Brian Rusk

Research Associate

Member of the WWU Geology faculty since 2012

Education

Ph.D. – University of Oregon (2003)
B.Sc. – James Madison University (1996)

Areas of Expertise

  • Hydrothermal systems
  • Ore deposits
  • Geochemistry
  • Fluid inclusions
  • Trace elements
  • LA-ICP-MS

Courses Taught

  • Ore Deposits
  • Earth Resources and the Environment
  • LA-ICP-MS in geosciences

Selected Publications

Reed, M., Rusk, B., and Palandri, J, 2013, The Butte magmatic-hydrothermal system: One fluid yields all alteration and veins: Economic Geology, v. 108, p. 1379-1396.

Hammerli, J., Rusk, B., Spandler, C., Emsbo, P., and Oliver, N.H.S., 2013, In-situ Cl/Br measurements in scapolite and fluid inclusions by LA-ICP-MS: A powerful tool to constrain fluid sources, Chemical Geology, v. 337, p. 75-87.

Cheng, Y., Mao, Spandler, C, and Rusk, B., 2012, Mafic microgranular enclaves in the Geiju region, Yunan Province, China: A case of interaction of crust- and mantle-derived magmas: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 164, p. 659-676.

Rusk B., 2012, Cathodoluminescnce and trace elements in hydrothermal quartz: In Goetze et al., (eds) Quartz: deposits, mineralogy and analytics, Springer, p. 307-329.

Rusk, B.G., Oliver, N., Cleverley, J., Blenkinsop, T., Zhang, D., Williams, P., and Haberman, P., 2010, Physical and chemical characteristics of the Ernest Henry iron oxide copper gold deposit, Cloncurry, QLD, Australia; implications for IOCG genesis, in Porter,T.M.,(ed), Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Coper-Gold &Related deposits: A Global Perspective vol 3-Advances in the understanding of IOCG deposits; PGC Publishing, Adelaide, p. 187-204. ISBN: 978-0-9871196-0-5

Nahnybida, T., Gleeson, S., Rusk, B., and Wassenaar, L., 2009, Cl/Br ratios and stable chlorine isotope analysis of magmatic-hydrothermal fluid inclusions from Butte, Montana and Bingham Canyon, Utah: Mineralium Deposita, v. 44, no. 8, p. 837-848.

Rusk, B.G., Miller, B.J., and Reed, M.H., 2008, Fluid inclusion evidence for the formation of Main Stage polymetallic base-metal veins, Butte, Montana, USA, in Spencer, J.E., and Titley, S.R., eds., Circum-Pacific Tectonics, Geologic Evolution, and Ore Deposits:  Tucson, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 22, p. 573-581.

Rusk, B., Lowers, H., and Reed, M., 2008, Trace elements in hydrothermal quartz; relationships to cathodoluminescent textures and insights into hydrothermal processes: Geology, v. 36, no. 7, p. 547-550.

Rusk, B., Reed, M., and Dilles, J.H., 2008, Fluid inclusion evidence for magmatic-hydrothermal fluid evolution in the porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Butte, Montana: Economic Geology, v.103, no. 2, p. 307-334. (Winner of SEG Brian Skinner Award).

Recent M.S. Students

Positions currently available in mineral trace element geochemistry, fluid inclusions,  and hydrothermal ore deposits