Not listed PROJECT TITLE: DATA PRESERVATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YEAR 6 CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEW MEXICOPROJECT PERIOD: 6 1 2024 THROUGH 5 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE: IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE SEEK TO EXPAND THE BREADTH OF OUR PRESERVATION EFFORTS BY CONTINUING OUR THIN SECTION SCANNING AND UNDERTAKING PILOT PROJECTS. THESE PILOTS INCLUDE 1) CREATING AND SERVING DIGITAL IMAGES OF STRIP CHIP SETS, 2) CREATING AND SERVING DIGITAL IMAGES OF MICROPROBE MOUNTS, 3) DIGITIZING AND GEOREFERENCING A RANGE OF PHYSICAL MAPS, AND 4) CREATING A CENTRALIZED THIN SECTION LIBRARY FOR DONATED MATERIALS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THROUGH GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MINE WASTES, THE RECIPIENT WILL CONTINUE IDENTIFYING THE STATE S TUNGSTEN, ALUMINUM, GALLIUM, TIN, LITHIUM, ZINC, AND NICKEL DEPOSITS. PUBLISHED REPORTS ON REE MINERALS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF REE CORES, AND A CATALOG OF ALL SAMPLES STUDIED WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED. CHIP STRIPS ARE SAMPLES OF WELLBORE CUTTINGS EPOXIED TO A CARDBOARD BACKING, REPRESENTING A SYNTHESIZED SNAPSHOT OF THE GEOLOGY OF A WELL IN 300-FOOT SEGMENTS. THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS ABOUT 300 WELLBORES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE RECIPIENT ELECTRON MICROPROBE LABORATORY HAS OVER 1000 ELECTRON MICROPROBE MOUNTS, REPRESENTING A WIDE RANGE OF ROCK TYPES, THAT ARE WELL-ORGANIZED AND ACCESSIBLE. SCANNING THESE POLISHED SAMPLES, CATALOGING AND SERVING THE SCANNED IMAGES, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED BACKSCATTERED PHOTOS AND CHEMICAL MAPS, WOULD BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INVESTIGATORS WHOSE RESEARCH COULD BENEFIT FROM EITHER OBTAINING THE SAMPLE FOR FURTHER SAVING TIME FOR SHAREHOLDERS IN NOT HAVING TO RECOLLECT OR RE-PREPARE SAMPLES NEEDED FOR THEIR RESEARCH. THE RECIPIENTS ANTICIPATES CONVERTING A MINIMUM OF 20 MAPS FROM SCANNED PDFS TO GEOPDF OR TIF FORMATS AND THEN MIGRATE THESE FILES TO THE ARCGIS PLATFORM, WHERE THE MAPS CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THEIR INTERACTIVE WEB MAP. SELECTED MAPS, WHICH WILL BE USED TO ESTABLISH WORKFLOW, INCLUDE PREVIOUSLY SCANNED ARCHIVED MAPS FOR CRITICAL MINERAL RESEARCH, FIELDWORK MAPS SHOWING SAMPLE LOCATIONS, AND PETROLEUM EXPLORATION MAPS TO DEVELOP WORKFLOWS. THE BUREAU OF GEOLOGY HAS MANY THIN SECTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW. RECENTLY, THE RECIPIENT HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL TEACHING SETS AS DONATIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF THIN SECTIONS FROM THE THESIS OF WORK DONE FOR NEW MEXICO-BASED THESIS. PRIORITY 3 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COMPILING A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, COMPILING GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF DEPOSITS, PHOTOGRAPHING AND DESCRIBING CORE STORED IN THE STATE SURVEY. NEW ACTIVITIES INCLUDE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES WITH POTENTIAL CRITICAL MINERALS BY USGS, PREPARING COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS, UPLOADING FIELD AND CORE PHOTOS, AND CRITICAL MINERAL OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: 1) SERVE IMAGES OF STRIP CHIP SETS ONLINE, 2) MICROPROBE MOUNT IMAGES AND DATA, 3) GEOREFERENCING MAPS, 4) CENTRALIZED THIN SECTION LIBRARY, 5) REE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, 6) PUBLISH REPORTS ON REE MINERALS, 7) REE CORE PHOTOGRAPHY, AND 8) ATTEND DATA PRESERVATION WORKSHOP. INTENDED BENEFICIARY (IES): RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS CONDUCTING RESEARCH OR DOING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN NM, THE PUBLIC, TEACHERS, AND OTHER NM STAKEHOLDERS.SUBRECIPIENTS ACTIVITIES: N A $0 7/19/24 