This week GSA Fellow & USGS Director David Applegate joined representatives from Colorado School of Mines, US Department of the Interior & Colorado’s Congressional delegation to celebrate breaking ground on a new USGS #Energy & #Minerals #Research Facility. Learn more: tinyurl.com/3z86jbt9 #Geochemistry

Did you know that #Virginia is home to a variety of #CriticalMinerals needed for industry? This map shows areas of VA with resource potential for #Tin, which is used as an alloy, and for electronics and telecommunications technologies. #MappingMonday tinyurl.com/TINVA

We're investing millions of dollars in strengthening domestic supply chains for #CriticalMinerals. The flagship of this is a nationwide mapping effort for critical #minerals, which has been expanded & accelerated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: ow.ly/F5xm50QbI6U

Sometimes geology needs to be magnified! Katie Lang, a @virginia_energy field geologist, uses a hand lens to get a more detailed look at the Catoctin greenstone clasts within this Triassic Basin conglomerate found in Culpeper, VA. #FieldworkFriday

🚨PSA!🚨 Head's up, Floridians! If you see a low-flying 🛩️ near Jacksonville or Tampa in the next few months, that could be us! We're collecting #geophysics #data with Florida DEP News for #CriticalMinerals research: ow.ly/XwHX50QetPC

#ICYMI These flights are beginning soon! Keep an 👁️ out for Utah Geological & our 🛩️ & 🚁! #CriticalMinerals #Minerals #Geophysics #Data #Geology USGS Science in Utah

A scoping study by the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre assesses the application, importance and supply-chain risks associated with specialist alloys used in the aerospace and defence industries. Learn more: bgs.ac.uk/news/scoping-s…

Praseodymium, anyone? Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are #CriticalMinerals used in aerospace, defense, energy, telecommunications, electronics, and transportation technologies. This map shows areas of VA with #RareEarthElement resource potential. #MappingMonday

Calcite-cemented breccia, with clasts of tan sandstone from a sand-rich interval in the Baxter Shale in a wide range of clast sizes, Lion Bluffs quadrangle, Sweetwater County. Link to the #geologic #map of the Lion Bluffs quadrangle: wsgs.wyo.gov/wyoming-geolog… #Wyoming #geology

[PUB] USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3496: "Surficial Geologic Map of the Owlshead Mountains 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California." ow.ly/RAnR50QfMbQ

The WY Geological Survey released 2 scientific reports on critical mineral occurrences in paleoplacers throughout #Wyoming. 1/3

We've gone to great depths @virginia_energy! Staff from our economic geology and data preservation teams descended a nearly vertical ladder through this airshaft to learn about the amazonite deposits in the Morefield Mine in Amelia County, VA. #FieldworkFriday

📢 One new map and two new data sets have been published to Vol. 5 of the Indiana Journal of Earth Sciences. Access the Bedrock Geologic Database of the Vincennes Quadrangle and the Quaternary Geology of the Washington-Jasper area map and database at scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index….

Critical minerals—earth materials critical to national security and economic prosperity—are the focus of the 2024 IGWS calendar. Pick up a copy at our in-person store for $5.00 or download a free copy next month in the Indiana Journal of Earth Sciences. store.igws.indiana.edu/2024-calendar/

This map shows areas of #Virginia with resource potential for the #CriticalMineral #Barite, a heavy metal mined historically as a white paint pigment, inert filler in paper manufacturing, or for the drilling industry. #MappingMonday tinyurl.com/VAbarite

🌬️ We have 49 mine map records with the word #Winter in the mine name. They're #coal, #iron, #gold, #talc, & #lead mines from across the country. Explore our data at mmr.osmre.gov/MultiPub.aspx #solstice

Are you curious about Canadian sources of cobalt & lithium for energy-dense, rechargeable batteries? Although cobalt is mostly obtained as a byproduct from nickel & copper mining, significant amounts also occur in volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, of which Canada... /1

Aurichalcite showcases brilliant blue hues comprised of tiny acicular or needle-like crystals. Often found in oxidized zones of copper-zinc ore deposits, this specimen is from Copper Mountain, Pilot Range, Box Elder County, Utah. #utahgeology #aurichalcite

#OTD in 1924 the first Winter Olympics took place in the French Alps. Metal and Medal - This image shows silver as raw metal and an Olympics Medal that contains silver. Learn more about silver and other minerals here: 👉ow.ly/H1VU50FEtxl #silver #WinterOlympics #DYK

On this day in 1967, the Legislature designated #jade as #Wyoming’s official #gemstone. Wayne Sutherland, a retired WSGS geologist, published a book, Wyoming Jade: Characteristics, History, Formation, and Occurrences. Copies are available by emailing Sutherland, [email protected].