GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 219
Wednesday, 12 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
407 (Colorado Convention Center)

T56. PC2 = PreCambrian Colorado: Perspectives on the Growth and Metallogeny of the North American Craton in the Western USA

Colorado Scientific Society; Denver Regional Exploration Geologists' Society; Escalante Resources Group; MagmaChem Research Institute; GSA Geochronology Division

 

Lewis Kleinhans, Lisa Fisher and Libby Prueher, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
KLEINHANS, Lewis, Consulting Exploration Geologist, Golden, CO 80403
8:05 AM
SECULAR AGE PATTERNS IN A-TYPE GRANITES: A POSSIBLE MANTLE EVENT CONNECTION
CONDIE, Kent, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801; Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 LeRoy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, PISAREVSKY, Sergei, Earth Dynamics Research Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, GPO Box U1987, Australia, PUETZ, Stephen J., Independent Researcher, Honolulu, HI 96815, ROBERTS, Nicholas, Geochronology and Tracers Facility, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom and SPENCER, Chris, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
8:25 AM
THE OREGON TRAIL OROGENY, CA. 2.65 GA COLLISION BETWEEN WYOMING AND SUPERIOR CRATONS DURING ASSEMBLY OF ARCHEAN SUPERCONTINENT KENORLAND
CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin1, KILIAN, Taylor M.2, EVANS, David3, ERNST, Richard4, DE MOREE VAN LIERDE, Kaitlyn4, SRIVASTAVA, Rajesh5 and SUTHERLAND, Wayne6, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Kobold Metals, 2120 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704, (3)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (4)Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, (5)Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India, (6)Wyoming State Geologic Survey, Laramie, WY 82071
8:40 AM
DEMISE OF GRAND CANYON’S VISHNU MOUNTAINS AND FORMATION OF THE GREAT UNCONFORMITY; DATA FROM 40AR/39AR AND U-TH-PB XENOTIME DATING (Invited Presentation)
KARLSTROM, Karl, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, HILLENBRAND, Ian, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046 MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, ROBERTS, Nicolas, Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323 and CONDIT, Cailey, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103
9:00 AM
PETROGENESIS OF MESOPROTEROZOIC FERROAN GRANITES OF COLORADO AND WYOMING
FROST, Carol, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Geology Dept 3006, Laramie, WY 82071 and FROST, B. Ronald, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071
9:15 AM
MONAZITE AND GARNET U-PB DATING REVEALS AMPHIBOLITE FACIES METAMORPHISM IN CENTRAL COLORADO AS MESOPROTEROZOIC
MÖLLER, Andreas, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1420 Naismith Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045, BERNDT, Tyson, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, 1420 Naismith Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045, WALKER, Douglas, Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045 and KELLY, Nigel, Bruker Nano Analytics, 5465 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, SC 53711
9:30 AM
U-PB ZIRCON DATE OF THE CA. 1.44 GA VIRGINIA DALE ANORTHOSITE, NORTHERN COLORADO
EBERLE, Mary, Wordrite Editorial Services, Boulder, CO 80304 and CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin R., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
9:45 AM
HISTORICAL STUDIES OF THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS COLORADO
PRUEHER, Libby, Colorado Scientific Society, Lakewood, CO 80215
10:00 AM
RECENT INSIGHTS INTO COLORADO CENTRAL FRONT RANGE (CCFR) TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY
FISHER, Lisa, Colorado Scientific Society, Lakewood, CO 80215, KLEINHANS, Lewis, Consulting Exploration Geologist, Golden, CO 80403 and FISHER, Thomas R., Escalante Resources Group, Denver, CO 80202
10:15 AM
PALEOPROTEROZOIC COAL CREEK QUARTZITE: ORIGIN, AGE, AND STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS, JEFFERSON AND BOULDER COUNTIES, COLORADO
FISHER, Thomas R., Escalante Resources Group, Denver, CO 80202 and FISHER, Lisa, Colorado Scientific Society, Lakewood, CO 80215
10:30 AM
THREE PRECAMBRIAN ZINCIAN SPINEL OCCURRENCES IN CENTRAL COLORADO FRONT RANGE (CCFR); CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATIONSHIPS POTENTIALLY BEARING ON THEIR GENESIS AND METALLOGENY
KLEINHANS, Lewis, Denver Region Exploration Geologists' Society (DREGS), Lakewood, CO 80228; Consulting Exploration Geologist, Golden, CO 80403; Colorado Scientific Society (CSS), Lakewood, CO 80215, ALERS, Brian, Alers and Associates Limited, Nederland, CO 80466, JAMES, Laurence P., James GeoAssociates, Inc., Golden, CO 80401, PIPER, James R., Piper GeoX, Littleton, CO 80127 and FISHER, Lisa, Escalante Resources Group, Denver, CO 80202; Colorado Scientific Society (CSS), Lakewood, CO 80215
10:45 AM
THE GENESIS OF METAMORPHOSED PALEOROTEROZOIC MASSIVE SULFIDE OCCURRENCES IN CENTRAL COLORADO: GEOLOGICAL, MINERALOGICAL AND SULFUR ISOTOPE CONSTRAINTS
BERKE, Edward S.1, SPRY, Paul G.1, HEIMANN RIOS, Adriana2, TEALE, Graham S.3, JOHNSON, Benjamin1, VON DER HANDT, Anette4, ALERS, Brian5 and SHALLOW, John M.6, (1)Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1021, (2)Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, 101 Graham Building, Greenville, NC 27858, (3)Teale and Associates, P.O. Box 740, North Adelaide, SA 5066, Australia, (4)Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Hall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (5)Alers and Associates Limited, Nederland, CO 80466, (6)JMS Geologic LLC, 3742 Wonderland Hill Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304
11:00 AM
NODULAR SILLIMANITE ROCKS AS GUIDES TO PROTEROZOIC METAMORPHOSED MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS, COLORADO
SPRY, Paul1, MCFADDEN, Scott1, TEALE, Graham S.2, ALERS, Brian3 and SHALLOW, John M.4, (1)Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1021, (2)Teale and Associates, P.O. Box 740, North Adelaide, SA 5066, Australia, (3)Alers and Associates Limited, Nederland, CO 80466, (4)JMS Geologic LLC, 3742 Wonderland Hill Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304
11:15 AM
GEOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLD IN THE DAWSON PERALUMINOUS INTRUSIVE-RELATED SHEAR ZONE GOLD SYSTEM, CENTRAL COLORADO
KLEINHANS, Lewis, Sonoita, AZ 85637 and SWAN, Monte, MagmaChem Research Institute, Evergreen, CO 80439
 
11:30 AM
Panel Discussion - Precambrian of Colorado and Western US
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
FISHER, Lisa, Colorado Scientific Society (CSS), Lakewood, CO 80215 and FISHER, Thomas R., Colorado Scientific Society, Lakewood, CO 80215
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