54 Eastern Activities of the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative

Sunday, 22 March 2020
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lake Audubon

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  THE USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI): A PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS TO BETTER DEFINE THE NATION’S CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES
  Warren Day, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  343771 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF CRITICAL MINERAL DEPOSIT POTENTIAL
  Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Benjamin Drenth, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Anne McCafferty, Denver, CO and David A. Ponce, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  343976 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  RARE EARTH ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILITY IN REGOLITH DEPOSITS FORMED ON ALTERED A-TYPE GRANITES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
  Nora Ayuso, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Robert A. Ayuso, Reston, VA
  343366 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  POTENTIAL FOR A CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCE IN THE UNDERCLAYS OF WEST VIRGINIA
  Sarah R. Brown, Morgantown, WV and Jessica Pierson Moore, Morgantown, WV and Gary Daft, Morgantown, WV and Philip A. Dinterman, Morgantown, WV
  345039 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  EARTH MRI ACTIVITIES AT THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  William Andrews, Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Ky, Lexington, KY and Georgina Lukoczki, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  345374 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  DEVELOPMENT OF AND COLLABORATION WITH THE PENN STATE CENTER FOR CRITICAL MINERALS
  David P. Russ, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  344383 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  EARTH MRI IN SOUTH CAROLINA, RESEARCH INTO CRITICAL MINERALS ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE
  Robby Morrow, Columbia, SC and William Doar, South Carolina Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and Tassos Grammatikopoulos, Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and M. Harris, Charleston, SC and C. Howard, South Carolina Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  345329 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  USING GEOMORPHOLOGY, LIDAR AND GEOLOGIC MAPPING TO DEVELOP CONSISTENT PROTOCOLS FOR DEFINING FOCUS AREAS INCLUDED IN THE PLACER MINERAL SYSTEM ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN AND ADJACENT ENVIRONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN USA (EAST REGION)
  Kathleen Farrell, Raleigh, NC and William Doar, South Carolina Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and William Lassetter, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Guy H. Means, Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL and Marcie E. Occhi, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Robby Morrow, Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and Kenneth Taylor, Raleigh, NC and James S. Chapman, Raleigh, NC
  345179 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS MINERALS PLACER DEPOSITION MODELING FROM SATELLITE MULTISPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING IMAGING IN A SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA’S NORTHERN FALL ZONE
  James S. Chapman, Raleigh, NC
  344853 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  CRITICAL MINERAL COMMODITY OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA – AN ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTIVE GEOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS
  William Lassetter, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Lorrie V. Coiner, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Aaron M. Barth, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Marcie E. Occhi, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Michael S. Smith, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA
  344854 (Theme Sessions)