Southeastern Section - 73rd Annual Meeting - 2024

Session No. 34
Tuesday, 16 April 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Swannanoa (Renaissance Asheville)

T9. In the Field or in the Lab: Revealing Hidden Signals from Minerals

GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Michelle Nelson, William Odom III and David W. Hawkins, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE AND MINERALOGY OF CRETACEOUS TO MODERN HEAVY MINERAL SANDS WITHIN ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN SEDIMENTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US
HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher1, PIANOWSKI, Laura1, SHAH, Anjana K.2 and PFAFF, Katharina3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (3)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401; Colorado School of Mines, Dept. Geology and Geological Engineering, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
8:25 AM
DETRITAL MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY AND REE GEOCHEMISTRY IN PIEDMONT PLACER HEAVY-MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES, NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA: TESTING METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF PROVENANCE OF REE AND TI CRITICAL MINERAL DEPOSITS
MOECHER, David1, MITTWEDE, Steven2, THIGPEN, Ryan1 and SAMSON, Scott3, (1)Earth & Env. Sci, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (2)Randolph School, 1005 Drake Avenue SE, Huntsville, AL 35802, (3)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
8:45 AM
HEAVY MINERAL SANDS IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPPER COASTAL PLAIN
SHAH, Anjana K.1, DOAR III, William R.2, MORROW IV, Robert3 and WYKEL, Andrew3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)South Carolina Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29212, (3)South Carolina Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 5 Geology Road, Columbia, SC 29212
9:05 AM
MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS TO EVALUATE CRITICAL MINERALS CONTENT IN MARINE SEDIMENTS OFFSHORE OF VIRGINIA
GRAMMATIKOPOULOS, Tassos, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, 5 Geology Road, Columbia, SC 29212
9:25 AM
COSMOGENIC 26AL/10BE ISOCHRON BURIAL DATING REVEALS MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
ODOM III, William, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, CARTER, Mark W., U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and MERSCHAT, Arthur, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
9:45 AM
QUARTZ LUMINESCENCE: DISTINGUISHING SEDIMENT AND SAPROLITE IN REGOLITH
NELSON, Michelle, Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, 900 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903, EPPES, Missy, Geography & Earth Sciences, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 and RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Department of Geosciences, Luminescence Laboratory, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
 
10:05 AM
Break
10:25 AM
BLUELIGHT FLUORESCENCE OF MARINE SEDIMENTS
JONES, Emily1, GARRISON, Ervan2, SCHROEDER, Paul3 and WILLIAMS, Kelsey A.3, (1)Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30601, (2)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, GG Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (3)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St., Athens, GA 30602-2501
Handouts
  • Script for 34-7. Marine Sediment Analysis using XRD, SEM, and Blue Light Fluorescence PowerPoint.docx (21.0 kB)
  • 10:45 AM
    IMPROVING RESOURCE MODELS WITH RECURSIVE PARTITIONING FOR DOMAIN DEFINITION: CASE STUDY OF MnCO3 AT NSUTA, SOUTHWESTERN GHANA
    FOSU, Francis, Exploration and Mineral Resource, Ghana Manganese Company Limited, Ghana Manganese Company Limited, P.O. Box 2, TAKORADI, Western Region WT-0158-2034, Ghana, AL-HASSAN, Sulemana, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa , Ghana, P.O. Box 237, Tarkwa, Western Region WT-0038-5452, Ghana and OPAFUNSO, Zacheus Olaniyan, Mining Engineering, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Ondo State 340252, Nigeria
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