Jesse Mosolf

Jesse Mosolf


Geologist—Associate Professor
Phone: (406) 496-4739
Email: jmosolf@mtech.edu
MBMG—Butte
1300 West Park Street
Butte, MT 59701


  • Outreach & Presentations
  • Publications
Date Citation
10/12/2018 Mosolf, J., 2018, Late Cretaceous Crustal Shortening and Coeval Magmatism within the Bannack Volcanic Field Southwest Montana: Presented at the 2018 Mining and Mineral Symposium, Butte, Montana, October 12, 2018.
10/12/2017 Mosolf, J., 2017, Using Your Smartphone for Field Work: Presented at the 2017 MBMG Mining and Mineral Symposium at Montana Tech, Butte, Montana, October 12, 2017.
5/23/2017 Mosolf, J., 2017, Eocene High-K, Calc-Alkaline Magmatism within the Eastern Lewis and Clark Fault Zone, West-Central, Montana, USA: Presented at the Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 2017.
3/23/2017 Mosolf, J., 2017, Eocene High-K, Calc-Alkaline Magmatism Within the Eastern Lewis and Clark Fault Zone, West-Central Montana: MBMG Annual Research Meeting, Butte, Montana, March 23, 2017.
3/23/2017 Mosolf, J., 2017, Using your Smartphone for Fieldwork: MBMG Annual Research Meeting, Butte, Montana, March 23, 2017.
5/18/2016 Mosolf, J., 2016, Cenozoic Volcanism in the Inland Northwestern United States: Co-Chaired at the Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Meeting, Moscow, ID, May 18, 2016.
12/14/2015 Mosolf, J., Gans, P., Wyss, A., Cottle, J., 2015, Building the Andes at 35 Degrees S: Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic Volcanism and Transpressive Shortening: Presented at the 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California, December 14-18, 2015.
7/30/2015 Mosolf, J., 2015, Do the Tertiary Volcanic Deposits in the Elliston Area Need a Formal Group Name?: Presented at the Annual Tobacco Root Geological Society Meeting, Ellison, Montana, July 30 - August 2, 2015.
12/15/2014 Knatterud, L., Mosolf, J.G., Speece, M. A., and Zhou, X., 2014, Geophysical Investigation of the Avon Valley, West-Central Montana, Using Gravity and Seismic Reflection Profiling: Presented at the 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California., December 15-19,2014.
12/9/2013 Rutherford, B.S., Speece, M.A., Stickney, M.C., and Mosolf, J.G., 2013, Crustal Shortening Followed by Extensional Collapse of the Cordilleran Orogenic Belt in Northwestern Montana: Evidence from Vintage Seismic Reflection Profiles Acquired in the Swan Range and Swan Valley: Presented at the 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California, December 9-13, 2013.
5/1/2013 Mosolf, J., 2013, Detailed Geologic Mapping in the Elliston 30' x 60' Quadrangle, West-Central Montana: Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Gunnison, Colorado, May 2013.
Mosolf, J., 2013, How old is that rock? Extracting Zircons, How to Go About it While Making Sure What We Get is What We Want: Presented at the Annual MBMG Research Meeting, 2013.
Mosolf, J., 2013, MBMG Mineral Separation Facilities: Presented to the STATEMAP 2013 Technical Advisory Committee, 2013.
Mosolf, J., 2013, Stratigraphy, Structure, and Geochronology of the Abanico Formation in the Principal Cordillera, Central Chile: Evidence of Protracted Volcanism and Implications for Andean Tectonics: Santa Barbara, University of California, Ph.D. Dissertation, 279 p.
Mosolf, J., 2013, The Geology of the Central Chile's Long-Lived Volcanic Arc: Presented at Montana Tech's Public Lecture Series, 2013.
Mosolf, J., 2014, Melding Traditional and Modern Techniques to Create and Distribute Digital Geologic Maps in Montana: Presented at the 2014 Northeastern Section Meeting, Geological Society of America, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2014.
Mosolf, J., 2014, New Age and Geochemical Constraints on the Eocene Garnet Range Volcanic Field, West-Central Montana: Presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Bozeman, Montana, 2014.
Mosolf, J., 2014, New Age and Geochemical Constraints on the Eocene Garnet Range Volcanic Field, West-Central Montana: Presented at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology 2014 Annual Research Review, 2014.
Mosolf, J., 2014, New Age and Geochemical Constraints on the Eocene Garnet Range Volcanic Field, West-Central Montana: Presented to the STATEMAP 2014 Technical Advisory Committee.
Mosolf, J., 2014, Rock Lab Update: Presented at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology 2014 Annual Research Review, 2014.
