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Papers by Carma Juan

Research paper thumbnail of Knowledge-Driven Prospectivity Modeling of Clastic-Dominated Lead-Zinc Mineral Systems for Australia, Canada, and the United States

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Reconnaissance of Weathering Rates in Alpine Catchments of Central Colorado, Usa

Research paper thumbnail of Mine Waste as a Potential Resource

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Procedures for the development of conceptual and numerical models for the Jackson Hole alluvial aquifer, Teton County, Wyoming, using ARC/INFO GIS and MODFLOW

Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library, Dec 31, 1993

This engineering report is submitted to the faculty and Board of Trustees of the Colorado School ... more This engineering report is submitted to the faculty and Board of Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering (Geological Engineer).

Research paper thumbnail of Prioritization of Legacy Mine Sites for Work: The Largest Past Producers of Base Metals, Precious Metals, and Critical Minerals in the Us

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California

Research paper thumbnail of Geologic Mapping and Society; a Federal Perspective

Research paper thumbnail of Database for Geologic and Structure Maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 Degree Quadrangle, Montana, and Alberta and British Columbia

The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, M... more The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Montana, and Alberta and British Columbia, is a Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map published in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2267 (Harrison and others, 2000). The updated digital data present the attribute tables and geospatial features (lines and polygons) in the format that meets GeMS requirements. This data release presents the geologic map as shown on the plates and captured in geospatial data for the published map. Minor errors, such as mistakes in line decoration or differences between the digital data and the map image, are corrected in this version. The database represents the geology for the 16,436 square kilometer, geologically complex Kalispell 1 x 2 degrees Quadrangle, at a publication scale of 1:250,000. The map covers primarily Flathead and Lincoln Counties, but also includes...

Research paper thumbnail of GIS Data for Geologic and Structure Maps of the Wallace 1 x 2 Degrees Quadrangle, Montana and Idaho

The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Wallace 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Mon... more The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Wallace 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Montana and Idaho, is a Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map published in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1509-A (Harrison and others, 2000). The updated digital data present the attribute tables and geospatial features (points, lines and polygons) in the format that meets GeMS requirements. This data release presents the geologic map as shown on the plates and captured in geospatial data for the published map. Minor errors, such as mistakes in line decoration or differences between the digital data and the map image, are corrected in this version. The database represents the geology for the 16,754 square kilometer, geologically complex Wallace quadrangle in northern Idaho and western Montana, at a publication scale of 1:250,000. The map covers primarily Lake, Mineral, Sanders and Shoshone Counti...

Research paper thumbnail of Battery and Energy Metals: Significant Deposits of Cobalt, Gallium, Germanium, Graphite, Indium, Lithium, Manganese, Pges, Rees, and Tellurium in the Western Usa

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Investitionsprozesse der öffentlichen Hand aus Sicht der Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie und der Behavioral Economics

Neue Strategien, Methoden und Ansätze in der Polizei und der öffentlichen Verwaltung, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of GIS Data for Geologic Map of the Challis 1 x 2 Degrees Quadrangle, Idaho

The data release for the geologic map of the Challis 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Idaho, is a Geolog... more The data release for the geologic map of the Challis 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Idaho, is a Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map published in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Miscellaneous Investigations I-1819 (Fisher and others, 1992). The updated digital data present the attribute tables and geospatial features (points, lines and polygons) in the format that meets GeMS requirements. This data release presents the geologic map as shown on the plates and captured in geospatial data for the published map. Minor errors, such as mistakes in line decoration or differences between the digital data and the map image, are corrected in this version. The database represents the geology for the 4.4 million acre, geologically complex Challis 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, at a publication scale of 1:250,000. The map covers primarily Boise, Custer, Lemhi and Valley Counties, but also includes minor parts of Elmore County. These GIS data supersede ...

