GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 188
Tuesday, 17 October 2023: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
324 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T7. Linking Critical Minerals and the Geologic Framework of North America II: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) and Related Activities

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

 

Jamey Jones III, Benjamin Drenth, Douglas C. Kreiner, Arthur Merschat, Anjana Shah and Laurel Woodruff, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:55 PM
USGS MINE WASTE EFFORTS, PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES (Invited Presentation)
GALLEGOS, Tanya, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192 and MCPHEE, Darcy, U.S. Geol Survey, MS989, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
2:15 PM
DEVELOPING A GEOSPATIAL DECISION TOOL FOR DATA-BASED PRIORITIZATION AND TRACKING OF REMEDIATION AND ASSESSMENTS OF HAZARDS POSED BY MINED LANDS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
ATKINS, Rachel1, JONES, Daniel1, WILLIAMS, Brianna2, GORDON, Stephanie3, SEAWOLF, Serena1, WHIPPLE, Ashley4, LOMBARD, Melissa5, MCDEVITT, Bonnie6, TOMASZEWSKI, Elizabeth6, HANNON, Mark4 and ENNS, Kyle D.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Utah Water Science Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, New Jersey Water Science Center, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Kearneysville, WV 20192, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 331 Commerce Way, Suite 2, Pembroke, NH 03275, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA 20192
2:30 PM
DOES MICHIGAN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL NEED FOR ESSENTIAL CRITICAL MINERALS?
YELLICH, John, MS 5241, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008
2:45 PM
THE ROLE OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DRILL CORE IN DISCOVERING CRITICAL MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINNESOTA
CARTER, Matthew, SAARI, Stacy and ELSENHEIMER, Don, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Hibbing, MN 55746
 
3:00 PM
Discussion
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
DOMESTIC SOURCES OF BARITE AND FLUORSPAR: WHAT MAKES INDUSTRIAL CRITICAL MINERALS DIFFERENT?
HAMMARSTROM, Jane, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 20192 and MCRAE, Michele E., U.S. Geological Survey, National Minerals Information Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 20192
3:45 PM
RARE-EARTH ELEMENT ENRICHMENT FROM A MANTLE-DERIVED CARBONATITE AT HICKS DOME
TRELA, Jarek, Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois - Prairie Research Institute, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820; Brierley Associates, 2500 W. Fairy Chasm Road, Milwauke, WI 53217, FREIBURG, Jared, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, GAZEL, Esteban, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, NUELLE, Laurence M., Hicks Dome LLC, Golconda, IL 62938, MARIA, Anton, Geology and Physics Department, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Science Center 2219, Evansville, IN 47712 and MOLINAROLO, John Maxwell, Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois - Prairie Research Institute, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
4:00 PM
INSIGHTS INTO THE MAGNET COVE ALKALINE CARBONATITE COMPLEX OF ARKANSAS FROM NEW GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC MODELS
AMARAL, Chelsea1, LAMB, Andrew P.2 and MCCAFFERTY, Anne E.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Gearhart Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701
4:15 PM
40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS FROM IOA AND IOCG DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IRON PROVINCE, USA – RELATION TO 1.4 AND 1.3 GA MAGMATISM
HOFSTRA, Albert, MERCER, Cameron, MORGAN, Leah and MEIGHAN, Corey, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225
4:30 PM
CRITICAL ELEMENT POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY INTRUSIVE COMPLEXES IN THE TRANS-PECOS REGION OF TEXAS: A COMPARISON OF THE SILICA-UNDERSATURATED ALKALINE CORNUDAS COMPLEX
ELLIOTT, Brent, The Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station Box X, Austin, TX 78713 and KYLE, J. Richard, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713
4:45 PM
EARTH-MRI IN IDAHO: GEOLOGIC MAPPING, GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION, AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE IDAHO COBALT BELT AND MINERAL HILL REE DISTRICT
LEWIS, Reed S., KNUDSEN, Liam D., BURMESTER, Russell F., BERTI, Claudio and STEWART, David E., Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Dr., MS 3014, Moscow, ID 83844
 
5:00 PM
Discussion
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