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GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 4
Sunday, 9 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
601 (Colorado Convention Center)

T44. Critical Minerals and Framework Geology: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) and Related Activities I

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Association of American State Geologists; Society of Economic Geologists; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Arthur Merschat, Anjana Shah, Benjamin Drenth, James Jones III, Douglas Kreiner and Laurel Woodruff, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
4-1
8:10 AM
THE USGS APPROACH TO DEFINING, TRACKING, AND MODELING CRITICAL MINERALS (Invited Presentation)
BRAINARD, Jamie, U.S. Geological Survey, National Minerals Information Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
4-2
8:30 AM
OVERVIEW OF THE USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI)
DAY, Warren, U.S. Geological Survey, 1600 Jackson Street, Suite 330, Golden, CO 80403, LOFERSKI, Patricia, U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192 and MCPHEE, Darcy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20585
4-3
8:45 AM
CRITICAL MINERALS IN THE UNITED STATES - EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI) STATUS REPORT
HAMMARSTROM, Jane1, WOODRUFF, Laurel2 and DICKEN, Connie1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, 2280 Woodale Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112
4-4
9:00 AM
MAPPING MINERAL SYSTEMS AND CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCE PROSPECTIVITY ACROSS ALASKA
JONES III, James V., U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 and KREINER, Douglas, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK 99508
4-5
9:15 AM
AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA HIGHLIGHT THE GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES IN NORTHERN MAINE
SHAH, Anjana1, WANG, Chunzeng2, SLACK, John F.3, WHITTAKER, Amber H.4, MARVINNEY, Robert5 and DICKSON, Stephen5, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, (2)College of Arts and Sciences, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Maine Geological Survey, 18 Elkins Lane, Augusta, ME 04333, (5)Maine Geological Survey, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
4-6
9:30 AM
THE NEWLY DISCOVERED TRACHYTE-HOSTED PENNINGTON MOUNTAIN REE-NB-ZR DEPOSIT IN NORTHERN MAINE: PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY
WANG, Chunzeng, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769, SLACK, John F., U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, YATES, Martin, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, LENTZ, David R., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, SHAH, Anjana, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, WHITTAKER, Amber H., Maine Geological Survey, 18 Elkins Lane, Augusta, ME 04333 and MARVINNEY, Robert, Maine Geological Survey, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
 
9:45 AM
Break
4-7
10:00 AM
THE TELLUS PROGRAMME: AN IRISH SOLUTION TO A GLOBAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE (Invited Presentation)
MCGRATH, Eoin, HODGSON, Jim, FITZSIMONS, Mairéad, SCANLON, Ray and GALLAGHER, Vincent, Geological Survey Ireland, Dublin, A94 N2R6, Ireland
4-8
10:20 AM
THE ALABAMA GRAPHITE-V BELT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE USGS’S EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE
BOLLEN, Elizabeth, PhD, WHITMORE, John P. and VANDERVOORT, Dane S., Geologic Investigations Program, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486
4-9
10:35 AM
U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE AND MINERALOGY OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS FROM THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN ADJACENT TO THE FALL LINE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US
HOLM-DENOMA, Chris1, PIANOWSKI, Laura S.1, SHAH, Anjana1 and PFAFF, Katharina2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401
4-10
10:50 AM
EARTH MRI IN SOUTH CAROLINA: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH FOR LOCATING CRITICAL MINERALS IN THE UPPER COASTAL PLAIN OF SOUTH CAROLINA
MORROW IV, Robby1, WYKEL, C. Andrew1, DOAR III, William R.2, GRAMMATIKOPOULOS, Tassos3 and SHAH, Anjana4, (1)South Carolina Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 5 Geology Road, Columbia, SC 29212, (2)South Carolina Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29212, (3)SGS Canada Inc., Advanced Mineralogical Facility, 185 Concession Street, P.O. Box 4300, Lakefield, ON KOL 2H0, Canada, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
4-11
11:05 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE HIGH-PRIORITY FALL ZONE AND MIDDLE SHORELINES PLACER FOCUS AREAS, DRAKE AND RED OAK QUADRANGLES, ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
FARRELL, Kathleen, North Carolina Geological Survey, 1620 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1620, CHAPMAN, James S., North Carolina Geological Survey, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 and SHAH, Anjana, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
4-12
11:20 AM
ECONOMIC MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS: INSIGHTS FROM THE EARTH MRI VIRGINIA FALL ZONE PLACER FOCUS AREA
HAWKINS, David W., LASSETTER, William and NELSON, Michelle S., Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, 900 Natural Resources Dr., Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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