


Monthly luncheon meetings are held every third Tuesday,
running from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at the
University Club, 1673 Sherman Street, Denver,
except as otherwise noted on the website.
Reservations to be made by calling
David Abbott
303-394-0321 or via e-mail at
dmageol@msn.com
Request for CO-AIPG Annual Field Trip Indication of Interest (06/29/09)
The Colorado Section of the AIPG is in the planning stages of the summer
field trip and is soliciting a show of interest in order to more accurately
scope trip costs, accommodations, and logistics. The trip is scheduled to
take place July 17-18 and will focus on the geology of the San Juan
region. These will be two very full days. This promises to be a spectacular
trip emphasizing some of the very best geology in Colorado and the
breath-taking scenery of the region. We are currently lining-up very
knowledgeable speakers and presenters from the Western Slope. Many
presentations are scheduled for the trip. Discussions of the history of the
region will also be included. This will also be a very good trip for
non-geologists, as the scenery is said to rival the Swiss Alps.
The point of embarkation will be Grand Junction. The trip will take us from
Grand Junction south to Ridgway with stops at Lookout Point on Loghill Mesa.
From Ridgway, the trip will continue to Ouray. Stops will include Box Canyon
Park for geothermal discussions, the Ouray Fault and world-class angular
unconformity, a jeep trip up to the Camp Bird Mine, Revenue-Virginius, Ruby
Trust and the Yankee Boy Basin. There will be an overnight stay (Friday
night) in Ouray. The trip will continue south on US 550 through the
preCambrian to the volcanics of the Silverton Caldera. There are planned
trips to the Idarado Mine and Red Mountain. The trip will continue south
towards Silverton, up the Animas River, past the Mayflower Mill to
Howardsville, with everything in-between on Saturday. The return leg will
get us back to Grand Junction late in the afternoon on Saturday, the 1st.
Every effort will be made to ensure that the costs for this trip are
reasonable. We are geologists, after all.
If you are interested in making the trip, please send an email by June 30
to
mjrhoades@comcast.net and indicate how many people you are including
in the trip.
DENVER COAL CLUB July 2009
Luncheon (06/29/09)
Please join the Colorado Mining Association and the Denver Coal Club for a
joint luncheon meeting.
Speakers: Del Worley, CEO, Holy Cross Energy, and Randy
Udall, Carbondale Energy Expert
Topic: The Holy Cross Energy Study: What It Says About Coal
Generation under Climate Policy
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009
11:30 a.m. registration; 12:00 p.m. lunch
$25.00 per person
We are pleased to have Mr. Del Worley of Holy Cross Energy speaking about
the white paper Holy Cross Energy prepared this spring regarding the costs
of Governor Ritter's CO2 emissions limits. This paper presents the impacts
of the Governor's policies.
Location: University Club, 1673 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado.
Also NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE (to accommodate more people).
Please RSVP by July 6 to
sdemolar@coloradomining.org or 303-575-9199
GeoEvents
(06/29/09)
(comp. by P. Modreski, USGS-Denver)
"The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is running a "BOGO" offer on
lecture tickets…
BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE
Stimulate your mind and your wallet with this special offer! Buy a ticket to
any regular-price lecture ($12 member and $15 nonmember) and bring a friend
or family member for free. The Museums adult lecture lineup will bring you
face-to-face with scientists, adventurers, and explorers from around the
world. Take advantage of this special offer and share the excitement of
learning with someone you care about. To purchase tickets, please call
Reservations at 303.322.7009, or buy them at the Member Services Desk. This
offer will be available throughout 2009, and it does not apply to field
trips, courses, or existing reservations."
Saturday, June 27, a special showing of the film, "Flow", at
the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street, Golden, CO 8040;
sponsored by the Colorado Environmental Film Festival: "Join the Colorado
Environmental Film Festival for a Night on Water featuring the nationally
acclaimed film FLOW , Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation
into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue
of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. We will also have a speaker to
talk about water issues in Colorado and a reception following." Cost is $15;
doors open at 6:00, show begins at 6:30. For more info see
www.ceff.net, and put on your calendar
the 2009 Colorado Environmental Film Festival, coming November 5-7.
