Joint 120th Annual Cordilleran/74th Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2024

Session No. 1
Wednesday, 15 May 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Birch Ballroom (Davenport Grand Hotel)

T1. Recent Advances in Mineral Resources Research and Exploration

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Niki Wintzer and Allen Andersen, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1-1
8:05 AM
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATIONS DERIVED FROM EARTH MRI GEOPHYSICAL DATA COLLECTED OVER THE BULL MOUNTAIN AREA, SOUTHWEST MONTANA
FUNK, Jonathan A. and ANDERSON, Eric D., US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225
1-2
8:25 AM
EARTH MRI GEOPHYSICAL DATA PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL SYSTEMS OF THE RADERSBURG AND ELKHORN MINING DISTRICTS, MONTANA
ANDERSON, Eric1, FUNK, Jonathan1, EASTMAN, Kyle2, SCARBERRY, Kaleb C.2, ROSSI, Amanda2, GUZMAN, Mario1, MAGNIN, Benjamin1, MERCER, Cameron1, COSCA, Michael1, LUND, Karen1 and DILLES, John3, (1)US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT 59701, (3)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
1-3
8:45 AM
AN INVESTIGATION OF QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEIN FORMATION AND DEPTH CONDITIONS BY QUARTZ AND FLUID INCLUSION PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSES FROM THE WINSTON AND DIAMOND HILL MINING DISTRICTS, ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, MONTANA
GUZMAN, Mario, United States Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
1-4
9:05 AM
1-5
9:25 AM
TRACE METAL COMPOSITION OF FLUORESCENT SPHALERITE FROM BUTTE, MONTANA
GAMMONS, Christopher, Department of Geological Engineering, Montana Technological University, 1300 W Park St., Butte, MT 59701, EASTMAN, Kyle, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT 59701, BEAUCAMP, Celine, Department of Geological Engineering, Montana Technological University, 1300 W. Park St, Butte, MT 59701 and THOMPSON, Jay, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, PO Box 25046 MS 973, Denver, CO 80225
 
9:45 AM
Break
1-6
10:00 AM
RARE EARTH ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PHOSPHATIC FACIES IN THE PERMIAN PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
HENDRIX, Marc S., Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812 and VAN RYTHOVEN, Adrian, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology - Butte, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701
1-7
10:20 AM
TRACING THE ORIGINS OF FLUIDS IN MINERALIZED SYSTEMS THROUGH HALOGEN RATIOS IN SCAPOLITE: TRANSITIONING FROM EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES TO PRACTICAL APPLICATION
HAMMERLI, Johannes1, REIN, Isabelle2, JENKINS, David3, BOROUGHS, Scott1 and COLLINS, David4, (1)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IL 47907-2051, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, (4)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
1-8
10:40 AM
EXPLORATION FOR OVERPRINTING DEPOSIT STYLES IN THE BASIN AND RANGE; INSIGHTS FROM A DETAILED STUDY OF W-MO-CU MINERALIZATION IN GOLD HILL, UTAH
CAREY, Nathan, Arizona Geological Survey, University of Arizona, 1955 East Sixth Street, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721, JOWITT, Simon M., Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557-0178 and MILLS, Stephanie, Energy & Minerals Program, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
1-9
11:00 AM
MELT INCLUSION RECORD OF LITHIUM-RICH MAGMAS AT MCDERMITT CALDERA, WESTERN USA
WATTS, Kathryn E., U.S. Geological Survey, 904 W RIverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201 and HENRY, Christopher D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557
11:20 AM
GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MELT SOURCE AND FRACTIONATION OF LITHIUM-MINERALIZED RARE METAL GRANITES, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA
CASE, George, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 and REGAN, Sean P., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775
 
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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