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

Session No. 14
Wednesday, 15 May 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Birch Ballroom (Davenport Grand Hotel)

T2. Magmatic Rare Earth Element Ore Deposits and Minerals for the Future

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Kathryn Watts and Erin Benson, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
14-1
1:35 PM
A ‘CRITICAL MINERAL INDEX’: GEOCHEMICAL SIGNAL OF CARBONATITE-RELATED CRITICAL METALS IN PROVINCIAL DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS
RUKHLOV, Alexei, CUI, Yao, CUNNINGHAM, Quinn, FORTIN, Gabe and ANDERSON, Cameron, British Columbia Geological Survey, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, PO Box 9333 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada
Handouts
  • Alexei Rukhlov_presentation.pdf (6.4 MB)
  • Rukhlov_ea_Carbonatite index_BCGS_P2024-01-06.pdf (44.2 MB)
  • British Columbia_Critical Mineral Index_11x17.pdf (6.8 MB)
    • 14-2
    1:55 PM
    USING STREAM-SEDIMENT INDICATOR MINERALS TO EXPLORE FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENT DEPOSITS IN THE SHEEP CREEK AREA OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA
    GARY, Michael and GAMMONS, Christopher, Department of Geological Engineering, Montana Technological University, 1300 W Park St., Butte, MT 59701
    14-3
    2:15 PM
    ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY INSIGHTS INTO A SHONKINITE DIKE IN THE COLOSSEUM MINE AREA, SOUTHEASTERN MOJAVE DESERT, CA
    WATTS, Kathryn E.1, MARIANO Jr., Anthony2 and MARIANO, Anthony N.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 904 W RIverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201, (2)Consulting Mineral Exploration Geologists, 1134 North Rd, Carlisle, MA 01741
     
    2:35 PM
    Break
    14-4
    2:50 PM
    MOUNTAIN PASS, CALIFORNIA FROM GOLD TO RARE EARTHS
    RIRIE, G and LEVY, Alan, Retired Unocal & BP, 1929 Hunter Rd, Chino Hills, CA CA
    14-5
    3:10 PM
    SULFUR ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF SULFATE AND SULFIDE MINERALS IN THE MOUNTAIN PASS CARBONATITE INTRUSION, CALIFORNIA
    BENSON, Erin, U.S. Geological Survey, WATTS, Kathryn, U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA 99201 and HAXEL, Gordon B., U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
    14-6
    3:30 PM
    CONTROLS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN CARBONATITE-HOSTED FLUOROCARBONATE ORES
    ANDERSEN, Allen and WATTS, Kathryn, U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA 99201
    14-7
    3:50 PM
    FATE AND TRANSPORT OF REE IN CARBONATITE-RELATED FLUIDS FROM THE BEAR LODGE ALKALINE COMPLEX, WY: EVIDENCE FROM FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES
    BENNETT, Mitchell1, ANDERSEN, Allen2, OLINGER, Danielle A.1 and VERPLANCK, Philip L.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA 99201
     
    4:10 PM
    Discussion
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