Invited Talks
Aird HM (2021) Investigating gold and copper in Northern California. Invited speaker at the California Geologic Survey brown bag lunch series.
Aird HM (2020) Economic Geology 101: rocks and society. Invited speaker for INSPIRE High School science class.
Aird HM (2018) Historic gold mining at Cherokee, CA, and its impacts downstream. Invited speaker for the California Soil Cooperators Field Tour.
Aird HM (2018) Historic Hydraulic Gold Mining at Cherokee, CA. Invited speaker for the First Year Experience Program, CSU Chico.
Aird HM (2018) Finding Precious Metals Buried in Rocks. Keynote Speaker at Science Teaching Symposium, CSU Chico.
National/International Conference Presentations
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Wagoner M, Kennedy EM, Groteguth JJ, Diaz A, Aird HM (2022) Geochemical Morphology of Metavolcanic and Ultramafic Formations for Nickel and Chromium Near Paradise, CA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Wagoner M, Kennedy E, Diaz A, Hannah Aird (2022) Geochemical Analysis of Metavolcanic and Ultramafic Formations Displays Nickel and Chromium Toxicity in Soil Near Paradise, CA. Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Aird HM, Bermudez JE, Purcell CKQ, Matthews JL, De Witt N, Meisel Z (2019) Trace metal microparticles hosted by sulfides in the Ann Mason porphyry copper deposit, Yerington, Nevada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Lopez AR, Ayala M, Bourret, A, Aird HM (2019) Supergene mineralization and alteration of the Moonlight (IOCG) deposit, Taylorsville District of the Plumas County Copper Belt, CA. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Ayala M, Lopez AR, Aird HM (2019) Tourmaline formation in the Moonlight Deposit at Lights Creek Stock and its role in IOCG deposits. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Teasdale R, Aird HM (2019) The importance of assessment analysis: An example of improving student performance with aligned activities and assessments in a large lecture geoscience course. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Lopez AR, Ayala M, Bourret, A, Aird HM (2019) Analysis of the Hypogene Mineralization and Alteration of the Moonlight (IOCG) Deposit, Taylorsville District of the Plumas County Copper Belt, CA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ.
Velazquez Sanchez MG, Aird HM (2019) Characterizing the gabbro within the Engels deposit at the Lights Creek Stock, Plumas County, California. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ.
Ayala M, Lopez AR, Aird HM (2019) Tourmaline Formation in the Moonlight Deposit and its Role in Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Formation. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ.
Aird HM, Purcell CKQ, Bermudez JE, De Witt N, Matthews JL, Meisel Z (2019) Precious metal deportment in the Ann Mason Porphyry Copper Deposit, Yerington, Nevada. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ.
Aird, HM and Teasdale, R. (2018) Aligning active learning teaching with active learning assessment: More accurate measures of student learning and mitigating the achievement gap. Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, Lawrence, KS.
Aird HM, and Teasdale, R (2017) Effectiveness of Incorporating Active-Learning Techniques into a Large Introductory Geology Class. Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, Albuquerque, NM.
Guglielmo A, Casady S and HM Aird (2017). Identifying the Host Rock of a High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit in Antelope Valley, CA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle WA.
Casady S, Aird HM and A. Guglielmo (2017). Exploration of a High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit within the Antelope Valley Volcanic Center, Sierra County, California. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle WA.
Aird HM and R Teasdale (2017). Determining the factors that affect the effective incorporation of active-learning techniques into a large introductory geology class. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle WA.
Aird HM (2016) Incorporating problem-based learning into a petrology course through a research project in the local northern Sierra Nevada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Teasdale R, Aird HM, Greene T, Bykerk-Kaufman, A and R Shapiro (2016). Geology in the Field: Assessing and Redesigning Field Courses to Improve Student Learning in the Geology Program at CSU, Chico. Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, Madison, WI.
Aird HM (2015) Active learning techniques applied to a Mineral Resources Course. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Aird HM, Boudreau AE (2013) Sulfides in the sulfur-poor zones of the Stillwater Complex, Montana. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Aird HM, Boudreau AE (2013) A study of the sulfide assemblages below the J-M Reef, Stillwater Complex. Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, CO.
Aird HM, Boudreau AE (2012) High-temperature carbonates in the Stillwater Complex, Montana, USA. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Aird HM, Boudreau AE (2012) The significance of carbonates in the Stillwater Complex, Montana, USA. Geological Society of America Meeting, Charlotte, NC.
Aird HM, Boudreau AE (2012) High-temperature carbonates in the Stillwater Complex, Montana, USA. Mineral Deposits Studies Group Annual Meeting, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Regional Conference Presentations
Beasley C, Aird HM (2024) Characterizing amphibole within the Lights Creek Stock, Plumas County, California. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Spokane WA.
Towne M, Aird HM (2024) Extent of alteration within the Superior Mine at the Lights Creek Stock (IOCG), Plumas County, CA. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Spokane WA.
Schultz LN, Aird HM (2024) . Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Spokane WA.
Martinez-Contrera IM, Aird HM (2024) Geochemical and geochronological analysis of the Engels gabbro and diorite in the Lights Creek area, Plumas County, Northern California. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Spokane WA.
Pierce MC, Aird HM (2024) IOCG alteration and petrogenesis of Lights Creek Stock, Plumas County, CA. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Spokane WA.
Anderson LP, Stock E, Thompson E, Wagoner M, Aird HM, Lecumberri-Sanchez P, Bardoux M, Jansen A, Nozdrya E (2024) Evidence of Mesozoic hydrothermal events prior to Carlin-type mineralization within and below the Twin Creeks Mega pit gold deposit, Turquoise Ridge District, Northern Nevada, USA.. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Spokane WA.
