17 Geological Surveys and Resource Mapping/Evaluation Studies

This session highlights studies from state geologic surveys and the U.S. Geological Survey regarding natural resource evaluations. We welcome submissions with relevance to critical minerals, rare earth elements, various energy sectors, and the construction industry.

Tuesday, 10 March 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
RCC, 103

Participants

• Chair Valarie Harrison
• Chair Bonnie Craighead
• Chair William Jackson
• Chair Mark Carter

Presentations

• 8:35 AM
  Detrital zircon and rutile U-Pb geochronology of Cretaceous strata along the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: Insight to heavy mineral sand accumulations
  William Jackson, Tennessee Geological Survey, Memphis, TN and Joseph Lane, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Megan Mueller, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jennifer Gifford, University of Mississippi and Clinton Barineau, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA and Barry Shaulis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  411819 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:52 AM
  Preliminary observations from USGS mapping in the eastern Piedmont of central Georgia
  Mark Carter, Reston, VA and Ryan Deasy, Reston, VA
  411582 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:09 AM
  The Clinton Complexity—High-Resolution Mapping of Reservoir Sandstones in Southeastern Ohio
  Mindy Thomas, Ohio Geological Survey, Columbus, OH
  411667 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:26 AM
  Spectroscopic investigations of critical mineral hosts in zinc mine waste at the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma
  Owen Alfaro, Reston, VA and Bernard Hubbard, United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Nadine Piatak, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Sarah Jane White, United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Ronald Resmini, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Geoff Gilleaudeau, George Mason Univ, Atmospheric, Oceanic, Earth Sciences (AOES), Fairfax, VA and Brittany Hupp, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  411766 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:43 AM
  High resolution (< 5 m) airborne hyperspectral surveys of select critical and industrial mineral targets in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico: Newly acquired Earth MRI datasets for district-scale mine waste and geologic hazards studies
  Bernard Hubbard, United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Raymond Kokaly, US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 973, Denver, CO and Todd Hoefen, US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 973, , Denver, CO and Evan Cox, US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 973, Denver, CO
  411733 (Technical Sessions)