and sulfur isotopes in crystalline and colloform ZnS: Incorporation mechanisms and implications for their genesis

    Katharina Pfaff;Alan Koenig;Thomas Wenzel;Ian Ridley

  • Hydrothermal Fluid Origins in Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Districts: Combined Noble Gas (He, Ar, Kr) and Halogen (Cl, Br, I) Analysis of Fluid Inclusions from the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Viburnum Trend, and Tri-State Districts, Midcontinent United States

    M. A. Kendrick;R. Burgess;D. Leach;R. A. D. Pattrick

  • Formation of the Wiesloch Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the extensional setting of the Upper Rhinegraben, SW Germany

    Katharina Pfaff;Ludwig H. Hildebrandt;David L. Leach;Dorrit E. Jacob

  • 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

  • Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Rocks of Alaska

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Lance D. Miller;David L. Leach;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Geology and Geochemistry of the Reocín Zinc-Lead Deposit, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain

    Francisco Velasco;José Miguel Herrero;Iñaki Yusta;José Antonio Alonso

  • 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

  • Genetic implications of regional and temporal trends in ore fluid geochemistry of mississippi valley-type deposits in the Ozark region

    John G. Viets;David L. Leach

  • A deposit model for Mississippi Valley-Type lead-zinc ores: Chapter A in Mineral deposit models for resource assessment

    David L. Leach;Ryan D. Taylor;David L. Fey;Sharon F. Diehl

  • The world-class Jinding Zn–Pb deposit: ore formation in an evaporite dome, Lanping Basin, Yunnan, China

    David L. Leach;Yu-Cai Song;Zeng-Qian Hou

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Goldfarb
Richard J. Goldfarb China University of Geosciences
Dwight C. Bradley
Dwight C. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Albert H. Hofstra
Albert H. Hofstra United States Geological Survey
Craig A. Johnson
Craig A. Johnson United States Geological Survey
John F. Slack
John F. Slack United States Geological Survey
David L. Huston
David L. Huston Geoscience Australia
Lawrence W. Snee
Lawrence W. Snee United States Geological Survey
Gregor Markl
Gregor Markl University of Tübingen
Jens Gutzmer
Jens Gutzmer Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Grant Garven
Grant Garven Tufts University

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