Martin Goldhaber
Martin (Marty) Goldhaber is a Scientist Emeritus with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center and the John Wesley Powell John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis. His research focuses on the role of geology, hydrology, ecology, and land use in regional soil geochemistry.
Martin (Marty) Goldhaber grew up in Los Angeles California. After spending a year as a Post Doc at Yale, he joined the USGS in 1975. He was co-chair of the USGS Science Strategy team which identified key strategic directions for the USGS to follow over the next decade.
Marty is past President of the Geochemical Society. Marty has served on the editorial boards of Economic Geology, American Journal of Science, and Geochimica (two terms) and has served on advisory boards for the Geological Society of America, the Ocean Drilling Program, NASA, and NSF. His association with the Colorado School of Mines and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as adjunct professor resulted in the mentoring of thirteen masters and doctoral students. He is also on the faculty of the Minerals, Metals, Metalloids, and Toxicity program at SUNY Stony Brook. Marty’s research interests have evolved during his career. His early work was on the biogeochemistry of sulfur in modern marine sediments. After joining the USGS, he applied these perspectives on sulfur geochemistry toward understanding the origin of sediment-hosted ore deposits. This interest in ore genesis led to a focus on large scale crustal fluid flow processes that drive not only genesis of some ore types, but also impact the modern environment by enriching shallow crustal rocks with potentially toxic constituents. His research then evolved into understanding the environmental impacts of these crustal flow processes.
Education and Certifications
PhD in Geochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (1973)
BS in Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (1968)
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America - Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Fellow
Society of Economic Geologists - Fellow
Geochemical Society
Honors and Awards
Presidential Rank Award
Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award
Science and Products
Biogenic and nonbiogenic ore-forming processes in the south Texas uranium district; evidence from the Panna Maria deposit
Depositional setting and diagenetic evolution of some Tertiary unconventional reservoir rocks, Uinta Basin, Utah
Geochemical and mineralogic data from the Lamprecht and Felder uranium deposits, Live Oak County, Texas
Experimental study of pyrite oxidation at pH 6-9 and 30 degrees C
History of sulfidization of the Felder uranium deposit, south Texas
Clay minerals in two South Texas roll-type uranium deposits
Petrology and isotope geochemistry of calcite in a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Formation and resulfidization of a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Origin of marcasite and its implications regarding the genesis of roll-front uranium deposits
Origin of a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit; I, Alteration of iron-titanium oxide minerals
Origin of a South Texas roll-type deposit; II, Sulfide petrology and sulfur isotope studies
Recognition of oxidized sulfide minerals as an exploration guide for uranium
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Biogenic and nonbiogenic ore-forming processes in the south Texas uranium district; evidence from the Panna Maria deposit
Geochemical and petrographic studies of core samples from the Panna Maria uranium deposit, a roll-type orebody in the Eocene Jackson Group in Karnes County, Texas, yield important information on the origin of the deposit. Organic carbon content averages about 0.42 weight percent in reduced rock and correlates postively with sulfur content. Pyrite is the dominant iron disulfide (FeS 2 ) mineral inAuthorsRichard L. Reynolds, Martin B. Goldhaber, D. CarpenterDepositional setting and diagenetic evolution of some Tertiary unconventional reservoir rocks, Uinta Basin, Utah
The Douglas Creek Member of the Tertiary Green River Formation underlies much of the Uinta basin, Utah, and contains large volumes of oil and gas trapped in a complex of fractured low-permeability sandstone reservoirs. In the southeastern part of the basin at Pariette Bench, the Eocene Douglas Creek Member is a thick sequence of fine-grained alluvial sandstone complexly intercalated with lacustrinAuthorsJanet K. Pitman, T. D. Fouch, M. B. GoldhaberGeochemical and mineralogic data from the Lamprecht and Felder uranium deposits, Live Oak County, Texas
No abstract available.AuthorsN.S. Fishman, R. L. Reynolds, M. B. GoldhaberExperimental study of pyrite oxidation at pH 6-9 and 30 degrees C
No abstract available.AuthorsMartin B. GoldhaberHistory of sulfidization of the Felder uranium deposit, south Texas
No abstract available.AuthorsRichard L. Reynolds, Martin B. Goldhaber, Robert O. Rye, Neil S. Fishman, Kenneth R. Ludwig, Richard I. GrauchClay minerals in two South Texas roll-type uranium deposits
No abstract available.AuthorsRichard L. Reynolds, M. B. Goldhaber, P.D. Blackmon, H.C. Starkey, N.S. FishmanPetrology and isotope geochemistry of calcite in a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
No abstract available.AuthorsMartin B. Goldhaber, R.L. Renolds, R. O. Rye, R. I. GrauchFormation and resulfidization of a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Core samples from a roll type uranium deposit in Live Oak County, south Texas have been studied and results are reported for Se, Mo, FeS2 and organic-carbon distribution, sulfide mineral petrology, and sulfur isotopic composition of iron-disulfide phases. In addition, sulfur isotopic compositions of dissolved sulfate and sulfide from the modern ground water within the ore bearing sand have been stAuthorsMartin B. Goldhaber, Richard L. Reynolds, Robert O. RyeOrigin of marcasite and its implications regarding the genesis of roll-front uranium deposits
Study of five roll-type uranium deposits (three in Texas and two in Wyoming) has resulted in the recognition of ore-stage marcasite in each deposit. Ore-stage marcasite is identified by its close association with uranium- and vanadium-bearing phases in the ore zones; by its close association with ferroselite at and near the redox boundary in some deposits; by its abundance and distribution acrossAuthorsMartin B. Goldhaber, Richard L. ReynoldsOrigin of a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit; I, Alteration of iron-titanium oxide minerals
The detrital Fe-Ti oxide minerals and their authigenic alteration products in samples from cores spanning 1.7 km across a roll-type uranium deposit in the mid-Tertiary Catahoula Tuff, south Texas, record important information on host-rock preparation and on development of the altered tongue of the deposit. In reduced rock, in front of and enveloping the altered tongue, iron disulfide minerals (pyrAuthorsRichard L. Reynolds, Martin B. GoldhaberOrigin of a South Texas roll-type deposit; II, Sulfide petrology and sulfur isotope studies
Petrologic and sulfur isotopic studies have been carried out on drill core samples from a roll-type uranium deposit in the mid-Tertiary Catahoula Tuff, Webb County, south Texas. Epigenetic iron disulfide minerals formed in two distinct stages. The first stage involved sulfidization of the host rock by sulfide (H 2 S, HS-)-bearing solutions that emanated from a fault about 1.5 km downdip from and sAuthorsMartin B. Goldhaber, Richard L. Reynolds, Robert O. RyeRecognition of oxidized sulfide minerals as an exploration guide for uranium
The difference in color between tan to red oxidized sandstone and gray reduced sandstone on either side of the reduction-oxidation (redox) interface, which is- the locus of uranium concentration in roll-type deposits, has been noted and used locally as an exploration guide within known uranium districts. Reduced sandstone is characterized in many deposits by the presence of iron sulflde mineralsAuthorsRichard L. Reynolds, Martin B. Goldhaber - News
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