Sat., June 27, Annual Mineral & Fossil home sale at GEOdyssey, 10
a.m. - 4 p.m., 15339 West Ellsworth Dr., Golden, CO; call 303-279-5504 for
more info; all are welcome. "Help us reduce our inventory at our annual
mineral and fossil "Garage Sale." A wide variety of individual specimens and
low-priced flats will be available. All specimens are a minimum of 10% off,
with bigger discounts for volume purchases. We'll have several flats priced
at 25% and 50% off, and haggling is encouraged. Drinks and snacks provided.
From west 6th Avenue, exit onto Indiana Street and go south on Indiana.
Drive into Mesa View Estates. Turn right at the first street (McIntyre
Circle) and right at the next street (Ellsworth Drive). We are about midway
down the street on the left."
Tuesday, July 7, Digital Earth: Explore the World from Space
by Ka Chun Yu, PhD, curator of space science, Space Sciences Department, and
Bob Raynolds, PhD, research associate, Earth Sciences Department
"With Yu as your driver and Raynolds as your guide, you will embark on an
amazing tour of Earth from the vantage of a satellite in space. Gates
Planetarium's digital projection system delivers stunning visuals. You'll
never take the same ride twice, as Yu and Raynolds present a new tour for
each program. Formerly known as "Geography Goes Digital." This program is
presented in concert with International Year of Planet Earth, a global
initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO). See
www.yearofplanetearth.org for more
information. For more information about the lecture series, see
www.geosocietyorg/IYPE. "
7:00 p.m., Gates Planetarium; use Ricketson Evening Entrance, $12 member,
$15 nonmember
Wednesday, July 29, Flock of Dodos Film Screening
"The Museum and Denver Botanic Gardens invite you to continue the
celebration of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday with an encore presentation
of Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus. The film
explores basic aspects of evolution and uses the extinct dodo as a metaphor
for what happens to those unable to change with their environment. After the
screening, your host, Richard Stucky, PhD, curator of evolution and
paleoecology, will offer an update on the ongoing debate and answer your
questions about the volatile issues it raises."
7:00 p.m., Phipps IMAX Theater; use the IMAX Evening Entrance, $12 Museum or
Gardens member/student, $15 nonmember
more summer earth science courses for teachers:
Rocks, and Minerals, June 29-30, 8:00am-5:00pm (K-12)
CT-9666-09D, 1 semester credit hour, tuition $85
"Learn or review the basics about rocks and minerals and how to engage
students to learn about them in dynamic and interactive ways. Working in
groups, participants will examine specimens and take part in hands-on
activities. Includes a tour of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum."
Walking Tour of Building Stones in Downtown Denver, July 1,
8:00am-4:30pm, (K-12) CT-04131-09M, 0.5 semester credit hour;
Instructors: Pete Modreski, Jane Dianich; Tuition Fee: $75
"Learn about rocks and geology as we tour historic Denver buildings in the
vicinity of the Colorado State Capitol, Denver City and County Building, and
the 16th Street Mall. Participants will receive copies of a field guide
written specifically for school groups."
Dinosaur Ridge Teachers' Workshop, July 9-10, 8:30am-5:00pm,
(K-12), CT-9206-09M, 1 semester credit hour, Tuition $105
"An orientation to the dinosaur bones and tracks found on Dinosaur Ridge
near Morrison CO and how to use them as a resource for teaching. The class,
held at the Dinosaur Ridge Visitors Center, will include separate break-out
sessions for activities keyed to primary and secondary grades, and visits to
our new Trek Through Time learning center, the Morrison Natural History
Museum, and the Triceratops Trail interpretive site near Fossil Trace in
Golden."
