This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) provides $211,463 to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) to investigate mine waste characterization in the Old Lead Belt District of Missouri. Over the 2-year project period from September 2024 to August 2026, MODNR will conduct field work and sampling of chat piles at the Bonne Terre, National, and Rivermines sites to determine the critical...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $241,301 Cooperative Agreement to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) program. The two-year project will inventory the location, geology, and resource potential of existing mine waste within the state of Missouri. Key activities include compiling geospatial data, conducting field work and sampling at the Pea Ridge tailings impoundment, and analyzing samples at the USGS. The...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) has been awarded a $313,910 National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) grant from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. Under this 3-year project grant, MoDNR will: 1) Create digital scans and metadata for 800 unpublished geological data files, update the National Digital Catalog metadata to national standards, and improve access and usage of the data; 2) Purchase a petrographic slide scanner;...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $1,016,093 to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to conduct new bedrock geologic mapping activities in Missouri. The activities include: Producing bedrock geologic maps for 9 full and 4 partial 7.5-minute quadrangles in the Kansas City and Olathe 30x60 quadrangles, as well as 3 additional 7.5-minute quadrangles in the Sullivan 30x60 quadrangle. These...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), awarded a $222,137 project grant to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR). This 2-year grant (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026) will support the following key activities: Priority 1: MODNR will create digital archives, including photographs and metadata, for 3,000 boxes of geological core samples stored in the Missouri Geological Survey (MGS) repository. This will...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073), provides $549,995 to conduct a regional geochemical survey of the Mississippi Valley-Type Tri-State mining district located in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The Missouri Geological Survey (MGS), Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), and Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) will collaborate to collect up to 500 geological samples, analyze them for critical mineral...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $643,308.48 Cooperative Agreement under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR) Fiscal Management Division. The 3-year project will conduct a geochemical reconnaissance survey of Devonian shales across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland to assess the economic potential for critical minerals including vanadium, molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, rhenium,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,303,940.00 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) will support the Missouri Department of Conservation's effort to update Missouri's digital riverine and wetland data over a five-year period. The project aims to improve the state's geospatial hydrography and wetland data, which are critical for disaster planning, natural resource management, and flood recovery programs. This award is...
The Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $626,046 Cooperative Agreement under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) to the University of Illinois. The project, titled "Critical Minerals in and Around the Upper Mississippi Valley Zn-Pb District", aims to geologically map and characterize the Upper Mississippi Valley Zn-Pb district in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. The key activities include mapping historic mines,...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) received a $308,823 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Programs for Control of Coal Combustion Residuals (CFDA 66.820) program. The grant will support MODNR's efforts to develop and implement a state program for the control of coal combustion residuals (CCR) in accordance with EPA regulations. Key activities include: Conducting rulemaking to adopt the federal CCR disposal standards (40 CFR 257...