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Task 1 - Geosocietal Issues and Industrial Minerals

Presentations

• Langer, William H., 2002, Geological Considerations Affecting Aggregate Specifications, Illinois Association of aggregate Producers.
• Langer, 2003, Petrographic Analysis of Aggregate Resources A Supplement to Standard Tests and Procedures, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration.

Reports

• Arbogast, Belinda, 2005, Bibliography of Selected References in Visual Resource Management: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1155, 89 p.
• Langer, W.H., 1993 reprint, Natural Aggregates of the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1594, 37 p. 2 plates, scale 1:5,000,000.
• Langer, W.H., 2002, Managing and Protecting Aggregate Resources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0415, 16 p.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, A General Overview of the Technology of In-Stream Mining of Sand and Gravel Resources, Associated Potential Environmental Impacts, and Methods to Control Potential Impacts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0153, 44 p.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Environmental Risk Analysis and Aggregate Mining, in Simandl, G.J., McMillan, W.J., and Robinson, N.D., eds., Proceedings, 37th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Geological Survey Branch Paper 2004-2, pp. 87-96.
• Langer, W.H., Drew, L.J., and Sachs, J.S., 2004, Aggregate and the environment: American Geological Institute Environmental Awareness Series No. 8, 64 p.
• Langer, W.H., and Stephens, A.W., 2004, Geology - An ancient science for our modern society and the future: Proceedings, Institute of Quarrying Australia Annual Meeting.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Public Perception, Policy, and Permits: Aggregates Manager, January 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: A Century of Keeping Up With Demand: Aggregates Manager, February 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: A New Approach to an Old Problem: Aggregates Manager, March 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: How to Win Friends & Influence Enemies: Aggregates Manager, April 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Ecological Footprints and Sustainability: Aggregates Manager, May 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Beliefs and Values: A Product of Our Times: Aggregates Manager, June 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Such Quantities of Sand, Indeed: Aggregates Manager, July 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: The Polo Estrattivo: Aggregates Manager, August 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: The Future and Sustainability: Aggregates Manager, September 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Part 2: Creating a Sustainable Future: Aggregates Manager, October 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Part 3: Creating a Sustainable Future: Aggregates Manager, November 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Carved in Stone: Part 4: How Can We Begin SARM?: Aggregates Manager, December 2003.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, Geology Rocks - 12 monthly articles describing geologic aspects of aggregate development were prepared for Quarry Magazine (Institute of Quarrying Australia.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Carved in Stone: Rock Stars: Arkansas Oilstone: Aggregates Manager, January/February 2004.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Carved in Stone: Rock Stars: The Rosetta Stone: Aggregates Manager, March/April 2004.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Carved In Stone: Rock Stars: Mount Rushmore: Aggregates Manager, July/August 2004.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Carved In Stone: The Giant's Causeway—A Tale for Delaney: Aggregates Manager, September/October 2004.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Carved In Stone: From Rock Stars to Rock Candy: Aggregates Manager, November/December 2004.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Geology Rocks: Quarry—Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand. This is a series of six (or more) articles that appear, one each month. Nearly identical to those that appear in Aggregates Manager.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Failure to Communicate: Aggregates Manager, January 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Simplifying Science - Simply Put: Aggregates Manager, February 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Maps That Are Worth a Thousand Words: Aggregates Manager, March 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: The Road from Toowoomba: Aggregates Manager, April 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Simplifying Science: Aggregates Manager, May 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Surfing for Simple Science: Aggregates Manager, June 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Old Maps, New Digital Files, and Simple Science: Aggregates Manager, July 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Old Maps, New Digital Files, and the Rest of the Story: Aggregates Manager, August 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Simple Solutions to Complex Riddles: Aggregates Manager, September 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Carved in Stone: Providing Benefits to the Local Community: Aggregates Manager, October 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, The Santo Domingo Pueblo: Aggregates Manager, November 2005
• Langer, W.H., 2006, Best Management Practices Aren't Child's Play: Aggregates Manager, December 2005.
• Langer, W.H., 2006, To See a World in a Grain of Sand: Aggregates Manager, January 2006.

Other Products

• Langer, William H., 2003, Environmental issues for aggregate resources, Geological Society of America.

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Task 2 - Sustainable Development of Industrial Minerals

Presentations

• Langer, 2002, Potential Environmental Impacts of Quarrying Stone in Karst (Four presentations, Phoenix, Denver, Austin, and Chicago).
• Narasimha, K.N.P., Van Gosen, Bradley, Lowers, H.A., Prasad, P.S.R., Krishnaveni, and Ramalingaiah, 2004, Vermiculite mineralization in Gopalpura area, Mysore district, Karnataka [abs.]. Talk presented by the first author at the VI Convention of Mineralogical Society of India and International Seminar on Earth Resources Management., Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta, India.
• B.S. Van Gosen, Asbestos terrains in the U.S.—An overview. Invited speaker at the Federal Interagency Asbestos Meeting, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado.

