14 Critical Minerals in North-Central United States: Exploration, Mining, and Processing

Thursday, 4 May 2023
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
EC 414

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR DISTRICT, AND POTENTIAL METHODS FOR EXTRACTING THEM
  Timothy Eisele, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
  386612 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  CRITICAL MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL UNITED STATES
  Laurel Woodruff, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, St. Paul, MN and Benjamin Drenth, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Jane Hammarstrom, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA and Connie Dicken, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA
  386680 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  CRITICAL MINERAL EXPLORATION IN UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
  Mohamed Elhebiry, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Mohamed Elhebiry, Al-Azhar University, Cairo and Mohamed Sultan, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and John Yellich, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
  386874 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  RARE EARTH ELEMENT ORE POTENTIAL OF APATITE MINERALIZATION IN THE BOURBON AND IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IRON METALLOGENIC PROVINCE
  Martin Appold, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Max Sperry, University of Missouri--Columbia, Columbia, MO
  386910 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  EXPLORING FOR LITHIUM-CESIUM-TANTALUM (LCT) PEGMATITES: WEATHERING AND DISPERSION AUREOLES ASSESSED THROUGH SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY
  Teagan Cox, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI and Luiza Maria Pereira Pierangeli, UFLA - Federal University of Lavras, Lavras and Luiza Maria Pereira Pierangeli, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI and Clara Brennan, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI and Victoria Konieczka, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI and Mona-Liza C. Sirbescu, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
  386915 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  STUDY OF THE SHEPHERD MOUNTAIN AND PILOT KNOB IRON ORE DEPOSITS USING STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS, FIELD OBSERVATIONS, AND FLUID INCLUSION DATA
  William Hunt, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Dyah Sahdarani, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Hector Lamadrid, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Marek Locmelis, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO
  386964 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  A FLUID APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE IOA MINERALIZATIONS IN SE MISSOURI
  Hector Lamadrid, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Dyah Sahdarani, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and William Hunt, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  386997 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  ADVANCING THE UNITED STATES’ GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK IN THE SEARCH FOR CRITICAL MINERALS: STUDY OF REE-ENRICHED PHOSPHORITES YIELDS NEW INSIGHTS INTO CHICAGO SUBSURFACE RESOURCES
  Timothy Paton, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL and Pat McLaughlin, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL and Ryan Clark, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Alyssa M. Bancroft, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Poul Emsbo, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO
  387017 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  THERMAL RECONSTRUCTION USING FLUID INCLUSIONS OF PEA RIDGE IOA-REE DEPOSITS, SE MISSOURI
  Dyah Sahdarani, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and William Hunt, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Hector Lamadrid, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  387025 (Theme Sessions)