Table of Contents
Foreword Joaquin Ruiz ix
Introduction John M. Guilbert xi
Book I 1935-1961
Chapter 1 3
First Exposure to Mineral Exploration, 1935-1949
Gumming and Lowell Families
Childhood in the Great Depression
Summer Jobs
Education in the College of Mines
Chapter 2 55
Marriage to Edith, 1948
Summer Job in Aguas Calientes, Chihuahua, Mexico, with Edith
Life in Tucson and Graduation
Chapter 3 73
Mining Engineer, Shift Boss, and Night Foreman, Santa Eulalia Mine, Mexico, 1949
Exploration Geologist with U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Chapter 4 111
MS Geology at Stanford, 1954-1955
Ran wick Inc., Menlove Mine, and Southwest Ventures
Geologist and District Geologist, Utah Construction Company, 1959-1961
Book II 1961-1972
Chapter 1 137
Initial Development of the Porphyry Copper Model
A Consultant on Five Minutes' Notice, 1961-1969
The Kalamazoo Discovery
The Vekol Hills Discovery
The Kaiser Project and Bajo Alumbrera
Daniel Jackling Award
Chapter 2 175
Fame and Professional Advancement from the Lowell-Guilbert Porphyry Copper Model
Thayer Lindsley Lecturer for the Society of Economic Geologists
Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Society Distinguished Lecturer
Consulting for Bethlehem Copper and the JA Orebody Discovery
Associate Editor of Economic Geology
Book III 1973-1991
Chapter 1 185
Exploration in the Canadian Bush and a Unique Career Formula
The Covered Area Project and the Casa Grande West Discovery
Exploration Strategy
Moving out of the United States
Adventures in the Philippines
Fieldwork in Luzon
"Godfather" of Lepanto's Far Southeast Orebody
Chapter 2 215
Consultant for Codelco's Mines in Chile
The Atacama Project
La Escondida, the Largest Copper Mine in the World
Zaldívar, Another World-Class Deposit
Two Partial Medium-Sized Discoveries, San Cristobal and Leonor
The María Rosa Project
Chapter 3 257
Stories from Chile
Tales from Honduras to East Asia
Mules, Grizzly Bears, Elephants, and Cobras
Chapter 4 283
Independent Illegal Miners throughout the World
Gaby and the 1,400 Petroleros
King King, Where There Were 3,000 Illegal Miners
High Graders in the United States and the Saga of Fraction Brown
Book IV 1992-2014
Chapter 1 297
Los Calatos Discovery in Peru and Inadequate Financing
Further Exploration in Southern Peru
Exploration for Gold in Northern Peru and the Discovery of the Pierina Orebody
Barrick Launches a "Hostile" Takeover
Consummating a Billion-Dollar Takeover
Doctor Honoris Causa at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
Election to the National Academy of Engineering
2000 Society of Economic Geologist Exchange Lecture Tour in Australia
Chapter 2 337
Zamora River Project in Ecuador 1999-2014
The Warintza Discovery in Ecuador
The Mirador Discovery in Ecuador
University of Arizona Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, 2000
Robert M. Dreyer Award
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America Gold Medal
Chapter 3 351
Toromocho Discovery in Peru, 2002-2006
One-Year Due Diligence Study
Privatization from the Peruvian Government
120,000-Meter Drilling Project and Detailed Geological Analysis
Increase in Ore Reserves by Ten Times to Over 2.2 Billion Tons of Ore
Sale to Chinalco, the Largest Chinese Mining Company
American Mining Hall of Fame Inductee
SEG Penrose Gold Medal
Chapter 4 369
Alto Paraná Titanium Iron Discovery in Paraguay, 2006-2014
Potentially Largest Titanium Resource in the World
Australian Academy of Science 2009 Haddon King Medal
National Mining Hall of Fame Inductee
London Mining Journal Lifetime Achievement Award
Chapter 5 389
Formation of Lowell Copper Ltd.
The Warintza Project in Ecuador
The Ricardo Project in Chile
The Santa Marta Copper Project in Mexico
Chapter 6 391
History of Our Atascosa Ranch
Chapter 7 407
Collecting Mine Lamps
Lifelong Exercise Program
Skin Diving and the Gulf of California
Other Recreations and Close Personal Friends
Sea Cloud Trips
Chapter 8 423
Susan Lowell Humphreys and William Ross Humphreys
William David Lowell
Douglas Glenton Lowell Roxanne Chernin Lowell
Epilogue 433
Appendixes
J. David Lowell Family Tree 438
Associations with the University of Arizona 440
Discoveries 444
Honors and Awards 445
J. David Lowell Publications 446
Acknowledgments 451
Index 453
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