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Western Mineral Resources Science Center, Spokane Office

Link to Spokane Office project activities

Research conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at its Spokane Office has evolved to meet the changing needs of our Nation. The Spokane Office was established in 1942 to facilitate the Strategic Minerals Program during World War II. After the war, several major research projects were started in the Pacific Northwest and headquartered in Spokane, including the Western Phosphate Project under the direction of Vince McKelvey, an intensive study of the Coeur d'Alene district under the direction of S. Warren Hobbs, and a major study of the Boulder Batholith, Montana. Beginning in the 1980's, USGS staff began to conduct mineral-resource assessments for the USFS and BLM in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. Today, staff work on projects that fall under one of four major Program themes: sustainability and societal need, economy and the public policy, environment and public health, and technology and information dissemination.

Tom Frost, Associate Center Director	Jim Evans	Doug Causey	Joanne Sharon
Steve Box	Located in the historic Post Office building downtown Spokane, WA       Pamela Cossette		Mike Zientek
Laurie Balistrieri (located at Univ. of WA)			Dave Frank, Facility Manager
Kim Jenkins Administrative Officer			Art Bookstrom
Phil Moyle (Emeritus)	Mark J. Mihalasky	Wayne Howey	Linda Elmore

Link to Spokane Office project activities

Western Mineral Resources Science Center employees in Spokane

• Balistrieri, Laurie S. (U of WA.) 206-543-8966 - balistri@usgs.gov
• Bookstrom, Arthur 509-368-3119 - abookstrom@usgs.gov
• Box, Stephen E. 509-368-3106 - sbox@usgs.gov
• Causey, J. Douglas 509-368-3116 - dcausey@usgs.gov
• Cossette, Pamela M 509-368-3121 - pcossette@usgs.gov
• Elmore, Linda 509-368-3101 - lelmore@usgs.gov
• Evans, James G. 509-368-3115 - jevans@usgs.gov
• Frank, David G. Facility Manager 509-368-3107 - dfrank@usgs.gov
• Frost, Thomas P. Associate Center Director 509-368-3103 - tfrost@usgs.gov
• Howey, Wayne S. 509-368-3120 whowey@usgs.gov
• Jenkins, Kimberly L. Administrative Officer 509-368-3104 - kjenkins@usgs.gov
• Light, Thomas D. - 509-368-3136 - tlight@usgs.gov
• Mihalasky, Mark J. 509-368-3118 - mjm@usgs.gov
• Moyle, Phillip R. (Emeritus) 509-368-3109 - pmoyle@usgs.gov
• Sharon, Joanne B. Admin Staff 509-368-3102 - jsharon@usgs.gov
• Zientek, Michael L. 509-368-3105 - mzientek@usgs.gov

Link to all Science Center employees

Western Mineral Resources Science Center also has offices in Reno / Menlo Park / Tucson