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Publication Id:

RI-37

Publication Type:

Reports of Investigation

Title:

Regional Investigation of Rare Earth Element-Enriched Underclay Deposits in the Central and Eastern United States: an Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) Geochemical Reconnaissance Study

Author:

Moore, Jessica

Other Author(s):

Hanna, H., Royce, B., Daft, G., Andrews, W., Eble, C., and Brown, S.

Year:

2024

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Appendix 964 p

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The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) works to identify mineralized areas or deposits across the United States that may host critical minerals to be utilized as a domestic resource. Aluminum-rich clays associated with coal horizons in Pennsylvanian-age strata occur throughout the Appalachian Plateau Province, the Central Appalachian Basin, and the Illinois Basin and have the potential to be low-grade, large-volume, critical mineral feedstocks. Understanding of the distribution of metals in varying lithologies and stratigraphic positions is limited by data density and a lack of modern geochemical data. Led by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey and including the participation of eight state geological surveys, a multi-year, regional reconnaissance study collected over one thousand stratigraphic and spatially representative underclay samples in the Appalachian and Illinois Basins. The samples were collected from both core and outcrops and were analyzed by the USGS and are presented in this peer-reviewed report.

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