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Senior Economic Geologist 
Minerals Outreach Liaison
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
801 Leroy Place 
Socorro NM 87801-4796 
(575) 835-5521 

Certified Professional Geologist #CPG-7438 (AIPG)

Education

• Graduated Woodlawn Senior High School, Baltimore, MD June 1973
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Geology B.S., May 1977
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Geophysics B.S., May 1977
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Geology M.S. May 1980
• University of Texas at El Paso, Ph.D., Geoscience, December 1993
• Numerous short courses on: geochemistry, environmental geology, exploration, porphyry copper deposits, design and mangement of databases, GIS ARCMAP, geotechnical engineering of mine slopes and waste rock piles, uranium geology and geochemistry, mine reclamation

Professional Experience (also see Awards & Service)

• Employed at NMBMMR since June 1980, tenured 1986
• Appointed Senior Economic Geologist 1993
• Adjunct faculty appointment Earth and Environmental Science Department and Mineral Engineering Department, 1996-present
• May 1979 to September 1979 Urangesellschaft, USA, Inc., Denver, CO 80222, Position: Assistant field geologist
• July 1976 to May 1977 Tax Mapping Supervisor, Battaan Memorial Building, Santa Fe, NM (office in Socorro) Position:Draftsman - plotted tax properties for Socorro County Assessor's Office
• From January 1976 to May 1976 Employer:NMIMT, Socorro, NM 87801 Position:Teaching assistant (taught surveying lab)
• From July 1975 to September 1975 Employer:Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Houston, TX 77001, Position: Exploration geologist

Courses Taught

• Teacher's workshop presentations
• Geology of Industrial Minerals
• Geology and Mining of Uranium Deposits
• Geology and Econimics of Strategic and Critical Minerals

Specialties and Interests (also see full CV)

• Mineral resources in New Mexico (geology, origin, resource potential, water resources, environmental assessment, impacts on water resources, reclamation, sustainable development; see current projects)
• Geology and history of mining districts in New Mexico
• Geology and geochemistry of Proterozoic mafic and granitic rocks in the Burro Mountains and Little Hatchet Mountains and adjacent areas of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and Arizona
• Geology and geochemistry and tectonic evolution of Cambrian-Ordovician syenites and carbonatites in New Mexico
• Weathering of mine waste rock piles

Membership in Professional Societies (also see Awards & Service)

• American Institute of Professional Geologists—CPG #7438 (AIPG)
• Mineralogical Society of America
• Geological Society of America (GSA)
• Association of Applied Geochemistry, Fellow (AAG)
• Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
• Northwest Mining Association
• Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC)
• American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation (ASSMR)
• Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
• Society of Economic Geologists, Fellow (SEG)
• Northwest Mining Association (NWMA)
• New Mexico Geological Society, Life member (NMGS)

Outreach Activities

• The case of the scarlet mineral: mineral identification
• The imporatance of minerals to New Mexico: where they are found and how they are used
• Gold panning in New Mexico
• Gold in New Mexico
• Edible rocks: rock identificationMineral resources in New Mexico
• Salt and turquoise, how ancient cultures were affected by geology
• Geology of state parks in New Mexico
• Mining and mineral resources in New Mexico (see current projects)

Laboratory

CLAY LAB

Other

• Faculty sponsor New Mexico Tech Shooting Sports Club
• Coach New Mexico Tech Rifle Team

Updated April 22, 2013

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