23 Conventional and Unconventional Critical Mineral Resources in the Eastern United States

Saturday, 18 March 2023
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lake Audubon

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  CRITICAL MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
  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 and Nora K. Foley, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  384829 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  STANDARDIZING A FIELD SCREENING PROTOCOL USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE AND RADIATION SPECTROMETRY TO ASSESS CRITICAL MINERAL COMMODITIES IN HEAVY MINERAL PLACERS: HOW CAN WE BETTER STREAMLINE DECISIONS IN THE FIELD?
  David W. Hawkins, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA and William L. Lassetter, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA
  385571 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  MAPPING CRITICAL (HEAVY) MINERAL SOURCE ROCKS AND SINKS ALONG THE FALL ZONE IN VIRGINIA USING AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA TO GUIDE GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SAMPLING
  Michelle Nelson, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA and William L. Lassetter, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA and Anjana Shah, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Mark Carter, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and David W. Hawkins, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA and Marcie Occhi, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA
  385509 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TOWARDS DOMESTIC CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES: EDUCATING ENVIRONMENTALLY, SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY AWARE SCIENTISTS AND POLICY MAKERS
  Emma Hunt, Furman University, Greenville, SC
  385425 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  PIEDMONT TO PLATEAU: NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL DATA OVER A TRANSECT OF THE APPALACHIAN PROVINCES
  Anjana Shah, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Daniel Doctor, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Rebecca Kavage Adams, Department of Natural Resources, Baltimore, MD and Kristen Hand, Bureau of Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Adam Ianno, Bureau of Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Stephen Shank, Bureau of Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Philip Dinterman, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and William L. Lassetter, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Charlottesville, VA
  385445 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  HIGHLY MANGANIFEROUS RESIDUAL SOILS OVERLYING INTERLAYERED CARBONATE AND VOLCANIC BEDROCK IN MARYLAND'S WESTERN PIEDMONT
  Rebecca Kavage Adams, Department of Natural Resources, Baltimore, MD and David Brezinski, Department of Natural Resources, Baltimore, MD
  385696 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  CHARACTERIZING THE CHEMISTRY OF ROSENDALE NATURAL CEMENT TO AID IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF SIMILAR DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
  Adam Ianno, Bureau of Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Kurtis Burmeister, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA and Kurtis Burmeister, Rosendale, NY
  385714 (Theme Sessions)