Research paper thumbnail of Mineral Regions, Mines and Mineral Occurrences in the Carlin Area, Nevada

Sediment hosted gold deposits in Nevada were first mined in the 1960s from open pit mines with la... more Sediment hosted gold deposits in Nevada were first mined in the 1960s from open pit mines with large tonnage and low grade resources. Since that time, continuing exploration and discovery have identified extraordinary resources, and together these deposits now form the second-largest gold endowment on Earth, surpassed only by the Witwatersrand Gold Fields of South Africa. The data herein are part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project to develop an updated geospatial database of mines, mineral deposits and mineral regions in the United States. The point and polygon layers within this database represent locations of mines, mineral occurrences (which includes deposits and prospects), and mining districts in an approximately 200-square mile area northwest of Carlin, Nevada. Tables contain additional information such as commodity, geology, deposit types, activity status, deposit resources, and mine production. The extent of surface workings, when visible on imagery, is also c...

Research paper thumbnail of Data–driven prospectivity modelling of sediment–hosted Zn–Pb mineral systems and their critical raw materials

Ore Geology Reviews, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The Critical Minerals Initiative of the US Geological Survey’s Mineral Deposit Database Project: USMIN

Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2021

The objective of the US Geological Survey’s mineral deposit database project (USMIN) is to develo... more The objective of the US Geological Survey’s mineral deposit database project (USMIN) is to develop a comprehensive twenty-first century geospatial database that is the authoritative source of the most important mines, mineral deposits, and mineral districts of the US. Since May 2017, the project has focused on critical minerals. Data for critical minerals that are produced as products are relatively robust, whereas data for critical minerals that may be recovered as byproducts are commonly of much poorer quality. Similarly, more is known about critical minerals that occur in conventional deposits than where those critical minerals occur in unconventional deposits. For example, rare earth elements occur principally in deposits hosted by alkaline igneous rocks, but there is potential for their production from phosphate rock mining, which is less documented. Lithium (Li) has been recovered from pegmatites and brines, but other Li-bearing deposit types have been delineated that may go into production. Cobalt may be produced as a byproduct or coproduct from a wide range of mineral deposit types, whereas rhenium is a byproduct of copper ore. Significant opportunities for research exist that could help identify new sources of critical minerals, and may also help increase production and recovery from existing sources.

Research paper thumbnail of Geologic Mapping and Society; a Federal Perspective

Research paper thumbnail of Improving Ventilation in Large-Opening Mines

Research paper thumbnail of Improving Ventilation in Large-Opening Mines

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of the extent of contamination caused by historical mining in catchments of central Colorado

Research paper thumbnail of Potential Environmental and Environmental-Health Implications of the SAFRR Tsunami Scenario in California: Chapter F in <i>The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) Tsunami Scenario</i>