Mosolf, J., 2014, Tectonic Evolution of Central Chile’s Long-Lived Volcanic Arc, West-Central Montana, Presented at Idaho State University, November 2014 (invited talk).
Mosolf, J., 2016, Deciphering the Helena Volcanic Field’s Eruptive and Tectonic History Using Modern Analytical Techniques Results: Presented to Montana Tech, Butte, Montana, 2016.
Year Citation
2024 Mosolf, J.G., and McDonald, C., 2024, Major oxide and trace element analyses of rock samples collected in the Dillon 30' x 60' quadrangle, southwest Montana, 2019-2020: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 9.
2023 McDonald, C., and Mosolf, J.G., 2023, Geologic map of the Dillon West 7.5' quadrangle, Beaverhead County, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Geologic Map 91, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
2023 Mosolf, J.G., and Kylander-Clark, A., 2023, U-Pb geochronology data from rock samples collected in the Dillon and Wisdom 30' x 60' quadrangles, western Montana, 2021-2022: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 4.
2023 Mosolf, J.G., and Kylander-Clark, A., 2023, U-Pb geochronology data from rock samples collected in the Dillon, Hamilton, Philipsburg, Townsend, and Wisdom 30' x 60' quadrangles, western Montana, 2020-2021: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 3.
2023 Mosolf, J.G., Brennan, D.T., and Kylander-Clark, A., 2023, LA-ICPMS U-Pb geochronology data from rock samples collected in the Dillon, Ennis, Gardiner, Hamilton, Hebgen Lake, and Wisdom 30' x 60' quadrangles, western Montana, 2022-2023: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 5.
2023 Mosolf, J.G., Brennan, D.T., Gavillot, Y., Parker, S., and Sears, J., 2023, Major oxide and trace element analyses of rock samples collected in the Dillon and Hamilton 30' x 60' quadrangles, southwest Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 2.
2023 Mosolf, J.G., Hanson, A.E.H., McDonald, C., Parker, S., and Scarberry, K., 2023, Major oxide and trace element analyses of rock samples collected in the Dillon and Wisdom 30' x 60' quadrangles, southwest Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 1.
2020 McDonald, K., Mosolf, J., Vuke, S., and Lonn, J., 2020, Geologic map of the Elliston 30′ x 60′ quadrangle, west-central Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Geologic Map 77, scale 1:100,000, Lewis and Clark and Powell Counties, Montana, April 13, 2020.
2019 Lonn, J., Elliott, C., Stewart, D., Mosolf, J., Burmester, R., Lewis, R., and Pearson, D., 2019, Geologic Map of the Bannock Pass 7.5' Quadrangle, Beaverhead County, Montana, and Lemhi County, Idaho. MBMG Geologic Map 76, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, Butte, Montana, 2019.
2016 Porter, M.C., Rutherford, B.S., Speece, M.A., and Mosolf, J.G., 2016, Cordilleran Front Range Structural Features in Northwestern Montana Interpreted from Vintage Seismic Reflection Data: Elsevier, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 85, April 2016, p. 115-129.
2015 Knatterud, L., Speece, M. A., Mosolf, J., McDonald, C., and Zhou, X., 2015, Using Gravity Data to Decipher the Structural Setting of the Avon Valley in West-Central Montana: Northwest Geology, v. 44, p. 5.
2015 McDonald, C., Lonn, J., Vuke, S., and Mosolf, J., 2015, Field Trip to the Nevada Lake Breccias, Powell County, Montana: Northwest Geology, v. 44, p. 137-144.
2015 McDonald, C., Mosolf, J., Lonn, J., and Vuke, S., 2015, Geologic Summary of the Elliston 30' x 60' Quadrangle, West-Central, Montana: Northwest Geology, v. 44, p. 9-18.
2015 Mosolf, J., 2015, Geologic Field Guide to the Tertiary Volcanic Rocks in the Elliston 30’ x 60’ Quadrangle, West-Central Montana: Northwest Geology, v. 44, p. 213.
2015 Mosolf, J., and McDonald, C., 2015, Geology of the Elliston Area, Montana and Other Papers: Northwest Geology, v. 44, 245 p.
2013 Mosolf, J., 2013, Linkages Between Andean Arc Tectonics in Central Chile and the Development of Petroleum Systems in the Neuquen Basin of Western Argentina, 35 Degrees S: American Association of Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, v. 97, no. 1, p. 165.
2013 Mosolf, J., 2013, Stratigraphy, Structure, and Geochronology of the Abanico Formation in the Principal Cordillera, Central Chile: Evidence of Protracted Volcanism and Implications for Andean Tectonics: Santa Barbara, University of California, Ph.D. Dissertation, 279 p.