Cooperative Agreement DEEE0002836

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $407,297 Cooperative Agreement under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) to the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. The project will perform 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping, collect new geochemical data, and produce modern radiometric ages for igneous suites and mineral deposits in the Dixie Meadows and southern Boulder Bute 7.5 quadrangles in northeast Oregon....

The Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI), a U.S. state government entity, received a $509,646 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073). The award will fund a 3-year project to conduct advanced geologic mapping and mineral resource evaluation, with a focus on characterizing the distribution of lithium and other critical minerals within the northern sector of the McDermitt...

This $1,214,148.49 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), supports the University of Texas at Austin in several key activities over the project period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028. The primary objectives are to: 1) Update metadata in the ReSciColl system for the Bureau of Economic Geology's collections using the LibreSciCollTX software library; 2) Digitize the Bureau's thin...

This $239,788 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research by Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology to study the occurrence and geochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) in highly weathered sedimentary rocks and kaolin deposits in Georgia. The key objectives are to obtain a fundamental understanding of the geochemical factors controlling the...

This Project Grant award, totaling $147,142.30, was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The award supports two key priorities for the West Virginia Geological Economic Survey (WVGES): Purchasing a new benchtop X-ray diffraction (XRD) device to enhance WVGES's analytical capabilities for collecting data on potential critical mineral resources from legacy geological samples. Preparing and submitting...

This two-year, $354,309 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to develop a new three-dimensional subsurface framework model of the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest. The awardee, the University of Texas at Austin, will analyze seismic data collected during the 2021 Cascadia Seismic Imaging Experiment to study the geometry of the plate interface along the margin, variations in plate interface properties, the...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), part of the Department of the Interior, under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) program. The $660,018 award will fund a project to reanalyze existing National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) sediment samples from the Colorado Plateau region using modern geochemical methods. The goal is to provide updated data that can support regional mineral resource assessments and geological studies,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) will provide $3,650,000 to conduct geophysical surveys in the Kuskokwim River and Seward Peninsula regions of Alaska. The project will collect high-quality airborne magnetic and radiometric data to enhance geologic mapping and mineral resource evaluations in these prospective areas for critical minerals such as rare earth elements, tin, tungsten, and platinum group...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $638,334 Project Grant to Arizona State University (ASU) through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop methods for estimating missing thermodynamic properties for 50 critical minerals and 75 ligands, resulting in nearly 30,000 possible complex solutes. The goal is to enhance quantitative geochemical models that can facilitate improved mining strategies and technologies for better utilizing domestic critical...

This $289,851 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program supports research at the University of Delaware that aims to develop new pathways for the recovery and recycling of rare-earth elements (REEs). The project focuses on investigating the formation and properties of high-temperature REE-sulfate liquids, with the goal of advancing alternative REE extraction and separation technologies that could enable more circular manufacturing...