Rocky Mountain Section - 75th Annual Meeting - 2025

Session No. 41
Tuesday, 20 May 2025: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Cascade D (Utah Valley Convention Center)

T16. Critical Minerals in the West: How to Lead a Once-in-a-Generation Crisis to the Best Possible Outcome

 

Adrian Van Rythoven and Steven Emerman, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF MINE WASTE SITES FOR CRITICAL MINERALS RESOURCES – A CASE STUDY OF THE CALVERT TUNGSTEN MINE
VAN RYTHOVEN, Adrian, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Technological University, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701
2:00 PM
HYDROTHERMAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF EXISTING GEOCHEMICAL DATA WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION
MISTIKAWY, Justin, BYRG, Inc., Sheridan, WY 82801, MCKNIGHT, Kaitlyn R., Botany Department, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82072 and BIASI, Joseph, PhD, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070
2:15 PM
SOME CRITICAL MINERAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN A LITHOCAP ENVIRONMENT, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
ZIMMERMAN, Jarred and LARSON, Peter, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812
2:30 PM
ALTERATION MINERALOGY, AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SIGNALS, AND CRITICAL MINERALS POTENTIAL OF THE RADERSBURG AND GIANT HILL 7.5’ QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
EASTMAN, Kyle, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, MT 59701, ZIMMERMAN, Jarred, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, ANDERSON, Eric D., USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, DILLES, John, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 1500 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97321 and CLEVENGER, Joe, Oregon State UniversityCEOAS, 101 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331
2:45 PM
CONTROLS ON MINERALIZATION OF REES AND OTHER CRITICAL MINERALS WITHIN THE PERMIAN PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, SOUTHWEST MONTANA
RISEDORF, Nicholas1, VAN RYTHOVEN, Adrian1 and HENDRIX, Marc S.2, (1)Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Technological University, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701, (2)Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812
3:00 PM
LITHIUM MINING AS A CASE STUDY IN RECKLESS CREATIVITY
EMERMAN, Steven, Malach Consulting, 785 N 200 W, Spanish Fork, UT 84660-1109
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