Student Field Trip Program

New in 2021

The SEGF-SFT Committee is building a virtual Student Field Trip (vSFT) offering that with all luck will take place in 2021. This virtual offering will be designed to immerse students in the realm of economic geology and provide as real of a field trip experience as possible. Mine site visits will combine presentations and virtual tours (surface and underground) prepared by the site operations geological teams. As others in our profession, we are thinking creatively in this time of virtual meetings and are pursuing opportunities to include 3D visualizations, Google Earth imagery, drone footage, and high-resolution photographs in addition to standard PowerPoint and video content.

Please stay tuned for updates as they occur.

Overview

The Society of Economic Geologists Foundation, Inc. (SEGF) provides significant annual financial support for its three core student-support programs: Graduate Student Fellowships, Student Research Grants, and Student Field Trips. The SFT Program includes the following elements:

SEGF annually supports one SEG-organized field trip to major mining districts around the world by providing funding to subsidize student participation on the field trips.
SEGF pays the bulk of the transportation and lodging costs for students on these trips, so that the personal costs for participating students will be relatively low.
Field trips are usually held over a period of up-to ten consecutive days.
Active SEG Student Members worldwide who are enrolled at an accredited university are eligible. Participation is limited to 16 students on each trip. Eligible students are encouraged to apply for participation on these field trips – acceptance is highly competitive. SEGF strives for broad geographic representation on each trip.

Trips are organized and led by SEG members with appropriate and recognized expertise in the geology of the mining districts included in the field trips, and who are senior in their career. Arrangements are made with the individual mines being visited for safe and comprehensive access, and to assure availability of mine geology and mining personnel to interact with students. These field trips are very popular and are consistently oversubscribed. All SEG student members are notified of field trip opportunities and application deadlines via e-mail announcements.

Archive

Begin Date	Code	Title	Hidden
August 16, 2020	SFT-19	Ore Deposits of the South African Craton - POSTPONED	20SFT19
January 11, 2019	SFT-18	Epithermal Precious Metal and Copper-Silver Systems (Chile)	19SFT18
April 22, 2018	SFT-17	Gold Deposits of the Birimian and Tarkwaian in Ghana	18SFT17
July 15, 2017	SFT-16	Carlin-Type Gold Deposits of Northern Nevada, USA	17SFT16
August 17, 2016	SFT-15	Porphyry Systems of Central and Southern British Columbia	16SFT15
March 6, 2015	SFT-14	Copper-Gold-Silver-Molybdenum Metallogeny of Northern Chile	15SFT14
September 3, 2014	SFT-13	Archean Base and Precious Metal Deposits, Southern Abitibi	2014SFT13
March 9, 2014	SFT-12	Major Copper-Molybdenum Porphyry Systems, Southwestern USA	14SFT12
May 12, 2013	SFT-11	Precious Metals Deposits of the Southwestern USA	13SFT11
September 16, 2012	SFT-10	Porphyry Systems of Southern Peru	12SFT10
May 12, 2012	SFT-09	Iberian Pyrite Belt	12SFT09
March 19, 2011	SFT-08	IOCG and Copper-Silver Districts of Northern Chile	11SFT08
March 19, 2011	SFT-07	IOCG and Copper-Silver Districts of Northern Chile	11SFT07
September 25, 2010	SFT-06	Tintic, Bingham, Colorado Plateau and Henderson Ore Deposits	10SFT06
May 15, 2009	SFT-05	Gold Systems of Northern Nevada	09SFT05
March 1, 2008	SFT-04	Iberian Pyrite Belt	08SFT04
January 1, 2008	SFT-03	Iberian Pyrite Belt	08SFT03
May 1, 2007	SFT-02	Northern Nevada Gold Mines and Districts	07SFT02
January 1, 2007	SFT-01	Porphyry Deposits in Northern Chile	07SFT01