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

Session No. 28
Thursday, 16 May 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Birch Ballroom (Davenport Grand Hotel)

T3. Mineral Deposits of the Western United States II: A View from the States and Industry

GSA Energy Geology Division; Idaho Geological Survey

 

Virginia Gillerman and Hayley Rambur, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
AN ENIGMATIC CU-AU DEPOSIT IN THE LARAMIE RANGE
DWORIAN, Nadia, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave., Laramie, WY 820721, JOHN, Barbara E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071 and BIASI, Joseph, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070
2:15 PM
ZIRCON AGE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF GRANITES RELATED TO PORPHYRY AND POLYMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS AND BOULDER BATHOLITH, MONTANA
DILLES, John1, KIRKLAND, Christopher L.2, OLIEROOK, Hugo K.H.3, DRÖLLNER, Maximilian4, CLEVENGER, Joe5, WAY, Rachel A.M.1, MIGGINS, Daniel P.1, ACITO, Sydney6, SCARBERRY, Kaleb C.7, EASTMAN, Kyle8 and OLSON, Nansen1, (1)College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, (2)Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia, (3)John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia, (4)Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6102, Australia, (5)Geosciences, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (6)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, (7)*now at Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, State of Oregon, 800 NE Oregon St, #28 Suite 965, Portland, OR 97232-2162, (8)Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT 59701
2:35 PM
QUARTZ-MOLYBDENITE MYLONITES OF THE BUTTE PORPHYRY CU-MO DEPOSIT
ACOSTA, Marisa, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland, EASTMAN, Kyle, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT 59701, REED, Mark H., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, MOORE, Jo, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg 12249, Germany and GRIFFITH, Amanda, Montana Resoures, LLC, Butte, MT 59701
2:55 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS MAGMATISM AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ELKHORN 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA
SCARBERRY, Kaleb C., Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Technological University of the University of Montana, Natural Resources Building, 1505 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701-8997; *now at Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Portland, OR 97232; Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, State of Oregon, 800 NE Oregon St, #28 Suite 965, Portland, OR 97232-2162 and KORZEB, Stanley L., Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Technological University of the University of Montana, Natural Resources Building, 1505 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701-8997; *Retired, Denver, CO 80012
3:15 PM
CRITICAL MINERALS PROSPECTIVITY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND ALTERATION MINERALOGY OF MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL MINERAL SYSTEMS IN THE RADERSBURG AND GIANT HILL 7.5’ QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
EASTMAN, Kyle, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT 59701, ROSSI, Amanda, Geology and Geophysics Department, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, ANDERSON, Eric D., US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, DILLES, John, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503 and LEHMAN, Miranda, Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 E University Way, ellensburg, WA 98926
 
3:35 PM
Break
3:50 PM
STIBNITE: MORE THAN JUST A TOWN IN IDAHO
KERNER, Dale, Boise, ID 83702
4:10 PM
INNOVATIVE SURFACE MINE RECLAMATION IN WASHINGTON STATE
SKOV, Rian1, DAMER, Nicole1, SHAFER, Ana1, STANTON, Kelsay M.2 and MASSEY, Bryan3, (1)Department of Natural Resources, Washington Geological Survey, 1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA 98504, (2)Department of Natural Resources, Washington Geological Survey, 1111 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98504, (3)Department of Natural Resources, Forest Practices, 1111 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98504
4:30 PM
ABANDONED MINES IN THE UNITED STATES: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND COLLABORATIONS
MAUK, Jeffrey L., KARL, Nicholas A., HELFRICH, Autumn L., PIERSON, Justin and SAN JUAN, Carma A., USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225
4:50 PM
SURFACE MINE CLOSURE THAT INCLUDES SEASONAL THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND RELATED ASSETS
DONELICK, Raymond, WHITE, Kaelyn and CRAIG, Benjamin, DinéGEO LLC
 
5:10 PM
Discussion
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