T4 Critical Minerals and Framework Geology: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) and Related Activities I

Sunday, 9 October 2022
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Presentations

• 8:10 AM
  THE USGS APPROACH TO DEFINING, TRACKING, AND MODELING CRITICAL MINERALS
  Jamie Brainard, National Minerals Information Center, Reston, VA
  377048 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  OVERVIEW OF THE USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI)
  Warren Day, Golden, CO and Patricia Loferski, Mineral Resources Program, Reston, VA and Darcy McPhee, Washington, DC
  379093 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  CRITICAL MINERALS IN THE UNITED STATES - EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI) STATUS REPORT
  Jane Hammarstrom, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Laurel Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Paul, MN and Connie Dicken, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  382193 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  MAPPING MINERAL SYSTEMS AND CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCE PROSPECTIVITY ACROSS ALASKA
  James V. Jones, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK and Douglas Kreiner, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
  379111 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA HIGHLIGHT THE GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES IN NORTHERN MAINE
  Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Chunzeng Wang, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME and John F. Slack, Reston, VA and Amber H. Whittaker, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME and Robert Marvinney, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME and Stephen Dickson, Augusta, ME
  378083 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  THE NEWLY DISCOVERED TRACHYTE-HOSTED PENNINGTON MOUNTAIN REE-NB-ZR DEPOSIT IN NORTHERN MAINE: PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY
  Chunzeng Wang, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME and John F. Slack, Reston, VA and Martin Yates, University of Maine, Orono, ME and David R. Lentz, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB and Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Amber H. Whittaker, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME and Robert Marvinney, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME
  379619 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  THE TELLUS PROGRAMME: AN IRISH SOLUTION TO A GLOBAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE
  Eoin McGrath, Dublin and Jim Hodgson, Dublin and Mairéad Fitzsimons, Dublin and Ray Scanlon, Dublin and Vincent Gallagher, Dublin
  378441 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  THE ALABAMA GRAPHITE-V BELT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE USGS’S EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE
  Elizabeth Bollen, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and John P. Whitmore, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Dane S. VanDervoort, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  377377 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:35 AM
  U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE AND MINERALOGY OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS FROM THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN ADJACENT TO THE FALL LINE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US
  Christopher Holm-Denoma, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Laura S. Pianowski, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Anjana Shah, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Katharina Pfaff, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  382879 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:50 AM
  EARTH MRI IN SOUTH CAROLINA: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH FOR LOCATING CRITICAL MINERALS IN THE UPPER COASTAL PLAIN OF SOUTH CAROLINA
  Robby Morrow, Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC and C. Andrew Wykel, Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC and William Doar, Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC and Tassos Grammatikopoulos, Advanced Mineralogical Facility, Lakefield, ON and Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  381126 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:05 AM
  STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE HIGH-PRIORITY FALL ZONE AND MIDDLE SHORELINES PLACER FOCUS AREAS, DRAKE AND RED OAK QUADRANGLES, ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
  Kathleen Farrell, Raleigh, NC and James S. Chapman, Raleigh, NC and Anjana Shah, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  379132 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  ECONOMIC MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS: INSIGHTS FROM THE EARTH MRI VIRGINIA FALL ZONE PLACER FOCUS AREA
  David W. Hawkins, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA and William Lassetter, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA and Michelle S. Nelson, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA
  382422 (Technical Sessions)