4 Eastern Activities of the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative: Results and Progress of Phases I, II, and III Critical Minerals Research

Thursday, 1 April 2021
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
FMR, Inc. Room

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE­­: SUPPORT FOR DATA ACQUISITION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
  Warren Day, Golden, CO and Jane Hammarstrom, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  362122 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  RARE EARTH ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILITY IN REGOLITH DEPOSITS FORMED ON ALTERED A-TYPE GRANITES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
  Nora K. Foley, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  361476 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  RECENT EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EMRI) AND OTHER CRITICAL MINERALS-RELATED ACTIVITIES BY THE ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  Dane VanDervoort, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and John Whitmore, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Sandy M. Ebersole, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  361972 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  FROM THE PIEDMONT TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN: TI-ZR-REE HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS IMAGED BY HIGH-RESOLUTION AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC DATA
  Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Robby Morrow, Columbia, SC and Michael D. Pace, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and M. Harris, Charleston, SC and William Doar, South Carolina Geological Survey, Columbia, SC
  362139 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  GEOLOGY OF THE CHERRY HILL 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA
  Mark Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Adam Karst, Karst Geo Solutions, Midlothian, VA and Carl Berquist, Charlottesville, VA and J. Stephen Schindler, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Robert Weems, UGSG, Reston, VA and Benjamin R. Weinmann, Natural Systems Analysts, Inc., Reston, VA and Ryan J. McAleer, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA
  362179 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  OCCURRENCES OF THE RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN BAUXITE AND KAOLIN CLAYS, COASTAL PLAIN, GEORGIA
  David L. Shafer, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and W. Crawford Elliott, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
  362149 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  A STUDY OF MINERALOGICAL AND AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENTS IN GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
  Ian Wynn, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA and Thomas Weiland, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA and Burt Carter, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA
  362151 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  INSIGHTS INTO CRITICAL MINERAL OCCURRENCE IN APPALACHIA USING THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF UNDERCLAYS
  Sarah Brown, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV and Jessica Moore, West Virginia Geological SurveyOil and Gas Program, Morgantown, WV and Philip Dinterman, Morgantown, WV and Gary Daft, Morgantown, WV
  362137 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:05 AM
  ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OCCURRENCES OF CRITICAL MINERALS IN VIRGINIA
  William Lassetter, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Wendy Kelly, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and Lorrie Skiffington, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and Marcie E. Occhi, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Michael Smith, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA
  362226 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  URANIUM FOCUS AREAS FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IDENTIFIED FOR THE USGS EARTHMRI PROJECT
  Susan Hall, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and William Lassetter, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Dwain Veach, North Carolina Geological Survey Section Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources, Raleigh, NC
  362237 (Theme Sessions)