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Erin Benson is a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow with the GMEG Science Center in Spokane, WA. Erin received an MSc in Earth Science from Indiana University Bloomington in 2018 and a PhD from Duke University in 2022. Since joining the USGS in 2022, she has used isotopes and mineral chemistry to study magmatic ore deposits.