Wagoner M, Aird HM (2023) Two different magmas forming the Bald Rock Pluton in Oroville, CA. 37th Annual Student Research Competition, Can Diego.
Wagoner M, Aird HM (2023) Dual magmatic events forming the Bald Rock Pluton in Oroville, CA. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Reno, NV.
Wagoner M, Aird HM (2023) Dual magmatic events forming the Bald Rock Pluton in Oroville, CA. Sacramento branch of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, Sacramento, CA.
Kennedy E, Aird HM (2022) Naturally Occurring Asbestos in the rock formations of Paradise and Magalia, CA. 36th Annual Student Research Competition, CSU-wide competition, San Francisco, CA. This presentation won first place in her section.
Kennedy E, Wagoner M, McCracken J, Diaz A, Aird HM (2022) Potential Naturally Occurring Asbestos in metavolcanic and serpentinized ultramafic rocks in Paradise, CA. Sacramento branch of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, Sacramento, CA.
Kennedy E, Wagoner M, McCracken J, Diaz A, Aird HM (2022) Potential Naturally Occurring Asbestos in Metavolcanic and Serpentinzed Ultramafic Rocks in Paradise, CA. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Las Vegas NV. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022CD-374319
Pierce M, Aird HM (2019) Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of the Lights Creek Stock in the Plumas County Copper Belt, CA. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Portland OR.
Bourret A, Lopez AR, Aird HM (2019) Characterizing the paragenetic sequence of alteration at the Moonlight IOCG deposit, Plumas County, CA. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Portland OR.
Casady S, HM Aird (2018). Exploration of a High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit within the Antelope Valley Volcanic Center, Sierra County, California. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Flagstaff AZ.
Casady S, and HM Aird (2018). Characterization of an epithermal deposit within the Antelope Valley Volcanic Center, Sierra County, California. 30th Annual Student Research Competition, CSU-system wide, Sacramento.
Purcell C, De Witt N, and HM Aird (2017). Sulfide Assemblages and Precious Metal Incorporation in in the Ann Mason Porphyry Copper Deposit, Yerington, Nevada. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai’i.CHARACTERIZING
AMPHIBOLE WITHIN THE LIGHTS CREEK STOCK, PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIAEXTENT OF ALTERATION WITHIN THE SUPERIOR MINE AT THE LIGHTS CREEKSTOCK (IOCG), PLUMAS COUNTY, CA
Local Conference Presentations
Wagoner M, Aird HM (2022) Geochemical Analysis near Paradise Indicating the Presence of Asbestos. 36th Annual Student Research Competition, CSU, Chico.
Kennedy E, Aird HM (2022) Naturally Occurring Asbestos in the Rock Formations of Paradise and Magalia, CA. 36th Annual Student Research Competition, CSU, Chico.
Lopez AR, Bourret A and Aird HM (2019) Locating Copper in the Moonlight (IOCG) Deposit, Taylorsville District of the Plumas County Copper Belt, CA. College of Natural Sciences 15th Annual Poster Session.
Pierce M, Aird HM (2019) Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of the Lights Creek Stock in the Plumas County Copper Belt, CA. College of Natural Sciences 15th Annual Poster Session.
Bourret A, Lopez AR, Aird HM (2019) Characterizing the paragenetic sequence of alteration at the Moonlight IOCG deposit, Plumas County, CA. College of Natural Sciences 15th Annual Poster Session.
Lopez AR, Bourret A, Aird HM (2019) Paragenesis of the Moonlight (IOCG) deposit, Plumas County Copper Belt, CA. 33rd Annual Student Research Competition, CSU, Chico.
Bermudez J, Matthews J and HM Aird (2018). Exploration of Precious Metal Mineralization in the Ann Mason Porphyry Deposit. College of Natural Sciences 14th Annual Poster Session.
Casady S, and HM Aird (2018). Characterization of an epithermal deposit within the Antelope Valley Volcanic Center, Sierra County, California. 32nd Annual Student Research Competition, CSU, Chico.
Aird HM and Teasdale R (2018). Determining the factors that affect the effective incorporation of active-learning techniques into a large introductory geology class. Course Redesign with Technology showcase, CSU, Chico.
Casady S, and HM Aird (2017). Exploration of a High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit within the Antelope Valley Volcanic Center, Sierra County, California. College of Natural Sciences 13th Annual Poster Session.
De Witt N, Purcell C, and HM Aird (2017). Au and Ag analysis of the Ann Mason area, Yerington, Nevada. College of Natural Sciences 13th Annual Poster Session.
Beane R, Bermudez J, Brown D, Dodge C, Fields D, Hadler-Marsden N, Hopper J, Mason E, Matthews J, O’Sullivan R, Rodriguez A, Suttles M, Torkelson S, and HM Aird (2017). A field and petrographic interpretation of the emplacement of the Bald Rock Pluton (BRP), northern Sierra Nevada. College of Natural Sciences 13th Annual Poster Session. Won People’s Choice award for Best Class Submission.
Allen, C., M. Bula, N. De Witt, A. Garrido, A. Guglielmo, A. Napier, C. Nitti, C. Purcell, D. Rupp, Z. Stoll, and HM Aird (2016). Describing the genesis of Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada plutons in the Feather River Valley. College of Natural Sciences 12th Annual Poster Session. Won People’s Choice award for Best Class Submission.
