Session: Linking Mineral Resources and Their Geologic Framework I: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) and Related Critical Minerals Research (GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California)

Session No. 1

Sunday, 22 September 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

212A (Anaheim Convention Center)

T5. Linking Mineral Resources and Their Geologic Framework I: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) and Related Critical Minerals Research

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; American Association for State Geologists, Society for Economic Geologists, GSA Energy and Environment Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA Geology and Society Division

Anjana K. Shah, Douglas Kreiner, Benjamin Drenth, Nora K. Foley and Jamey Jones III, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

1-1

8:05 AM

CRITICAL MINERALS MAPPING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI)

JONES III, James V.¹, LOFERSKI, Patricia J.² and MCPHEE, Darcy K², (1)Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK 99508, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Program, Reston, VA 20192

Recorded Presentation

1-2

8:25 AM

GEOCHEMICAL, GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND METALLOGENIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CRETACEOUS MAGMATISM AND MINERALIZATION IN EASTERN ALASKA: A NEW PIERCING ZONE ALONG THE TERTIARY TINTINA FAULT

KREINER, Douglas¹, TODD, Erin¹, JONES III, Jamey¹, HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher² and PIANOWSKI, Laura², (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK 99508, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225

Recorded Presentation

1-3

8:40 AM

I'VE GOT CONDUCTIVITY IN LOW-GRADE PLACES: AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY REVEALS HYDROTHERMAL AND TECTONIC STRUCTURE AND POTENTIAL GRAPHITE IN THE SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA

MACQUEEN, Patricia, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, BEDROSIAN, Paul, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, EMOND, Abraham, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Geophysics Program, Fairbanks, AK 99709 and CASE, George, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508

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8:55 AM

USING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING TO MEASURE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AT DIFFERENT SCALES

KHAN, Shuhab¹, GADEA, Otto² and QASIM, Muhammad¹, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, (2)3507 Cullen Blvd. 312 Science & Research Building 1, 3507 Cullen Blvd. 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-0001

Recorded Presentation

1-5

9:10 AM

GEOCHEMISTRY OF CRITICAL MINERALS IN BLACK HAWK DISTRICT MINE WASTES, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

KAZEMI MOTLAGH, Zohreh, Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, PO Box: 3266, Socorro, Socorro, NM 87801 and MCLEMORE, Virginia, New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801

Recorded Presentation

1-6

9:25 AM

MINE WASTE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION USING AIRBORNE AND UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEMS RADIOMETRIC GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING

GUSTAFSON, Chloe¹, SHAH, Anjana K.¹, BURGESS, Matthew², ADAMS, Joe², OWEN, Evan³ and MCLEMORE, Virginia⁴, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)New Mexico Bureau of Geology NM Institute Mining & Technolo, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801-4681, (4)New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801

9:40 AM

Break

1-7

9:55 AM

GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND MINERALOGIC CONSTRAINTS CONNECTING THE DIAMOND JOE PORPHYRY ROOT TO THE BIG SANDY PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, USA

CHAPPELL, Jonothan, Department of Geoscience, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85719, REZEAU, Hervé, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, RICHARDSON, Carson, Arizona Geological Survey, University of Arizona, 1955 E. 6th ST, Tucson, AZ 85721-0184 and MARSH, Timothy M., Bell Copper Corporation, 885 W. Georgia Street, Suite 900, Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1, Canada

Recorded Presentation

1-8

10:10 AM

UTILIZING EARTH MRI GEOPHYSICAL DATA TO HIGHLIGHT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORE DEPOSITS AND FRAMEWORK GEOLOGY IN THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA

FUNK, Jonathan A., USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225 and ANDERSON, Eric D., USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225

1-9

10:25 AM

PRELIMINARY GEOPHYSICAL FRAMEWORK INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC GREEN MOUNTAIN ARC IN THE MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN WYOMING

DRENTH, Benjamin¹, ZIENTEK, Michael L.², TONER, Rachel N.³, FINN, Carol⁴, WEBBER, Patricia⁵ and ZIEMAN, Lisa², (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 904 W Riverside Ave Suite 202, Spokane, WA 99201, (3)Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (5)Wyoming State Geological Survey, State of Wyoming, P.O. Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073

1-10

10:40 AM

CARBONATES AS A WINDOW INTO FLUID PROCESSES IN THE PARADOX BASIN, UT AND CO

BOS ORENT, Eytan¹, BARTON, Mark D.², BARTON, Isabel³ and KIRK, Jason¹, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Lowell Institue for Mineral Resources and Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, (3)Mining and Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, 1235 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson, AZ 85721

Recorded Presentation

1-11

10:55 AM

INTRUSIONS REVEALED BY A NEW EARTH MRI AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO

GRAUCH, V.J.S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and MACQUEEN, Patricia, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Lakewood, CO 80225

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11:10 AM

MARBLES, MAGMAS, AND MINERALS: UNDERSTANDING MINERAL POTENTIAL IN THE STRUCTURALLY DISMEMBERED, MULTI-GENERATIONAL GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH (Invited Presentation)

MILLS, Stephanie, Energy & Minerals Program, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, CLARK, Donald L., Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 and RUPKE, Andrew L., Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

Discussion

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