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GEOC589, GEOL589, ME589, ME589D Advanced Topics — Geology and Economics of Industrial Minerals (3 credits)

Virginia McLemore

Spring 2023

Course descripiton

Lectures

1Introduction

2Sampling

3Geology

4geology2

5beryllium

6Tellurium

7Databases

8Marketing

9REE

MIDTERM due March 20

Field Trips

Lemitar handout

Winston23

Newcomer paper

Humates

Extra Readings and information

sampling plan

HASP

SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM: STATE OF THE MARKETS, THE CRISIS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Yano, 2013, TRACE ELEMENTS IN PORPHYRY COPPER SYSTEMS AS STRATEGIC MINERALS

M Glover and M Warnken, Cities as Mine Sites of the Future

N Pajunen and K Heiskanen DRIVERS AND BARRIERS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN – THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF RECYCLING IN THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM

McLemore (1983) carbonatites

McLemoe (2020) episyenites

7Mountain Pass

7Bokan Mountain 1

7Bokan Mountain 2

7Review of REE production, processing, environmental issues

8Barton and Young

8MinEng

8PP1802e

9Spence-Jones

9CrippleCreek

9DeerHorn

9USGS

10 Taylor

10Munk

10 Critical

10 minerals

10 pp1802

10 sir

Lemitar carbonatites

McLemore (1983, 1989, 1990)

Map

Updated April 18, 2023