Denver Microbeam Laboratory: Mineral Resources Research Support
The USGS Denver Microbeam Laboratory provides chemical analysis and characterization of rocks, minerals, and environmental samples in support of a wide variety of USGS projects related to mineral resources, including research projects funded by the USGS Mineral Resources Program. The research applications for these projects range from mineral resource research and assessments, to geologic mapping and geochronology, to geologic hazards and radioactive waste disposal, to the environment and human health.
Additional Information
For additional information on the laboratory facilities and equipment, visit the Denver Microbeam Laboratory site.
The Denver Microbeam Laboratory has provided support to these Mineral Resources Program projects:
Antimony In and Around the Yellow Pine Deposit, Central Idaho
Processes Controlling Groundwater Quality in Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Mining
Mineville, Eastern Adirondacks – Geophysical and Geologic Studies
Magmatic-Tectonic History and Component Sources of Major Precious Metal Deposits in the Tonopah, Goldfield, and Comstock Lode Districts, NV
Magmas to Metals: Melt Inclusion Insights into the Formation of Critical Element-Bearing Ore Deposits
Geochemical Signatures of Covered Mineral Deposits in the Northern Midcontinent
Sources, Forms, Extractability of Metals in Non-Ore Deposit Sources
Macro and Micro Analytical Methods Development
Tellurium in Igneous-related Epithermal Precious Metal Deposits in Colorado and New Mexico
Tectonic and Metallogenic Evolution of the Yukon-Tanana Upland, Alaska
Metallogeny and Tectonics of the Lake Clark and Neacola Mountains Region, South-central Alaska
Rare Earth Element Deposits in the Southeast Mojave Desert
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Organic petrology and micro-spectroscopy of Tasmanites microfossils: Applications to kerogen transformations in the early oil window
USGS Spectral Library Version 7
Mineral thermometry and fluid inclusion studies of the Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite–rare earth element deposit, Mesoproterozoic St. Francois Mountains Terrane, southeast Missouri, USA
Hydrogeologic investigations of the Miocene Nogales Formation in the Nogales Area, Upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona
Developing integrated methods to address complex resource and environmental issues
The distribution and composition of REE-bearing minerals in placers of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, USA
Rare earth element (REE) resources are currently of great interest because of their importance as raw materials for high-technology manufacturing. The REE-phosphates monazite (light REE enriched) and xenotime (heavy REE enriched) resist weathering and can accumulate in placer deposits as part of the heavy mineral assemblage. The Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the southeastern United States ar
Ore mineralogy and textural zonation in the world-class epithermal Waihi Vein System, Hauraki Goldfield
Petrology and diagenetic history of the upper shale member of the Late Devonian-Early Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota
Mining for metals in society's waste
Results of mineral, chemical, and sulfate isotopic analyses of water, soil, rocks, and soil extracts from the Pariette Draw Watershed, Uinta Basin, Utah
Weathering and transport of chromium and nickel from serpentinite in the Coast Range ophiolite to the Sacramento Valley, California, USA
Sedimentology of SPICE (Steptoean positive carbon isotope excursion): A high-resolution trace fossil and microfabric analysis of the middle to late Cambrian Alum Shale Formation, southern Sweden
Below are news stories associated with this project.
The USGS Denver Microbeam Laboratory provides chemical analysis and characterization of rocks, minerals, and environmental samples in support of a wide variety of USGS projects related to mineral resources, including research projects funded by the USGS Mineral Resources Program. The research applications for these projects range from mineral resource research and assessments, to geologic mapping and geochronology, to geologic hazards and radioactive waste disposal, to the environment and human health.
Additional Information
For additional information on the laboratory facilities and equipment, visit the Denver Microbeam Laboratory site.
The Denver Microbeam Laboratory has provided support to these Mineral Resources Program projects:
Antimony In and Around the Yellow Pine Deposit, Central Idaho
Processes Controlling Groundwater Quality in Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Mining
Mineville, Eastern Adirondacks – Geophysical and Geologic Studies
Magmatic-Tectonic History and Component Sources of Major Precious Metal Deposits in the Tonopah, Goldfield, and Comstock Lode Districts, NV
Magmas to Metals: Melt Inclusion Insights into the Formation of Critical Element-Bearing Ore Deposits
Geochemical Signatures of Covered Mineral Deposits in the Northern Midcontinent
Sources, Forms, Extractability of Metals in Non-Ore Deposit Sources
Macro and Micro Analytical Methods Development
Tellurium in Igneous-related Epithermal Precious Metal Deposits in Colorado and New Mexico
Tectonic and Metallogenic Evolution of the Yukon-Tanana Upland, Alaska
Metallogeny and Tectonics of the Lake Clark and Neacola Mountains Region, South-central Alaska
Rare Earth Element Deposits in the Southeast Mojave Desert
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Organic petrology and micro-spectroscopy of Tasmanites microfossils: Applications to kerogen transformations in the early oil window
USGS Spectral Library Version 7
Mineral thermometry and fluid inclusion studies of the Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite–rare earth element deposit, Mesoproterozoic St. Francois Mountains Terrane, southeast Missouri, USA
Hydrogeologic investigations of the Miocene Nogales Formation in the Nogales Area, Upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona
Developing integrated methods to address complex resource and environmental issues
The distribution and composition of REE-bearing minerals in placers of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, USA
Rare earth element (REE) resources are currently of great interest because of their importance as raw materials for high-technology manufacturing. The REE-phosphates monazite (light REE enriched) and xenotime (heavy REE enriched) resist weathering and can accumulate in placer deposits as part of the heavy mineral assemblage. The Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the southeastern United States ar
Ore mineralogy and textural zonation in the world-class epithermal Waihi Vein System, Hauraki Goldfield
Petrology and diagenetic history of the upper shale member of the Late Devonian-Early Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota
Mining for metals in society's waste
Results of mineral, chemical, and sulfate isotopic analyses of water, soil, rocks, and soil extracts from the Pariette Draw Watershed, Uinta Basin, Utah
Weathering and transport of chromium and nickel from serpentinite in the Coast Range ophiolite to the Sacramento Valley, California, USA
Sedimentology of SPICE (Steptoean positive carbon isotope excursion): A high-resolution trace fossil and microfabric analysis of the middle to late Cambrian Alum Shale Formation, southern Sweden
Below are news stories associated with this project.