T109 Geophysical/Remote Sensing Characterization of Rare Earth Element and Other Critical Mineral Deposits

Monday, 28 October 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 303

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  MINERALOGY AND MINERAL PARAGENESIS OF THE DOTSON RIDGE HREE DEPOSIT, BOKAN MOUNTAIN, PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA
  Douglas B. Stoeser, US Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Heather A. Lowers, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  231898 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND RELATED MINERALOGY OF THE BOKAN MOUNTAIN RARE EARTH DEPOSITS, SOUTHEAST ALASKA
  Anne McCafferty, Denver, CO and Douglas Stoeser, USGS, Denver, CO and Bradley S. Van Gosen, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  224596 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:50 AM
  REGIONAL GRAVITY SURVEY TO AID IN DETERMINING THE REE POTENTIAL OF THE PEA RIDGE MINE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  Brandon T. Ives, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Alicia Metzger, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Kevin L. Mickus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Anne McCafferty, Denver, CO
  224775 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  WHAT DO GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BEAR LODGE, WYOMING, RARE EARTH ELEMENT DEPOSIT REVEAL?
  David V. Smith, U.S. Geolological Survey, Denver, CO
  226970 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING OF A NORTH AMERICAN NIOBIUM AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT DEPOSIT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE ELK CREEK CARBONATITE, NEBRASKA
  Benjamin Drenth, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  224356 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:55 AM
  GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX AND RELATION TO PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT EXPLORATION
  Carol Finn, US Geological Survey MS 964, Federal Ctr Bldg 20, Denver, CO and Michael L. Zientek, U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA and Benjamin R. Bloss, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Niki E. Wintzer, U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA and Heather L. Parks, U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA
  227261 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:10 AM
  GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL ASPECTS OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS AS POTENTIAL REE RESOURCES IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S
  Carleton R. Bern, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  229386 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  GEOPHYSICAL APPROACHES TO EVALUATING SEDIMENT-HOSTED RARE EARTH ELEMENT POTENTIAL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S
  Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Carleton R. Bern, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Karl J. Ellefsen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Bethany L. Burton, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Bradley S. Van Gosen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Adam Karst, Iluka Resources Inc, Stony Creek, VA
  228177 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  SPECTRALLY DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN REE-BEARING MINERALS BASED ON DIFFERENCES IN THEIR CRYSTAL FIELD F- F TRANSITION ABSORPTIONS
  Gregg A. Swayze, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Neil Pearson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Steve Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and William M. Benzel, Denver, CO and Roger N. Clark, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Todd M. Hoefen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Bradley S. Van Gosen, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Monique Adams, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and James Reitman, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  229888 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF REE HOSTED HEAVY MINERAL SANDS AND PHOSPHATES
  Todd M. Hoefen, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Keith E. Livo, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Gregg A. Swayze, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Stuart A. Giles, Denver, CO and Bradley S. Van Gosen, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Poul Emsbo, USGS, Denver, CO and Adam Karst, Iluka Resources, Inc, Stony Creek, VA
  231493 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:10 AM
  SPECTRAL FEATURES OF THE KHANNESHIN CARBONATITE VOLCANO, AFGHANISTAN
  John C. Mars, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  229373 (Technical Sessions)