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Oregon geology agency seeks $306,000 USGS grant to inventory and assess historic mine waste
Summary
The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries asked the Natural Resources Subcommittee for Ways and Means on May 6 for permission to apply for a $306,000 U.S. Geological Survey Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) Mine Waste grant to inventory and assess historic mine waste sites in northeast and southwest Oregon.
The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries asked the Natural Resources Subcommittee for Ways and Means on May 6 for permission to apply for a $306,000 U.S. Geological Survey Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) Mine Waste grant to inventory and assess historic mine waste sites in northeast and southwest Oregon.
The request, presented by Jason McClary, program manager for the Geological Survey and Services program at DOGAMI, would fund mapping, geochemical sampling and characterization of legacy mine waste sites and contribute data to a national inventory. "A critical mineral is a metallic or non metallic element that is essential for modern technologies, economies,…
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