14 Linking Mineral Resources and the Geologic Framework of North America: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) and Related Activities

Knowledge of the geologic framework and mineral resources is improving through new geologic mapping, airborne geophysics, geochemistry, and lidar acquisition, especially through Earth MRI. We welcome submissions of Earth MRI research and similar studies linking framework geology and mineral resources.

Sunday, 19 October 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HBGCC, 217D

Participants

• Chair Benjamin Drenth
• Chair James Jones
• Chair Anjana Shah
• Chair Douglas Cory Kreiner
• Chair Arthur Merschat
• Chair Laurel Woodruff

Presentations

• 9:00 AM
  Evaluating Critical Mineral Potential in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale
  Adam Ianno, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Hailey Riechelson, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Middletown, PA and Rory Levinson, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Middletown, PA
  414777 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  EarthMRI-Supported Geologic Mapping and Geochemical Investigations in Colorado Critical Mineral Focus Areas
  Matthew Morgan, Colorado Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Michael O’Keeffe, Colorado Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Mario Guzman, Colorado Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Andrew Giebel, Colorado Geological Survey, Golden, CO
  413102 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  The Mineralogy, Origin, and Economic Potential of Arsenide Five-Element Vein Deposits in the Black Hawk District, Burro Mountains, southwestern New Mexico
  Virginia McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico and Robert Cook, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Don Musser, private, Silver City, New Mexico and Nicole Hurtig, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico and Jakob Newcomer, New Mexico tech, Socorro, New Mexico and William Chavez, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
  414581 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:50 AM
  Coevolution of tectonism, basin sedimentation, and volcanism in Big Sandy Valley, northwestern Arizona, USA: Implications for mineral exploration, modeling, and tectonics
  Brian Gootee, Arizona Geological Survey, Phoenix, AZ and Brad Johnson, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Philip Pearthree, University of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Carson Richardson, University of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Lisa Thompson, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ
  414703 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:05 AM
  Meeting Future U.S. Mineral Resource Needs: The Role of the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
  Carol Frost, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Rod Eggert, Colorado School of Mines, Boulder, CO and Richard Smith, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON and David Zhen Yin, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA and Jonathan Tucker, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC and Robert Bodnar, Virginia Tech Dept of Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA and Nelia Dunbar, N.M. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM and Stephanie Grocke, Syncline Consulting, Reno, NV and Rachel Hampton, KoBold Metals, Reno, NV and Doug Hollett, MH Technology Partners, Arlington, VA and Cecilia Lazo-Skold, Regeneration Enterprises, Washington, DC and Steve Masterman, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK and Karin Olson Hoal, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  414119 (Technical Sessions)