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Sept. 22, 2020

AIPG NATIONAL NEWS

AIPG National Executive Committee and Advisory Board virtual meetings AIPG The AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting will be a hybrid meeting held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Two Advisory Board meetings will be held that afternoon. Some of the AIPG National Executive Committee will be attending the meetings at the AIPG National Headquarters office building conference room in Westminster, Colorado but due to social distancing, we are unable to have anyone else attend in person. All the meetings will be held virtually via Webex. Information for attending the virtual meetings will be available soon. The AIPG Advisory Board Virtual Meetings are 1 p.m., 2:45 p.m. and 4 p.m. The first advisory board meeting is for section discussions. The second advisory board meeting is primarily for the election of the 2021 Advisory Board Delegates to the AIPG 2021 National Executive Committee. READ MORE

TPG Oct.Nov.Dec 2020 Issue Online AIPG The Professional Geologist — Issue 57, Number 4 — October.November.December 2020 FEATURES Peer Reviewed — Mining History Historical Review of the Lovitt Gold Mine Wenatchee, Washington, USA, Graham L Kelsey, CPG-11497, Roger D. Gill, Lorne Brown — Page 4 Peer Reviewed — Mining History Potash Discovery at McSweeny-McNutt #1 Commemorated by Roadside Marker, Peter Smith, CPG-11539 — Page 10 Peer Reviewed — Sustainable Mineral Production Natural Resources and Sustainability: Geoethics Fundamentals and Reality, David M. Abbott, Jr., CPG-04570 — Page 19 Peer Reviewed — Sustainable Mineral Production Lost Secrets of Carlin Gold Exploration, John Wood, CPG-10580 — Page 26 Peer Reviewed — Slope Stability Apparent Cohesion and the Design of Slopes in Sand Quarries, Dr. ir. Robrecht Schmitz, CPG-11917, Dr. ir. Christian Schroeder — Page 28 Weird Sharks and Wright State Students, Ryan Shell, SA-7165, Paige Wilms, SA-9748, Connor Motzko — Page 34 Sri Lanka’s Miocene Jaffna Formation Fractured & Karstic Limestone Aquifer: the Sole Source of Drinking Water in the Jaffna Peninsula, Barney Paul Popkin — Page 41 Peer Reviewed — Sustainable Mineral Production The Retreat from Greenfields Mineral Exploration Was Ultimately Caused by the Growth in the Economic Importance of Open Pit Gold Mining, Larry Brown, CPG-11408 — Page 56 READ MORE

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AIPG Member Survey — Submit by Oct. 9 AIPG AIPG is conducting a survey about “What is the value of AIPG?”. The purpose of this survey is to help direct AIPG leadership’s activities to best serve its membership and the geologic profession. We recognize that we must continually position ourselves to adapt to changes. This survey will be used to help identify the current needs of the organization and provide guidance to make positive changes. We appreciate you taking some time to respond to the survey and to add comments to your response. Providing comments is optional but appreciated. If you are interested in participating in a focus group, please keep an eye out for an announcement of a series of meetings that will provide a web-based meeting for smaller groups to actively participate in discussions. You’ll be directed to the AIPG website where you’ll need to log in as a member. The system will allow you to submit only your survey only once. The last day to submit your survey is Oct. 9. TAKE THE SURVEY

AIPG Student and Early Career Professional Member Survey — Submit by Oct. 9 AIPG AIPG is conducting a survey of its student and early career professional members on "What is the value of AIPG?". The purpose of this survey is to help direct AIPG leadership's activities to best serve its membership and the geologic profession. We recognize that we must continually challenge ourselves to adapt to changes, and certainly this year has emphasized that we live in dynamic circumstances. This survey will be used to help identify the current needs of the organization and provide guidance to make positive changes. We appreciate you taking some time to respond to the survey and to add comments to your response. Providing comments is optional but appreciated. If you are interested in participating in a focus group meeting, please keep an eye out for an announcement of a series of focus group meetings that will provide a web-based for smaller groups to actively participate in discussions. You’ll be directed to the AIPG website where you’ll need to log in as a member. The system will allow you to submit your survey only once. The last day to submit your survey is Oct. 9. Please note that you will also receive an invitation to fill out the survey that was created for all members. We encourage you to fill out both surveys. TAKE THE SURVEY

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AIPG SECTION NEWS

AIPG Pennsylvania Section — BCONE Virtual Regulatory Roundtable, September 29 AIPG Our friends at BCONE have offered us free registration to their upcoming Regulatory Roundtable event on September 29, 2020. The event will focus on recent changes to the PA DEP Management of Fill Policy. Event details are provided below. If you would like to attend, enter the code “SEPT2020BCONE” at registration. READ MORE