In addition, a note about several newly published books in which you may be
interested:
"Rocks Above the Clouds", by Jack Reed and Gene Ellis, "A Hikers and
Climbers Guide to Colorado Mountain Geology". A Colorado Mountain Club Pack
Guide, pocket-size, 2009, 240 pages, $16.95. The authors are with the USGS;
an excellent, color illustrated and aimed at the lay person audience, guide
to the geology of Colorado's mountain ranges and mountain peaks. Available
at the USGS Map Store and elsewhere.
"The Legacy of Arthur Lakes", by Katherine K. Honda and Beth Simmons,
2009, 194 pages, $45.00, published by the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. With
illustrations in black-and-white and color, this book is a fascinating
account of the many-faceted geologic career and accomplishments of Arthur
Lakes, 1844-1917. Lakes is now perhaps best known as the person who first
discovered the dinosaur bones on Dinosaur Ridge, and after whom the Lakes
Library at Colorado School of Mines is named after, but he had a remarkable
and multifaceted career that encompassed college teaching, theology,
sketching and watercolor painting, Colorado geology, paleontology, metal
mining, coal, oil, and more. The book includes a CD, prepared by John Ghist,
which is in fact a library in itself; it contains scanned or transcribed
copies of the entire published works of Arthur Lakes, close to 900
different publications, including journal, newspaper, and magazine articles,
and it includes the complete contents of some half dozen full-length books,
for example, "Geology of Colorado and Western Ore Deposits" (1893, 314 p.).
The book is (or will be shortly) available from the Friends of Dinosaur
Ridge Visitors Center--I understand that the first printing, with many
copies pre-reserved, is almost sold out, but if so a second edition will be
printed soon.
"Guide to Trek Through Time, an Exhibit at Dinosaur Ridge", by Clare
P. Marshall, is also available at the Dinosaur Ridge Visitors Center. This
is a color-illustrated, 17-page guide ($2.50) to the newly completed "Trek
Through Time" exhibit at the Visitors Center. The exhibit, and this guide,
describe the fossils and the ancient environments in which they were
deposited, represented by the rock formations found at Dinosaur Ridge. For
more information come to the Visitors Center at 16831 W. Alameda Parkway,
Morrison, see the website,
www.dinoridge.org, or call
303-697-3466.
RMAG On The Rocks Field Trip
(06/29/09)
Twentymile Coal Company's Foidel Creek Underground Coal Mine and Regional
Geologic Setting
Saturday, July 25, 2009
CoLeaders: Rocky Thompson – mine geologist with Twentymile Coal Co. & Dave
Noe – Colorado Geological Survey
Twentymile Coal Company's Foidel Creek Mine is the most prolific underground
coal mine in Colorado. Join us on the RMAG On-the-Rocks field trip as we
take a rare underground tour of this remarkable mine. Current underground
mining is within the Twentymile Park structural and topographic basin. We
will visit several locations deep within the mine to view the longwall
mining operations and observe geologic features such as seam-level faults.
Trip leader Rocky Thompson knows this mine intimately, and we anticipate a
first-class tour of the workings. In the afternoon, we will visit three
outcrop locations to look at the lithofacies of the Mesaverde Group and some
structural features of the area with Dave Noe of the Colorado Geological
Survery. Dave is currently working on surface mapping for the State Map
Project in this area.
The mine is located 14 miles SW of Steamboat Springs, Co. E-mail Jeff Glossa
(Jeff.Glossa@state.co.us)
ASAP for reservations and trip logistics. Jeff will need the last 4
digits of your SS#, and your sizes for boots, belt and coveralls for Mine
Safety and Health Administration documentation. No one under the age of 18
is permitted underground. The trip is limited to 10 participants as
it requires taking a vehicle out of the production line for the time we will
be traveling in the mine. There will be a backup list in case of
cancellations. Participants should be in good physical condition and able to
walk several miles if necessary. Underground safety training will be
required during the trip. Facial hair is allowed.