Open-File Report, 2013

The California Tsunami Scenario models the impacts of a hypothetical, yet plausible, tsunami caus... more The California Tsunami Scenario models the impacts of a hypothetical, yet plausible, tsunami caused by an earthquake offshore from the Alaska Peninsula. In this chapter, we interpret plausible tsunami-related contamination, environmental impacts, potential for human exposures to contaminants and hazardous materials, and implications for remediation and recovery. Inundation-related damages to major ports, boat yards, and many marinas could release complex debris, crude oil, various fuel types and other petroleum products, some liquid bulk cargo and dry bulk cargo, and diverse other pollutants into nearby coastal marine environments and onshore in the inundation zone. Tsunami-induced erosion of contaminated harbor bottom sediments could re-expose previously sequestered metal and organic pollutants (for example, organotin or DDT). Inundation-related damage to many older buildings could produce debris containing lead paint, asbestos, pesticides, and other legacy contaminants. Intermingled household debris and externally derived debris and sediments would be left in flooded buildings. Post tsunami, mold would likely develop in inundated houses, buildings, and debris piles. Tsunamigenic fires in spilled oil, debris, cargo, vehicles, vegetation, and residential, commercial, or industrial buildings and their contents would produce potentially toxic gases and smoke, airborne ash, and residual ash/debris containing caustic alkali solids, metal toxicants, asbestos, and various organic toxicants. Inundation of and damage to wastewater treatment plants in many coastal cities could release raw sewage containing fecal solids, pathogens, and waste chemicals, as well as chemicals used to treat wastewaters. Tsunami-related physical damages, debris, and contamination could have short-and longer-term impacts on the environment and the health of coastal marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Marine habitats in intertidal zones, marshes, sloughs, and lagoons could be damaged by erosion or sedimentation, and could receive an influx of debris, metal and organic contaminants, and sewage-related pathogens. Debris and re-exposed contaminated sediments would be a source of sea-or rain-water-leachable metal and organic contaminants that could pose chronic toxicity threats to ecosystems. If human populations are successfully evacuated prior to the tsunami arrival, there would be no or limited numbers of drownings, other casualties, or related injuries, wounds, and infections. Immediately after the tsunami, human populations away from the inundation zone 2 could be transiently exposed to airborne gases, smoke, and ash from tsunamigenic fires. Cleanup and disposal, particularly of hazardous materials, would pose substantial logistical challenges and economic costs. Given the high value of the coastal residential and commercial properties in the inundation zone, it can be postulated that there would be substantial insurance claims for environmental restoration, mold mitigation, disposal of debris that contains hazardous materials, and costs of litigation related to environmental liability. Post-tsunami cleanup, if done with appropriate mitigation (for example, dust control), personal protection, and disposal measures, would help reduce the potential for cleanup-worker and resident exposures to toxicants and pathogens in harbor waters, debris, soils, ponded waters, and buildings. A number of other steps can be taken by governments, businesses, and residents to help reduce the environmental impacts of tsunamis and to recover more quickly from these environmental impacts. For example, development of State and local policies that foster rapid assessment of potential contamination, as well as rapid decision making for disposal options should hazardous debris or sediment be identified, would help enhance recovery by speeding cleanup.

Research paper thumbnail of Knowledge-Driven Prospectivity Modeling of Clastic-Dominated Lead-Zinc Mineral Systems for Australia, Canada, and the United States

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Reconnaissance of Weathering Rates in Alpine Catchments of Central Colorado, Usa

Research paper thumbnail of Mine Waste as a Potential Resource

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Procedures for the development of conceptual and numerical models for the Jackson Hole alluvial aquifer, Teton County, Wyoming, using ARC/INFO GIS and MODFLOW

Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library, Dec 31, 1993

This engineering report is submitted to the faculty and Board of Trustees of the Colorado School ... more This engineering report is submitted to the faculty and Board of Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering (Geological Engineer).

Research paper thumbnail of Prioritization of Legacy Mine Sites for Work: The Largest Past Producers of Base Metals, Precious Metals, and Critical Minerals in the Us

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California

Research paper thumbnail of Geologic Mapping and Society; a Federal Perspective

Research paper thumbnail of Database for Geologic and Structure Maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 Degree Quadrangle, Montana, and Alberta and British Columbia

The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, M... more The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Montana, and Alberta and British Columbia, is a Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map published in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2267 (Harrison and others, 2000). The updated digital data present the attribute tables and geospatial features (lines and polygons) in the format that meets GeMS requirements. This data release presents the geologic map as shown on the plates and captured in geospatial data for the published map. Minor errors, such as mistakes in line decoration or differences between the digital data and the map image, are corrected in this version. The database represents the geology for the 16,436 square kilometer, geologically complex Kalispell 1 x 2 degrees Quadrangle, at a publication scale of 1:250,000. The map covers primarily Flathead and Lincoln Counties, but also includes...

