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Mineral and geoenvironmental modeling, assessment methodologies, and related studies of industrial minerals and surficial processes

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Deliverables:

Aggregate Demand (Robinson):

• Publication of the aggregate demand forecasting model

Industrial Minerals in Alaska (Schmidt):

• Fact sheet on industrial minerals in Alaska

Clay (Foley):

• Database summarizing mineralogical and geochemical data of kaolin, ball clay, bentonite,and Fullers earth deposits of the southeastern US Field work to collect samples of bentonites in MS, TN, and KY Complete database on mineralogical and geochemical data of bentonites and Fullers earth deposits

Remote Sensing (Crowley):

• Economic Geology paper on the association of AVIRIS identified Mg-clays with borate deposits Draft of SEBASS applications in remote sensing of industrial minerals

National Aggregate Evaluation/Classification (Langer):

• Develop web page to access regional-scale database

Regional Aggregate Assessment

• Pre-assessment report on key issues (Boise Aggregate, Bliss and Moyle)
• Bulletin on improved assessment techniques for glacial aggregates to review (Glacial Aggregate, Drew)

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