The Missouri Department of Natural Resources received a $222,137 project grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The grant will fund three priority activities over the 2-year period from September 2024 to August 2026:
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Photographing 3,000 boxes of core samples in the Missouri Geological Survey's repository, creating metadata, and publishing the images online. This will improve access to and preservation of the core samples, which support mineral development, land-use planning, energy infrastructure, hazard mitigation, and environmental studies.
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Purchasing flat file cabinets to improve storage of geological maps in the survey's archives.
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Entering 750 core logs into a database and uploading the data to the National Index of Borehole Information, enhancing accessibility for industry, government, and academic geologists. The grant will also support selecting up to 200 core samples for whole-rock geochemistry analysis.
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