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

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.

Monday, 20 October 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, Hall 1

Participants

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

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Preliminary Geologic Mapping and Assessment of Lithium in the Barstow Formation at Daggett Ridge, California, USA
  Max Garvue, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Erica Key, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Carolyn Cantwell, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Katharine Loughney, Murray State University, Murray, KY and Catherine Wesoloski, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and David Reioux, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Lyndsay Ball, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Patricia MacQueen, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  411953 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  New Earth MRI magnetic and radiometric datasets in the Wyoming-Colorado border region
  Benjamin Drenth, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Patricia Webber, Wyoming State Geological Survey, Laramie, WY and Jeremiah Workman, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Ranie Lynds, Wyoming State Geological Survey, Laramie, WY and Anahita Tikku, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Warren Day, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Michael O'Keeffe, Colorado Geological Survey, Golden, CO
  413688 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Geophysical framework of the Elkhead Mountains in northwest Colorado interpreted from newly acquired Earth MRI data
  Anahita Tikku, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Benjamin Drenth, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Warren Day, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Cameron Mercer, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  414180 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Using Hyperspectral Imaging to Map Alterations in Arsenide Five-Element Veins System in Black Hawk District, Grant County, New Mexico
  Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Virginia McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM
  414667 (Technical Sessions)