Twentymile Coal Company's underground longwall mining operation at the
Foidel Creek Mine is located at the southeastern tip of the Yampa Coal Field
that is a synclinal extension of the Washakie-Sand Wash Structural Basin
situated in northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming. The main axis
of the basin is modified by numerous smaller anticlines, synclines, and
faults. The boundary of the Yampa Coal Field is defined on the southwest by
the Axial Basin Anticline and is defined on the east by the Park Range
Uplift.
The economically recoverable coal on the outcrops of the basin has been
surface mined. The majority of that mining activity has been completed with
only one active surface mine remaining in the area. Current underground
mining is within the Twentymile Park structural and topographic basin
located immediately north of the reclaimed Colorado Yampa Coal Company's
surface mine highwall.
The longwall mining district is located on the south flank of the Sand Wash
Structural Basin where the coal dips to the northwest at approximately 5
degrees. The north and west extremes of the basin dip and rise abruptly. The
eastern end of the underground coal reserve has major faulting and dips in
excess of 5 degrees. The dips within the mining area vary with a small area
at the bottom of the basin being flat. The mine area has one minor fault of
1.8 to 3 meters of displacement and one major fault with offsets from 4.6 to
over 13.7 meters. Three localized north-trending asymmetrical folds are the
most prominent structural features that form the Twentymile Park basin
2 Job
Openings (05.26.09)
#1)
This is the permanent mining consultant position search I'm working on. My
client is an international firm of specialist consultants who focus mainly on
the mining industry. We are seeking a full-time senior geochemist consultant
(w/ relocation) for our Alaska Office. It is a great opportunity for the right
person.
The successful candidate will have:
- Specific knowledge of geochemistry chemistry (chemical reactions, phase
diagrams, mineral solubility)
- Specific knowledge of general mineral deposit types and identification of
minerals.
- Ability to design programs to characterize potential for acid rock drainage
and metal leaching (ML/ARD), including application of geochemical testing
methods for ML/ARD and prediction of water chemistry.
- Has specific experience with thermodynamic modeling programs (e.g. PHREEQE,
MINTEQ, and Geochemists Workbench. (GWB).
- General knowledge of mineral exploration methods: mine waste disposal
methods; mineral processing methods; and mine and environment regulations and
policies.
- Has a post secondary qualification in geology, geochemistry, geological
engineering, hydrogeology or mineral process engineering;
- Has at least 10-years experience.
- Eligible for professional registration.
The successful candidate will consult on projects for North American and
International clients. The ability to travel internationally is required.
Assignments will include managing and undertaking studies related primarily to
the mining industry, including: State and Federal project permitting for
operations, reclamation and closure; and specialist consulting for assignments
such as due diligence assessments.
As a consultant, the successful candidate will be expected to create and
maintain client relationships and work in a team environment. Strong
communication skills and interpersonal capabilities are essential.
In addition to a competitive salary, we provide extended medical and dental
care, performance bonuses and potential shareholding opportunities in the
company.
Applicants should respond by sending their resume to Joe Walker
jwalker@mridfw.com
Joe Walker
Account Manager
MANAGEMENT RECRUITERS OF LBJ PARK
400 E. Royal Lane, Suite 214, Irving, TX. 75039
972-488-1133 Ext. 108
Fax: 815-301-9886
jwalker@mridfw.com
www.mridfw.com;
www.mrinetwork.com
#2) A dynamic company, headquartered in Michigan, whose vision
incorporates oil and gas exploration, development, and strategic acquisitions,
is seeking a Senior Exploration Geologist. This is a highly stable
organization with a heritage of success in the domestic arena. This individual
will be responsible for providing sound geological expertise in the evaluation
of exploration and exploitation projects.
