T132 Critical Metals (REE, In, Te, Nb, Ta, Ga, Li, etc.) for the New Energy Future

Monday, 1 November 2010
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 601

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  CRITICAL METALS FOR THE NEW ENERGY FUTURE
  Yasushi Watanabe, AIST, Tsukuba and Murray W. Hitzman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  178652 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  CAMBRIAN AND MISSISSIPPIAN MAGMATISM ASSOCIATED WITH NEODYMIUM-ENRICHED RARE EARTH AND THORIUM MINERALIZATION, LEMHI PASS DISTRICT, IDAHO
  Virginia Gillerman, Boise, ID and M.D. Schmitz, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Michael J. Jercinovic, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA and Richard Reed, IEG, Boise, ID
  176763 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  COMPLEX VEIN RELATIONSHIPS AND ORIGIN OF THE HOIDAS LAKE REE DEPOSIT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
  Kimberley Halpin, Saskatoon, SK and Kevin Ansdell, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and John Pearson, Saskatoon, SK
  181557 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  THE MESOPROTEROZOIC STEENKAMPSKRAAL RARE-EARTH ELEMENT DEPOSIT IN NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA
  M.W. Knoper, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, N/A
  182018 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE MUSHGAI KHUDAG REE DEPOSIT, MONGOLIA
  Kenzo Sanematsu, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, N/A and Yoshiaki Kon, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, N/A and Hideo Hirano, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, N/A and Yasushi Watanabe, AIST, Tsukuba
  179444 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  CHARACTERIZATION OF A ULTRA HIGH PURITY QUARTZ DEPOSIT, SPRUCE PINE MINING DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA
  Dana L. Susina, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Samuel E. Swanson, Athens, GA and W. Christiansen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  178327 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  THE NECHALACHO HEAVY RARE EARTH AND RARE METAL DEPOSIT, THOR LAKE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
  A.E. Williams-Jones, McGill University, Montreal, QC and M. Heiligmann, McGill University, Montreal, QC and E. Sheard, Kells, N/A and K. Macwilliam, McGill University, Montreal, QC and C.J. Pedersen, Toronto, ON and W. Mercer, Toronto, ON and D. Trueman, Toronto, ON
  181572 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  FORMATION PROCESS OF ZIRCON ASSOCIATED WITH REE FLUOROCARBONATE AND NIOBIUM MINERALS AT THE NECHALACHO REE DEPOSIT IN THE THOR LAKE SYENITE, CANADA
  Mihoko Hoshino, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, N/A and Yasushi Watanabe, AIST, Tsukuba and Hiroyasu Murakami, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A and Yoshiaki Kon, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, N/A
  179091 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  PROVENANCE DETERMINATION OF CONFLICT MINERALS BY LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY: THE EXAMPLE OF COLUMBITE-TANTALITE
  Katrina Shughrue, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, PA and Michael Wise, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Jeremiah Remus, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY and Russell S. Harmon, Research Triangle Park, NC and Richard R. Hark, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  177099 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  RAPID QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF REE AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN 1:10 XRF GLASSBEAD USING LA-ICPMS
  Yoshiaki Kon, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A and Hiroyasu Murakami, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A and Takafumi Hitrata, Kyoto University, Kyoto, N/A and Tetsuichi Takagi, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A and Yasushi Watanabe, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A
  177302 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  ORIGIN OF MO AND W METALLOGENIC PROVINCES
  Tetsuichi Takagi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sci and Technology, Tsukuba and Katsuhiro Tsukimura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sci and Technology, Tsukuba
  178018 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  SO-CALLED “ION-ADSORPTION TYPE” REE DEPOSITS FOUND IN WEATHERED CRUST OF ILMENITE-SERIES GRANITE IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
  Tatsuhiko Mentani, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A and Taihei Ohmura, N/A and Yasushi Watanabe, AIST, Tsukuba and Tetsuro Urabe, N/A
  178316 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  INDIUM RESOURCES AND METALLOGENY IN JAPAN, CHINA AND BOLIVIA
  Hiroyasu Murakami, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A and Shunso Ishihara, AIST, Tsukuba, N/A
  178602 (Technical Sessions)