| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Principles of geostatistics | Economic Geology | 1963 | 3,580 |
| 2 | Porphyry Copper Systems | Economic Geology | 2010 | 2,328 |
| 3 | The Application of Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Studies to Problems of Hydrothermal Alteration and Ore Deposition | Economic Geology | 1974 | 1,516 |
| 4 | Systematics of Sulfur and Carbon Isotopes in Hydrothermal Ore Deposits | Economic Geology | 1972 | 1,226 |
| 5 | The isocon diagram; a simple solution to Gresens' equation for metasomatic alteration | Economic Geology | 1986 | 1,059 |
| 6 | Tectono-Magmatic Precursors for Porphyry Cu-(Mo-Au) Deposit Formation | Economic Geology | 2003 | 766 |
| 7 | Special Paper: Adakite-Like Rocks: Their Diverse Origins and Questionable Role in Metallogenesis | Economic Geology | 2007 | 756 |
| 8 | Lateral and vertical alteration-mineralization zoning in porphyry ore deposits | Economic Geology | 1970 | 752 |
| 9 | Iron Formation: The Sedimentary Product of a Complex Interplay among Mantle, Tectonic, Oceanic, and Biospheric Processes | Economic Geology | 2010 | 752 |
| 10 | Gold and Trace Element Zonation in Pyrite Using a Laser Imaging Technique: Implications for the Timing of Gold in Orogenic and Carlin-Style Sediment-Hosted Deposits | Economic Geology | 2009 | 748 |
| 11 | Evolution of an intrusion-centered hydrothermal system; Far Southeast-Lepanto porphyry and epithermal Cu-Au deposits, Philippines | Economic Geology | 1998 | 725 |
| 12 | Giant Porphyry Deposits: Characteristics, Distribution, and Tectonic Controls | Economic Geology | 2005 | 712 |
| 13 | The porphyry copper deposit at El Salvador, Chile | Economic Geology | 1975 | 677 |
| 14 | Hydrothermal processes related to movement of fluid from plastic into brittle rock in the magmatic-epithermal environment | Economic Geology | 1999 | 676 |
| 15 | Chemical evolution and mineral deposition in boiling hydrothermal systems | Economic Geology | 1985 | 605 |
| 16 | Sedimentary facies of iron-formation | Economic Geology | 1954 | 558 |
| 17 | Gas hydrates in CO 2 -bearing fluid inclusions and the use of freezing data for estimation of salinity | Economic Geology | 1979 | 537 |
| 18 | Paleoecological Significance of the Banded Iron-Formation | Economic Geology | 1973 | 521 |
| 19 | 100th Anniversary Special Paper: Vapor Transport of Metals and the Formation of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore Deposits | Economic Geology | 2005 | 512 |
| 20 | Spectra of altered rocks in the visible and near infrared | Economic Geology | 1979 | 496 |
| 21 | Freezing point depression of NaCl-KCl-H 2 O solutions | Economic Geology | 1988 | 494 |
| 22 | Comparative anatomy of volcanic-hosted epithermal deposits; acid-sulfate and adularia-sericite types | Economic Geology | 1987 | 481 |
| 23 | Experimental studies of pegmatite genesis; l, A model for the derivation and crystallization of granitic pegmatites | Economic Geology | 1969 | 479 |
| 24 | Solubility of Sulfur in Mafic Magmas | Economic Geology | 1974 | 463 |
| 25 | Vapor-dominated hydrothermal systems compared with hot-water systems | Economic Geology | 1971 | 462 |
| 26 | Freezing point depression of aqueous sodium chloride solutions | Economic Geology | 1978 | 457 |
| 27 | Multistage Sedimentary and Metamorphic Origin of Pyrite and Gold in the Giant Sukhoi Log Deposit, Lena Gold Province, Russia | Economic Geology | 2007 | 457 |
| 28 | Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Belts: Overview of Current Understanding, Outstanding Problems, Future Research, and Exploration Significance | Economic Geology | 2003 | 449 |
| 29 | The influence of silicate:sulfide ratios on the geochemistry of magmatic sulfides | Economic Geology | 1979 | 443 |
| 30 | Pyrite Framboid Formation; Laboratory Synthesis and Marine Sediments | Economic Geology | 1973 | 442 |
| 31 | Trace elements in sulfide minerals from eastern Australian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits; Part I, Proton microprobe analyses of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, and Part II, Selenium levels in pyrite; comparison with delta 34 S values and implications for the source of sulfur in volcanogenic hydrothermal systems | Economic Geology | 1995 | 439 |
| 32 | Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) Deposits through Earth History: Implications for Origin, Lithospheric Setting, and Distinction from Other Epigenetic Iron Oxide Deposits | Economic Geology | 2010 | 435 |
| 33 | A Carbonaceous Sedimentary Source-Rock Model for Carlin-Type and Orogenic Gold Deposits | Economic Geology | 2011 | 423 |
| 34 | A Plate Tectonic Model for the Origin of Porphyry Copper Deposits | Economic Geology | 1972 | 417 |
| 35 | HIGH Sr/Y ARC MAGMAS AND PORPHYRY Cu Mo Au DEPOSITS: JUST ADD WATER | Economic Geology | 2011 | 410 |
| 36 | Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in Earth History | Economic Geology | 2010 | 409 |
| 37 | Geochemistry of black shale deposits; a summary report | Economic Geology | 1970 | 406 |
| 38 | The importance of CO 2 on freezing point measurements of fluid inclusions; evidence from active geothermal systems and implications for epithermal ore deposition | Economic Geology | 1985 | 398 |
| 39 | The effect of salinity on the maximum thermal gradient of a hydrothermal system at hydrostatic pressure | Economic Geology | 1971 | 389 |
| 40 | The tops and bottoms of porphyry copper deposits | Economic Geology | 1973 | 380 |
| 41 | CRETACEOUS RIDGE SUBDUCTION ALONG THE LOWER YANGTZE RIVER BELT, EASTERN CHINA | Economic Geology | 2009 | 379 |
| 42 | A portion of the system silica-water | Economic Geology | 1950 | 374 |
| 43 | Lithospheric Architecture of the Lhasa Terrane and Its Control on Ore Deposits in the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen | Economic Geology | 2015 | 374 |
| 44 | Systematics of chlorite alteration at the Phelps Dodge massive sulfide deposit, Matagami, Quebec | Economic Geology | 1987 | 372 |
| 45 | High Sr/Y Magmas Reflect Arc Maturity, High Magmatic Water Content, and Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au Potential: Examples from the Tethyan Arcs of Central and Eastern Iran and Western Pakistan | Economic Geology | 2012 | 363 |
| 46 | The chemistry of hydrothermal tin(-tungsten) ore deposition | Economic Geology | 1990 | 354 |
| 47 | Australian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits; features, styles, and genetic models | Economic Geology | 1992 | 345 |
| 48 | The Oceans; A Possible Source of Iron in Iron-Formations | Economic Geology | 1973 | 343 |
| 49 | Geochemistry and sedimentology of a facies transition from limestone to iron-formation deposition in the early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa | Economic Geology | 1989 | 343 |
| 50 | Geostatistics for Conditional Simulation of Ore Bodies | Economic Geology | 1974 | 342 |