Qualifications include:
- Bachelors degree in Geology, advanced degree preferred
- 3 to 5 years relevant experience in the oil and gas industry
- Strong background in geologic and geophysical industry
- Excellent presentation skills
If you know of anyone who may want to learn more about this exciting
opportunity, please have them call, contact or submit a resume in confidence
to:
Dalton Boggs
Dalton Boggs & Associates
PO Box 2288
Edmond, OK 73083
Phone 800-348-1654
Fax 405-348-1693
Email
daltonb@daltonboggsassociates.com
RMAG Fall Symposium (05.26.09)
Here is an opportunity for you to share the results of your new discoveries,
insights, frustrations and research on oil and/or gas from shales and coalbed
methane.
Abstracts are now being accepted for the Fall Symposium to be held in Denver
on September 14, 2009
The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists And Petroleum Technology Transfer
Council (PTTC) Announce a Call For Abstracts
Unconventional Reservoirs: Oil & Gas Shales and Coalbed Methane
Suggested Topics:
Recent Oil & Gas Shale and Coalbed Methane Discoveries
Field Updates and New Insights
Economics and Risk Assessment
Exploration Strategies
Geochemistry: Tools, Logs, Results
Drilling and Completion Techniques
Basin Analysis
Environmental Issues and Constraints
Send Abstracts and Questions to: Robert A. Lamarre,
rlamarre@bdminerals.com, (303) 793-3228 x222 or Bruce Kelso,
bsk@bry.com, (303) 999-4200
WHAT ARE METALS
AND WHAT IS METALLURGY? (02.09.09)
Those are two of
the questions K-12 teachers will have answered in this summer's 41st All
About Mining -- A Total Concept of the Mining Industry course at the
Colorado School of Mines (CSM) thanks to a presentation by Dr. Fred Fraikor.
Dr. Fraikor retired in December from CSM and will give one more metals and
metallurgy talk to the teachers in All About Mining this summer. The
Colorado Mining Association Education Foundation is seeking a replacement,
volunteer speaker for Fred to help give a layman's presentation to the
teachers in this summer's class and to give the actual presentation during
June 2010. This is an excellent opportunity to do outreach that promotes our
profession and industry! Please consider joining more than 75 other lecturers
who provide a comprehensive overview of the metals, industrial minerals,
aggregates, and energy industries to our nation's students through their
teachers!
If you can help with one hour of your time this summer and/or next summer,
please contact Dan Witkowsky, Course Coordinator, 303-972-1814 or
DanielWitkowsky@aol.com for details.
Colorado Section
of AIPG 2007 SUMMER FIELD TRIP (07/09/07)

Members and friends of the AIPG CO section suited up for a tour of the Cross Gold Mine
Gold Rush from Central City to Caribou
(with tours of the "Glory Hole" near Central City and the Cross/Caribou Mines
near Nederland)
North Central Colorado Front Range
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Susan Landon Fund Raising Campaign (10/15/05) - Susan Landon Tribute Form (Word doc)
Dear
Friend of
As you
know, Susan suffered a traumatic brain injury while skiing on
Susan is currently at Learning
Services, a rehabilitation facility in
Many of you have asked over the last year if you could assist financially. Until the insurance coverage started to dry up, we could not estimate what her needs might be and how much more care she would require.
Now we have some reasonable estimates of both the recovery time and the cost, which is enormous. We are projecting expenses of $500,000 not covered by insurance over the next five years.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible gift, we have established a fundraising campaign in Susan’s honor with the National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people who experienced catastrophic injuries. A form with detailed instructions is attached for your convenience. Please call or e-mail me if you have any questions.
Your concern and interest in Susan’s recovery has sustained her brilliantly over the last eight months. I hope that you will continue to help Susan and her dedicated husband, Dick Dietz, with this immense financial burden.
With warmest thanks for your interest and support,
303-382-0910,
silvermanmr@yahoo.com
Susan Landon Tribute Form (Word doc)
Access to
2003 AIPG Annual Meeting Proceedings (09/14/04)
The entire PDF file from the 2003 Annual meeting has been put up on the
CO-AIPG website at http//www.aipg.org/StaticContent/anonymous/sections/CO/COaipg.htm
The file shows up as a heading in the lower part of the page and can be
clicked on to start it downloading to the user's computer. It is 105 pages
long, so it can take a long time to download if you don't have a high-speed
line. However, this provides access for anyone, member or nonmember of AIPG,
to the abstracts and field trip guides.
