RESEARCH GROUP

Lluís Fontboté

Professor Emeritus (since 1.8.2018)
Mineral Resources and Geofluids Group

Ph.D., Earth Science, 1983, Univ. Heidelberg, Germany
Master in Mineralogy 1979, Univ. Heidelberg, Germany
Master in Geology, 1976, Univ. Granada, Spain

rue des Maraîchers 13, office 602

+41 (0)22 379 66 22

Lluis.Fontbote@unige.ch

CURRENTLY MAINLY WORKING ON

• Cordilleran polymetallic deposits as part of porphyry systems: fluid and time evolution
• Mississippi Valley-type deposits: the role of fluids scavenging the basement and of sulfur reduced by hydrocarbons
• Source of oxidizing fluids in IOCG deposits
• Supergene and exotic ore copper deposits
• Applying science to exploration

Currently funded projectS

As PI

• Fluids and ore forming processes in the continental crust (cont) (SNF 146353)
• Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of selected supergene profiles and reactive transport modeling of supergene enrichment and exotic mineralization at Chuquicamata, Chile (SNF 146484)

As co-applicant

• SwissSIMS: A request for a Swiss National Dynamic Secondary Ion Probe Facility (SNF-132030)
• Acquisition of QEMSCAN Automated High-Resolution Mineral and Petrographic Analysis (SNF 144974)

OUTREACH (SELECTED PRESS ARTICLES)

• The geologist reads the Earth as a book (In Spanish: "El geólogo lee la Tierra como si fuera un libro", .edu, PUCP, Jul 2012
• China discovers the Powerplay (in German: "China entdeckt das Powerplay", NZZ,Jul 2010)
• Declining mineral resources?: The myth sources (In French: "Épuisement des ressources minières: aux sources du mythe", Le Temps, Jul. 2009)

Current and former students

• Master Thesis of Christos Chatzipanagiotou. Genetic relationships between spatially associated arsenide and sulphide magmatic ores from the Carratraca Ultramafic Massif, (Málaga, southern Spain). With Fernando Gervilla (Universidad de Granada)
• PhD Thesis of Vincent Casanova. Fluid processes and deposition mechanisms in a zoned high-sulfidation carbonate-replacement epithermal system: Colquijirca, Peru. With Kalin Kouzmanov (SNF 146353) 2012-ongoing
• PhD Thesis of Bertrand Rottier. Fluid evolution in the shallow part of a porphyry system: melt and fluid inclusion study at Cerro de Pasco, central Peru. In cooperation with Volcan Cia Minera. With Kalin Kouzmanov. (SNF 146353) 2012-ongoing
• PhD Thesis of Marie Caroline Pinget. Supergene enrichment and exotic mineralization at Chuquicamata, Chile. In cooperation with CODELCO. With B. Dold (Universidad de Chile Santiago) (SNF 146484) 2010-ongoing
• PhD Thesis of Aldo Bendezú. Geology of the Morococha district, Peru. (In cooperation with Panamerican Silver Corp.) With Kalin Kouzmanov (SNF 125258)
• Master Thesis of Esteban Prado (2015)
• PhD Thesis of Nicolas Saintilan (2015), with Michael Stephens (SGU).
• Master Thesis of Guillaume Corthay (2014)
• Master Thesis of Frédéric Lambiel (2013), with B. Dold (U. de Chile)
• PhD Thesis of Honza Catchpole (2011), with Kalin Kouzmanov
• Master Thesis of José Pérez (2009)
• PhD Thesis of Regine Baumgartner (2006)
• PhD Thesis of Ronner Bendezú (2006)
• Master Thesis of Mélisse Henry (2006)
• PhD Thesis of Antoine de Haller (2005)
• Master Thesis of Scheikh Wade (2005), with. B. Dold
• Master Thesis of Yves Jobin (2004)
• Master Thesis of Agnès Markowski (2003), with M. Chiaradia
• PhD Thesis of Marc Polliand (2002)
• PhD Thesis of Karin Requia (2002)
• Master Thesis of Vicent Badoux (2002), with R. Moritz.
• Master Thesis of David Tripodi (2002), with R. Moritz
• PhD Thesis of Yves Haeberlin (2001, with R. Moritz)
• Master Thesis of Patrick Lachat (2001)
• PhD Thesis of Bernhard Dold (1999)
• Master Thesis of Alain Burgisser (1998)
• Master Thesis of Alain Chenaux (1998)
• PhD Thesis of François Lieben (1999), with R. Moritz
• Master Thesis of Claude-Alain Hasler (1998)
• Master Thesis of Luis Llinares (1997), with A. Canals
• Master Thesis of Antoine de Haller (1997)
• Tesis ingeniero Ronner Bendezú (1997, U.N.I., Lima, with R. Carrascal)
• PhD Thesis of Robert Marschik (1996)
• PhD Thesis of Jorge Sáez (1996, Univ. Heidelberg)
• PhD Thesis of Jorge Spangenberg (1995)
• PhD Thesis of Silvia Rosas (1994, Univ. Heidelberg)
• PhD Thesis of Cesar Muñoz (1993, Univ. Heidelberg)
• Master Thesis of Sergio Castro (1993, Heidelberg)
• Master Thesis of Jorge Ellis (1993, Heidelberg)
• Master Thesis of Thomas Klein (1992, Heidelberg)
• PhD Thesis of Marcos Pincheira (1991, Univ. Heidelberg)
• PhD Thesis of Frank Wolf (1990, Univ. Heidelberg)
• Master Thesis of Matthias Jurgeit (1988, Heideleberg)
• Master Thesis of Sabine Hopf (1987, Heidelberg)

Miscellany

• Miscellany

TEACHING

 

OTHER FUNCTIONs

• Member of the expert panel of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials (since 2013)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Research Institute on Commodities (SRIC), since 16.7.2015
• Chair steering committee of the annual UNESCO-SEG-SGA Latin American Metallogeny course, since1999
• Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science, since 15.7.2007 until 14.7.2014
• President Society of Economic Geologists, 2012
• President Section des Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement, from 15.7.2011 until 15.7.2013
• Director of the "ELSTE" (Joint School of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the Geneva and Lausanne Universities), from 15.7.2005 until 14.7.2007
• Director of the Department of Mineralogy from 1.10.1994 until 31.8.2008
• Member of the Council to the Swiss National Research Foundation, from 1.1.1997 until 31.12.2006

MY RESEARCH

Together with students and coworkers, I focus on the genesis of Cordilleran polymetallic ore deposits related to porhyyry systems, Iron Oxide Coper Gold deposits, Mississippi Valley Deposits and on acid mining drainage (AMD), supergene enrichment and exotic mineralization. In the recent past, I have worked on projects on Orogenic Gold Deposits and Volcanic Hosted Massive Sulfide. Most of my projects are, in cooperation with mining companies, in the Andes, and recently too in the Caledonides.

 

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

For older publications see Archive ouverte and a list of publications 1999-2008.