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Natural resources panel approves two Earth MRI grant applications for mine‑waste mapping and Cornucopia geologic map
Summary
The committee approved the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries’ federal grant submissions to the USGS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative: a competitive $306,000 proposal to inventory and assess mine wastes and a non‑competitive $330,000 award to map the Cornucopia mining district; both require no state match.
The Natural Resources Subcommittee recommended approval Thursday of two Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DGMI) grant submissions to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).
The first request was a competitive proposal for $306,000 to inventory and characterize mine wastes, including mapping in the Cornucopia Mining District in Baker County, mine waste assessment field studies in…
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