Research paper thumbnail of GIS Data for Geologic and Structure Maps of the Wallace 1 x 2 Degrees Quadrangle, Montana and Idaho

The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Wallace 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Mon... more The data release for the geologic and structure maps of the Wallace 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Montana and Idaho, is a Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map published in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1509-A (Harrison and others, 2000). The updated digital data present the attribute tables and geospatial features (points, lines and polygons) in the format that meets GeMS requirements. This data release presents the geologic map as shown on the plates and captured in geospatial data for the published map. Minor errors, such as mistakes in line decoration or differences between the digital data and the map image, are corrected in this version. The database represents the geology for the 16,754 square kilometer, geologically complex Wallace quadrangle in northern Idaho and western Montana, at a publication scale of 1:250,000. The map covers primarily Lake, Mineral, Sanders and Shoshone Counti...

Research paper thumbnail of Battery and Energy Metals: Significant Deposits of Cobalt, Gallium, Germanium, Graphite, Indium, Lithium, Manganese, Pges, Rees, and Tellurium in the Western Usa

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Research paper thumbnail of Investitionsprozesse der öffentlichen Hand aus Sicht der Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie und der Behavioral Economics

Neue Strategien, Methoden und Ansätze in der Polizei und der öffentlichen Verwaltung, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of GIS Data for Geologic Map of the Challis 1 x 2 Degrees Quadrangle, Idaho

The data release for the geologic map of the Challis 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Idaho, is a Geolog... more The data release for the geologic map of the Challis 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, Idaho, is a Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map published in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Miscellaneous Investigations I-1819 (Fisher and others, 1992). The updated digital data present the attribute tables and geospatial features (points, lines and polygons) in the format that meets GeMS requirements. This data release presents the geologic map as shown on the plates and captured in geospatial data for the published map. Minor errors, such as mistakes in line decoration or differences between the digital data and the map image, are corrected in this version. The database represents the geology for the 4.4 million acre, geologically complex Challis 1 x 2 degrees quadrangle, at a publication scale of 1:250,000. The map covers primarily Boise, Custer, Lemhi and Valley Counties, but also includes minor parts of Elmore County. These GIS data supersede ...

Research paper thumbnail of Mineral Regions, Mines and Mineral Occurrences in the Carlin Area, Nevada

Sediment hosted gold deposits in Nevada were first mined in the 1960s from open pit mines with la... more Sediment hosted gold deposits in Nevada were first mined in the 1960s from open pit mines with large tonnage and low grade resources. Since that time, continuing exploration and discovery have identified extraordinary resources, and together these deposits now form the second-largest gold endowment on Earth, surpassed only by the Witwatersrand Gold Fields of South Africa. The data herein are part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project to develop an updated geospatial database of mines, mineral deposits and mineral regions in the United States. The point and polygon layers within this database represent locations of mines, mineral occurrences (which includes deposits and prospects), and mining districts in an approximately 200-square mile area northwest of Carlin, Nevada. Tables contain additional information such as commodity, geology, deposit types, activity status, deposit resources, and mine production. The extent of surface workings, when visible on imagery, is also c...

Research paper thumbnail of Data–driven prospectivity modelling of sediment–hosted Zn–Pb mineral systems and their critical raw materials

Ore Geology Reviews, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The Critical Minerals Initiative of the US Geological Survey’s Mineral Deposit Database Project: USMIN

Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2021

The objective of the US Geological Survey’s mineral deposit database project (USMIN) is to develo... more The objective of the US Geological Survey’s mineral deposit database project (USMIN) is to develop a comprehensive twenty-first century geospatial database that is the authoritative source of the most important mines, mineral deposits, and mineral districts of the US. Since May 2017, the project has focused on critical minerals. Data for critical minerals that are produced as products are relatively robust, whereas data for critical minerals that may be recovered as byproducts are commonly of much poorer quality. Similarly, more is known about critical minerals that occur in conventional deposits than where those critical minerals occur in unconventional deposits. For example, rare earth elements occur principally in deposits hosted by alkaline igneous rocks, but there is potential for their production from phosphate rock mining, which is less documented. Lithium (Li) has been recovered from pegmatites and brines, but other Li-bearing deposit types have been delineated that may go into production. Cobalt may be produced as a byproduct or coproduct from a wide range of mineral deposit types, whereas rhenium is a byproduct of copper ore. Significant opportunities for research exist that could help identify new sources of critical minerals, and may also help increase production and recovery from existing sources.