We hope you find this web addition to be useful. If you didn't attend the 2003
Annual Meeting, where everyone received the proceedings on CD, a copy of the
meeting CD is available from CO-AIPG by sending $4.00 (payable to Colorado
Section-AIPG), for shipping and materials, to
Doug Peters
169 Quaker Street
Golden, CO 80401
Reminder on E-Mail Addresses
Please, if your e-mail address is about to change, or if it changes in the
future, let me (Doug Peters) know about it as well as sending the update to
AIPG Headquarters (aipg@aipg.org).
This will ensure that you stay on our e-mail list and receive all notices in
a timely fashion as well as additional information from AIPG Headquarters.
Consider contributing to the Scholarship Fund. Why? the Colorado Section's Scholarship Fund is new and growing slowly with other members' contributions. The Scholarship Fund was established to support one or more undergraduate and/or graduate students in Colorado as they pursue geological degrees. The Section has not yet made an award from this fund because we are working to build the fund to a point where it can provide funding for a least one award to one student and eventually sustain itself at the same time. From one award, we expect to expand the fund and award more students.
Please support the students who are the future of the geologic profession.
*****************************************
YES! I wish to support the Scholarship Fund in providing assistance towards tuition or travel to field camps, research and thesis preparation, travel to present the results of thesis work, and recognizing excellence in scholarship and leadership.
Here's my check made out to AIPG-Colorado Section, and sent to:
Larry Anna (CPG-03978)
U.S. Geological Survey
P.O. Box 25046 MS 421
Denver Federal Center
Lakewood, CO 80225
Phone: (303) 236-5050 X260
Fax: (303) 236-5047
Email: lanna@usgs.gov
In the amount of: ___ $25 ___ $50 ___ $100 ___ $500 ___ other
The Scholarship Fund and Future Geologists
Thank You!
CONTACT INFO FOR 2009
COLORADO SECTION BOARD
To aid communication between our Colorado Section members and the current Section Board,
below are the addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses for our Board
members. Note that the Vice-President also serves as chairman for the monthly luncheon
program committee.
2009 Colorado Section
Board
President
L. Graham Closs
Work: (303) 273-3856
Fax: (303) 273-3859
che3ctc@comcast.net
President Elect
Matt Rhoades
Work: (303) 359-1165
mjrhoades@comcast.net
Vice President
Tom Bidgood
Work: (303) 963-3122
tbidgood@ccu.edu
Secretary
Anne Weber
Work: (303) 893-2004
Fax: (303) 825-3202
aweber@weberlawfirm.us
Treasurer
James A. Russell
1909 Sage Circle
Golden, CO 80401
summitdatasvcs@msn.com
Editor
Jim Burnell
jim.burnell@state.co.us
Advisory Board Representative
Tom Cavanaugh
Work: (720) 529-9777
Fax: (720) 529-9798
tomc@ogenv.com
Advisory Board Representative
Steve Sonnenberg
Work: (303) 895-7663
sasonnenbg@aol.com
Advisory Board Representative
Dave Thomas
Work: (303) 398-6604
Fax: (303) 398-6504
david.thomas@dot.state.co.us
Advisory Board Representative
Dave Abbott
Work: (303) 394-0321
Fax: (303) 394-0543
dmageol@msn.com
Reg. & Leg. Committee
Larry Cerillo
Work: (303) 674-6484
cerrillo1@mindspring.com
'09 AGM Co-Chm
Dave Abbott
dmageol@msn.com
Lobbyist
Betsy Murray
bcjsm@aol.com
Communications
Doug Peters
petersdc@petersgeo.com
03/01/05