GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 257
Wednesday, 12 October 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
603 (Colorado Convention Center)

T82. The Geology and Environmental Impacts of Lithium Resources in North America and other Globally Significant Deposits II

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Society of Economic Geologists; Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Thomas Benson and Lisa Stillings, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
WHETHER LI-RICH OR LI-POOR, GRANITIC PEGMATITES ARE ENDLESS SOURCES OF WONDER! (Invited Presentation)
SIRBESCU, Mona, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
1:55 PM
INSIGHTS INTO SPODUMENE CRYSTALLIZATION AND GROWTH FROM TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS AND INTRACRYSTALLINE ZONING
BRENNAN, Clara, STUDENT, James and SIRBESCU, Mona-Liza C., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
2:10 PM
NEWFOUNDLAND SPODUMENE PEGMATITE PROSPECTIVITY AND EXPLORATION: LESSONS FROM SOUTH LEINSTER, IRELAND
MENUGE, Julian1, KAETER, David1, BARROS, Renata2, NAZARI DEHKORDI, Teimoor3 and HARROP, John4, (1)School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin and iCRAG, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland, (2)Geological Survey of Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Jenner 13, Brussels, 1000, Belgium, (3)School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland, (4)Blackstairs Lithium Limited, The Black Church, St. Mary's Place, Dublin, 7, Ireland
2:25 PM
LITHIUM CONCENTRATION AND REGIONAL ZONATION OF RARE METALS IN GRANITIC PEGMATITES OF THE MUSHA-NTUNGA AREA, RWANDA
ACKE, Jolan1, BORST, Anouk1, KWIZERA, Daniel2, GOODSHIP, Alastair2 and DEWAELE, Stijn3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, 3001, Belgium; Geodynamics and Mineral Resources, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, (2)PIRAN Rwanda ltd, Guernsey, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Geology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
2:40 PM
GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND EXPLORATION FOR LI-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE RUMFORD SERIES IN THE OXFORD COUNTY PEGMATITE FIELD, ME, USA
FELCH, Myles1, EUSDEN Jr., J.2, BRADLEY, Dwight3, KOTEAS, Christopher4, WHITTAKER, Amber H.5, MARVINNEY, Robert5, HOLM-DENOMA, Chris6, PIANOWSKI, Laura S.6, SMITH, Steven M.6, KINNEY, Sean7, TIBBETTS, David8 and FREEMAN, Gary9, (1)Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main St., Bethel, ME 04217, (2)Earth and Climate Sciences, Bates College, Carnegie Science, 44 Campus Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (4)Norwich UniversityDepartment of Earth and Env. Sciences, 158 Harmon Dr, Northfield, VT 05663-1000, (5)Maine Geological Survey, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (7)Columbia University, Palisades, NY 07631-3150, (8)Columbia UniversityEarth and Environmental Sciences, 240 E Palisade Ave Apt 4F, Englewood, NJ 07631-3150, (9)Freeman Resources, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Rd., Paris, ME 04281
2:55 PM
PETROGENESIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF PEGMATITES IN THE CAROLINA TIN-SPODUMENE BELT, USA
CURRY, Adam, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State, Raleigh, NC 27695, WISE, Michael A., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, COLEMAN, Drew S., Dept. of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mitchell Hall, 104 South Rd. CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, HARMON, Russell S., Dept. of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 and GRIMAC, Zach, Piedmont Lithium, Inc., 5706 Dallas Cherryville Highway, Bessemer City, NC 28016
3:10 PM
LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS): APPLICATION OF A HANDHELD ANALYZER TO A LITHIUM PEGMATITE PROSPECT IN THE CAROLINA TIN-SPODUMENE BELT
HARMON, Russell S.1, CURRY, Adam C.1, WISE, Michael A.2, MISTELE, Joshua S.1, MURRAY, Russell M.1, JENNINGS, Morgan3 and GRIMAC, Zach4, (1)Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (3)SciAPs, Inc, 7 Constitution Way, Woburn, MA 01801, (4)Piedmont Lithium, Inc., 5706 Dallas Cherryville Highway, Bessemer City, NC 28016
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY OF LITHIUM EXTRACTION FROM SPODUMENE
CHISCHI, J.1, OSKIERSKI, Hans1, NCUBE, T.1, ALHADAD, M.F.1, ABDULLAH, A.1, SENANAYAKE, G.2 and DLUGOGORSKI, B.Z.3, (1)Sustainable Geochemistry and Mineral Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia, (2)Discipline of Math, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia, (3)Energy and Resources Institute, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Purple 12.01.08, Casuarina, NT 0810, Australia
3:55 PM
EXPERIMENTAL LEACHING STUDY OF LITHIUM ORES IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACIDS
TOUPAL, Jonas1, VANN, David R.1, ZHU, Chen2 and GIERE, Reto1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
4:10 PM
QUANTITATIVE VISUALIZATION OF COMPLEX MINERAL DECOMPOSITION PROCESSES: A STRATEGY TO IDENTIFY NOVEL ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPROACHES FOR THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM LCT PEGMATITES
ZAGRTDENOV, Nail, THIBAULT, Yves, GAMAGE MCEVOY, Joanne and DUGUAY, Dominique, Natural Resources Canada, CanmetMINING, 555 Booth St., Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9, Canada
4:25 PM
PRE-TREATMENT METHODS FOR FLOWBACK AND PRODUCED WATER BRINES PRIOR TO DIRECT LITHIUM EXTRACTION
BRAUN, Bennett, ALESSI, Daniel and RAMACHANDRAN SHIVAKUMAR, Karthik, Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
4:40 PM
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE FOR LITHIUM EXTRACTION FROM FILED BRINE
RAMACHANDRAN SHIVAKUMAR, Karthik1, ZOLFAGHARI, Ashkan1, SAFARI, Salman2 and ALESSI, Daniel1, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (2)Recion Technologies, Inc, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
 
4:55 PM
Discussion
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