AIPG Minnesota Section Monthly Webcast AIPG The AIPG Minnesota Section is now webcasting our Technical Talk Series that runs monthly September through May. We are happy to extend the invitation to all AIPG members. Our first talk of the season will feature Chris Braaten of American Engineering Testing speaking about Forensic Geology/Petrography. READ MORE

EGLE AIPG Michigan Section — Establishing Soil Background for Metals Webinar — Available on YouTube AIPG AIPG Michigan Section Virtual Forum Learning Series presents in partnership with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy Establishing Soil Background for Metals. Did you know that if an approved soil background concentration for a hazardous substances is greater than a cleanup criterion, the criterion becomes the background concentration? Knowing the soil background concentrations for a facility/site can be a useful tool. Obtaining a soil background concentration for metals can be as simple as looking up the Michigan Statewide Default Background Level on the criteria tables. However, more methods to obtain background concentrations are available that can provide more flexibility. The objective of this webinar is to present different options to obtain soil background concentrations for a facility and to provide a better under-standing of what situations are appropriate to use a soil background concentration. READ MORE

AIPG Section Newsletters AIPG AIPG Georgia Section Newsletter — September 2020 AIPG Colorado Section Newsletter — Summer 2020 AIPG Texas Section Newsletter — July 2020 AIPG Pennsylvania Section Newsletter — June 2020 AIPG Michigan Section Newsletter — July Q3 2020

OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS

Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, with Pre- and Post-Meeting Field Trips and Short Courses — May 17-20, 2021 AIPG The Geological Society of Nevada will host its eighth symposium May 17-20, 2021, in the scenic Reno/Lake Tahoe region of northern Nevada. Symposia are held every five years and draw an international audience from the minerals industry, government and universities. GSN symposia are the preeminent regional venue combining geology and exploration in the U.S. The 2021 theme, Vision for Discovery, emphasizes the goal of science to explore and make new discoveries in the Basin and Range province. READ MORE

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

SEPT. 23 Energy Exposition 2020 MORE INFO SEPT. 29 AIPG Pennsylvania Section — BCONE Virtual Regulatory Roundtable MORE INFO OCT. 17 AIPG National Executive Committee and Advisory Board Virtual Meetings MORE INFO NOV. 10-13 Virtual Shale Resource Plays of Oklahoma Workshop MORE INFO MAY 17-20, 2021 Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, with Pre- and Post-Meeting Field Trips and Short Courses Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks, Nevada MORE INFO JUNE 14-16, 2021 10th Annual AIPG Michigan Section Technical Workshop Environmental Risk Management Workshop Roscommon, Michigan MORE INFO OCT. 23-26, 2021 2021 AIPG National Annual Conference Sacramento, California MORE INFO

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Venus' ancient layered, folded rocks point to volcanic origin North Carolina State University via ScienceDaily An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity. The finding could provide insights into the enigmatic planet's geological history. READ MORE

A 32-million year cycle detected in sea-level fluctuations over the last 545 Myr Geoscience Frontiers Spectral analyses of past relative sea-level oscillations as represented by the ages of 57 Phanerozoic (the last 545 Myr) stratigraphic sequence boundaries from the Canadian Arctic show a strong spectral peak at 32 Myr (>99.9% confidence). These findings concur with previous reports of significant cycles with periods of around 30 Myr in various records of fluctuations of sea level, and in potentially related episodes of tectonism, volcanism, climate and biotic extinctions. READ MORE

Modern theory from ancient impacts University of Tokyo via ScienceDaily It is generally accepted that the inner region of the early solar system was subject to an intense period of meteoric bombardment referred to as the late heavy bombardment. However, researchers have found evidence that suggests this period occurred slightly earlier than thought and was less intense but also more prolonged. Such details about this period could impact theories about the early Earth and the dawn of life. READ MORE

Seismic observations, numerical modeling, and geomorphic analysis of a glacier lake outburst flood in the Himalayas ScienceAdvances Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a substantial hazard for downstream communities in vulnerable regions, yet unpredictable triggers and remote source locations make GLOF dynamics difficult to measure and quantify. Here, we revisit a destructive GLOF that occurred in Bhutan in 1994 and apply cross-correlation–based seismic analyses to track the evolution of the GLOF remotely (~100 kilometers from the source region). READ MORE

A review of tsunami hazards in the Makran Subduction Zone Geosciences The uncertain tsunamigenic potential of the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) has made it an interesting natural laboratory for tsunami-related studies. This study aims to review the recent activities on tsunami hazard in the Makran subduction zone with a focus on deterministic and probabilistic tsunami hazard assessments. READ MORE

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