Not listed PROJECT TITLE: DATA PRESERVATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YEAR 6 CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEW MEXICOPROJECT PERIOD: 6 1 2024 THROUGH 5 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE: IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE SEEK TO EXPAND THE BREADTH OF OUR PRESERVATION EFFORTS BY CONTINUING OUR THIN SECTION SCANNING AND UNDERTAKING PILOT PROJECTS. THESE PILOTS INCLUDE 1) CREATING AND SERVING DIGITAL IMAGES OF STRIP CHIP SETS, 2) CREATING AND SERVING DIGITAL IMAGES OF MICROPROBE MOUNTS, 3) DIGITIZING AND GEOREFERENCING A RANGE OF PHYSICAL MAPS, AND 4) CREATING A CENTRALIZED THIN SECTION LIBRARY FOR DONATED MATERIALS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THROUGH GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MINE WASTES, THE RECIPIENT WILL CONTINUE IDENTIFYING THE STATE S TUNGSTEN, ALUMINUM, GALLIUM, TIN, LITHIUM, ZINC, AND NICKEL DEPOSITS. PUBLISHED REPORTS ON REE MINERALS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF REE CORES, AND A CATALOG OF ALL SAMPLES STUDIED WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED. CHIP STRIPS ARE SAMPLES OF WELLBORE CUTTINGS EPOXIED TO A CARDBOARD BACKING, REPRESENTING A SYNTHESIZED SNAPSHOT OF THE GEOLOGY OF A WELL IN 300-FOOT SEGMENTS. THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS ABOUT 300 WELLBORES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE RECIPIENT ELECTRON MICROPROBE LABORATORY HAS OVER 1000 ELECTRON MICROPROBE MOUNTS, REPRESENTING A WIDE RANGE OF ROCK TYPES, THAT ARE WELL-ORGANIZED AND ACCESSIBLE. SCANNING THESE POLISHED SAMPLES, CATALOGING AND SERVING THE SCANNED IMAGES, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED BACKSCATTERED PHOTOS AND CHEMICAL MAPS, WOULD BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INVESTIGATORS WHOSE RESEARCH COULD BENEFIT FROM EITHER OBTAINING THE SAMPLE FOR FURTHER SAVING TIME FOR SHAREHOLDERS IN NOT HAVING TO RECOLLECT OR RE-PREPARE SAMPLES NEEDED FOR THEIR RESEARCH. THE RECIPIENTS ANTICIPATES CONVERTING A MINIMUM OF 20 MAPS FROM SCANNED PDFS TO GEOPDF OR TIF FORMATS AND THEN MIGRATE THESE FILES TO THE ARCGIS PLATFORM, WHERE THE MAPS CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THEIR INTERACTIVE WEB MAP. SELECTED MAPS, WHICH WILL BE USED TO ESTABLISH WORKFLOW, INCLUDE PREVIOUSLY SCANNED ARCHIVED MAPS FOR CRITICAL MINERAL RESEARCH, FIELDWORK MAPS SHOWING SAMPLE LOCATIONS, AND PETROLEUM EXPLORATION MAPS TO DEVELOP WORKFLOWS. THE BUREAU OF GEOLOGY HAS MANY THIN SECTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW. RECENTLY, THE RECIPIENT HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL TEACHING SETS AS DONATIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF THIN SECTIONS FROM THE THESIS OF WORK DONE FOR NEW MEXICO-BASED THESIS. PRIORITY 3 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COMPILING A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, COMPILING GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF DEPOSITS, PHOTOGRAPHING AND DESCRIBING CORE STORED IN THE STATE SURVEY. NEW ACTIVITIES INCLUDE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES WITH POTENTIAL CRITICAL MINERALS BY USGS, PREPARING COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS, UPLOADING FIELD AND CORE PHOTOS, AND CRITICAL MINERAL OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: 1) SERVE IMAGES OF STRIP CHIP SETS ONLINE, 2) MICROPROBE MOUNT IMAGES AND DATA, 3) GEOREFERENCING MAPS, 4) CENTRALIZED THIN SECTION LIBRARY, 5) REE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, 6) PUBLISH REPORTS ON REE MINERALS, 7) REE CORE PHOTOGRAPHY, AND 8) ATTEND DATA PRESERVATION WORKSHOP. INTENDED BENEFICIARY (IES): RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS CONDUCTING RESEARCH OR DOING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN NM, THE PUBLIC, TEACHERS, AND OTHER NM STAKEHOLDERS.SUBRECIPIENTS ACTIVITIES: N A $89.0k 5/16/24