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Joint 72nd Annual Southeastern/ 58th Annual Northeastern Section Meeting - 2023

Session No. 23
Saturday, 18 March 2023: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lake Audubon (Hyatt Regency Reston)

T32. Conventional and Unconventional Critical Mineral Resources in the Eastern United States

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Anjana Shah, Nora K. Foley, Bernard Hubbard and Arthur Merschat, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
23-1
8:05 AM
CRITICAL MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
HAMMARSTROM, Jane1, WOODRUFF, Laurel2, DICKEN, Connie1 and FOLEY, Nora K.1, (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
23-2
8:25 AM
STANDARDIZING A FIELD SCREENING PROTOCOL USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE AND RADIATION SPECTROMETRY TO ASSESS CRITICAL MINERAL COMMODITIES IN HEAVY MINERAL PLACERS: HOW CAN WE BETTER STREAMLINE DECISIONS IN THE FIELD?
HAWKINS, David W. and LASSETTER, William L., Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, 900 Natural Resources Dr., Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903
23-3
8:45 AM
MAPPING CRITICAL (HEAVY) MINERAL SOURCE ROCKS AND SINKS ALONG THE FALL ZONE IN VIRGINIA USING AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA TO GUIDE GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SAMPLING
NELSON, Michelle1, LASSETTER, William L.1, SHAH, Anjana2, CARTER, Mark3, HAWKINS, David W.1 and OCCHI, Marcie E.1, (1)Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, 900 Natural Resources Dr., Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
23-4
9:05 AM
A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TOWARDS DOMESTIC CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES: EDUCATING ENVIRONMENTALLY, SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY AWARE SCIENTISTS AND POLICY MAKERS
HUNT, Emma, PhD, Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy., Greenville, SC 29613
23-5
9:25 AM
PIEDMONT TO PLATEAU: NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL DATA OVER A TRANSECT OF THE APPALACHIAN PROVINCES
SHAH, Anjana1, DOCTOR, Daniel2, KAVAGE ADAMS, Rebecca3, HAND, Kristen4, IANNO, Adam4, SHANK, Stephen4, DINTERMAN, Philip5 and LASSETTER, William L.6, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (3)Maryland Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (4)Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, (5)West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV 26508-8079, (6)Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, 900 Natural Resources Dr., Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903
 
9:45 AM
Break
23-6
10:00 AM
HIGHLY MANGANIFEROUS RESIDUAL SOILS OVERLYING INTERLAYERED CARBONATE AND VOLCANIC BEDROCK IN MARYLAND'S WESTERN PIEDMONT
KAVAGE ADAMS, Rebecca and BREZINSKI, David, Maryland Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
23-7
10:20 AM
CHARACTERIZING THE CHEMISTRY OF ROSENDALE NATURAL CEMENT TO AID IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF SIMILAR DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
IANNO, Adam, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057 and BURMEISTER, Kurtis C., Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J St., Sacramento, CA 95819; Century House Historical Society, 668 Route 213, Rosendale, NY 12472
 
10:40 AM
Discussion
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