Research paper thumbnail of Geologic Mapping and Society; a Federal Perspective

Research paper thumbnail of Improving Ventilation in Large-Opening Mines

Research paper thumbnail of Improving Ventilation in Large-Opening Mines

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of the extent of contamination caused by historical mining in catchments of central Colorado

Research paper thumbnail of Potential Environmental and Environmental-Health Implications of the SAFRR Tsunami Scenario in California: Chapter F in <i>The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) Tsunami Scenario</i>

Open-File Report, 2013

The California Tsunami Scenario models the impacts of a hypothetical, yet plausible, tsunami caus... more The California Tsunami Scenario models the impacts of a hypothetical, yet plausible, tsunami caused by an earthquake offshore from the Alaska Peninsula. In this chapter, we interpret plausible tsunami-related contamination, environmental impacts, potential for human exposures to contaminants and hazardous materials, and implications for remediation and recovery. Inundation-related damages to major ports, boat yards, and many marinas could release complex debris, crude oil, various fuel types and other petroleum products, some liquid bulk cargo and dry bulk cargo, and diverse other pollutants into nearby coastal marine environments and onshore in the inundation zone. Tsunami-induced erosion of contaminated harbor bottom sediments could re-expose previously sequestered metal and organic pollutants (for example, organotin or DDT). Inundation-related damage to many older buildings could produce debris containing lead paint, asbestos, pesticides, and other legacy contaminants. Intermingled household debris and externally derived debris and sediments would be left in flooded buildings. Post tsunami, mold would likely develop in inundated houses, buildings, and debris piles. Tsunamigenic fires in spilled oil, debris, cargo, vehicles, vegetation, and residential, commercial, or industrial buildings and their contents would produce potentially toxic gases and smoke, airborne ash, and residual ash/debris containing caustic alkali solids, metal toxicants, asbestos, and various organic toxicants. Inundation of and damage to wastewater treatment plants in many coastal cities could release raw sewage containing fecal solids, pathogens, and waste chemicals, as well as chemicals used to treat wastewaters. Tsunami-related physical damages, debris, and contamination could have short-and longer-term impacts on the environment and the health of coastal marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Marine habitats in intertidal zones, marshes, sloughs, and lagoons could be damaged by erosion or sedimentation, and could receive an influx of debris, metal and organic contaminants, and sewage-related pathogens. Debris and re-exposed contaminated sediments would be a source of sea-or rain-water-leachable metal and organic contaminants that could pose chronic toxicity threats to ecosystems. If human populations are successfully evacuated prior to the tsunami arrival, there would be no or limited numbers of drownings, other casualties, or related injuries, wounds, and infections. Immediately after the tsunami, human populations away from the inundation zone 2 could be transiently exposed to airborne gases, smoke, and ash from tsunamigenic fires. Cleanup and disposal, particularly of hazardous materials, would pose substantial logistical challenges and economic costs. Given the high value of the coastal residential and commercial properties in the inundation zone, it can be postulated that there would be substantial insurance claims for environmental restoration, mold mitigation, disposal of debris that contains hazardous materials, and costs of litigation related to environmental liability. Post-tsunami cleanup, if done with appropriate mitigation (for example, dust control), personal protection, and disposal measures, would help reduce the potential for cleanup-worker and resident exposures to toxicants and pathogens in harbor waters, debris, soils, ponded waters, and buildings. A number of other steps can be taken by governments, businesses, and residents to help reduce the environmental impacts of tsunamis and to recover more quickly from these environmental impacts. For example, development of State and local policies that foster rapid assessment of potential contamination, as well as rapid decision making for disposal options should hazardous debris or sediment be identified, would help enhance recovery by speeding cleanup.