Reports

• Arnold, L.R., Langer, W.H., and Paschke, S.S., 2003, Analytical and numerical simulation of the steady-state hydrologic effects of mining aggregate in hypothetical sand-and-gravel and fractured crystalline-rock aquifers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4267, 56 p.
• Langer, W.H., 2001, Potential Environmental Impacts of Quarrying Stone in Karst—A Literature Review: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0484, 39 p.
• Langer, W.H., 2003, A General Overview of the Technology of In-Stream Mining of Sand and Gravel Resources, Associated Potential Environmental Impacts, and Methods to Control Potential Impacts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0153, 44 p.
• Langer, W.H., 2004, Potential environmental impacts of quarrying stone in karst, in Seeger, C.M., ed, Proceedings, 38th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, St. Louis, MO: Missouri: Geological Survey and Resources Assessment Division Report of Investigations No. 74, pp. 169-183.
• Langer, W.H., 2005, Sustainable aggregate resource management, in Price, L.G., Bland, D., McLemore, V.T., and Barker, J.M., eds., Mining in New Mexico - The environment, water, economics, and sustainable development: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, pp. 137-140.
• Langer, W.H., Guisti, C., and Barelli, G., 2003, Sustainable development of natural aggregate with examples form Modena Province, Italy: Cincinnati, SME Preprint 03-45.
• Langer, W.H., Price, L.G., and Barker, J.M., 2005, Environmental impacts of aggregate mining, in Price, L.G., Bland, D., McLemore, V.T., and Barker, J.M., eds., Mining in New Mexico - The environment, water, economics, and sustainable development: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, pp. 78-81.
• Langer, W.H., Rau, G.H., and Calderira, Ken, 2004, Accelerated Weathering of Limestone for CO2 Mitigation: New Opportunities and Solutions for the Stone and Cement Industry, in Aggregates: Asphalt concrete, Portland cement, cement concrete, bases, and fines: Denver, Twelth annual symposium proceedings: Internation Center for Aggregate Resources, April 4-7, 2004.
• Langer, W.H., Solar, S.V, Shields, D.J., and Guisti, C., 2003, Sustainability indicators for aggregates, in Proceedings from the International Conference on Sustainable Development Inidcators in the Mineral Industry: Milos, Greece, May 1-23, 2003, Series: Restoring the Natural Balance.
• Langer, W.H., and Tucker, M.L., 2003, Specification Aggregate Quarry Expansion - A Case Study Demonstrating Sustainable Management of Natural Aggregate Resources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0121, 11 p.
• Langer, W.H., and Tucker, M.L., 2004, Specification Aggregate Quarry expansion - A case study demonstrating sustainable management of natural aggregate resources: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Mining Engineering, v. 56, no. 1, p. 23-28.
• Van Gosen, B.S., Lowers, H.A., Bush, A.L., Meeker, G.P., Plumlee, G.S., Brownfield, I.K., and Sutley, S.J., 2004, Reconnaissance study of the geology of U.S. vermiculite deposits—Are asbestos minerals common constituents? in Seeger, C.M., ed. Proceedings of the 38th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, St. Louis, Missouri, April 28-May 3, 2002: Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey and Resource Assessment Division, Report of Investigations No. 74, p. 283-291.
• Van Gosen, B.S., Lowers, H.A., Sutley, S.J., and Gent, C.A., 2004, Asbestos-bearing talc deposits, southern Death Valley region, California, in Castor, S.B., Papke, K.G., and Meeuwig, R.O., eds., Betting on Industrial Minerals—Proceedings of the 39th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, Reno/Sparks, Nevada, May 18-24, 2004: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 33, p. 215-223.
• Van Gosen, B.S., Lowers, H.A., Sutley, S.J., and Gent, C.A., 2004, Using the geologic setting of talc deposits as an indicator of amphibole asbestos content: Environmental Geology, v. 45, no. 7, p. 920-939.
• Van Gosen, B.S., Lowers, H.A., Sutley, S.J., and Gent, C.A., 2004, Using the geologic setting of talc deposits as an indicator of amphibole asbestos content: Environmental Geology, v. 45, p. 920-939.
• Van Gosen, B.S., Lowers, H.A., and Sutley, S.J., 2004, A USGS Study of Talc Deposits and Associated Amphibole Asbestos Within Mined Deposits of the Southern Death Valley Region, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1092, 18 p.
• VanGosen, B.S., Meeker, G.P., and Brownfield, I.K., 2004, Talc—Its relation to asbestiform amphiboles and the asbestos in crayons controversy, in Industrial Minerals with emphasis on Western North America, Simandl, G.J., McMillan, W.J., and Robinson, N.D., eds., British Columbia, Mininstry of Energy and Mines Geological Survey Branch, Paper, 2004-02, p. 185-196.
• Šolar, S.V., Shields, D.J., and Langer, W.H., 2004, Important features of sustainable aggregate resource management: Geologija, v. 47, no. 1, Ljubljana, pp. 99-108.
• William H. Langer and M.L. Tucker, 2004, Quarry Expansion - Sustainable Management of Natural Aggregate, Society for Mining, Engineering, and Exploration.

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Task 3 - Reclamation Characterization and Visualization Methods

Presentations

• Visual resource management for the mining industry—Perceptions and methods, [abs.], 2002, in Disturbed landscapes: Analysis, modeling, and valuation: Cottbus, Germany, University of Brandenburg, September 24-27, 2002, p. 36-37.
• Belinda Arbogast, 2002, Visuality and the Landscape. Invited guest lecturer at the University of Colorado School of Architecture and Planning.
• Belinda F. Arbogast, 2002, Visual Resource Management. Invited guest lecturer at the Brandenbury University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany due to response at September, 2002 presentation.

Reports

• Arbogast, B.F., 2004, New paradigms are needed in mining reclamation and visual resource management, Caster, S.B., Papke, K.G., and Meeuwig, R.O., eds., Betting on Industrial Minerals: Proceedings of the 39th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Reno/Sparks, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Special Publication 33, p. 16-20.
• Arbogast, B.F., Knepper Jr., D.H., and Langer, W.H., 2003 reprint, The Human Factor in Mining Reclamation: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1191, 28 p.
• Arbogast, Belinda, 2003, A picture is worth a thousand words: Reflections on methods to assess the visual impacts of aggregate operations on landscapes: Aggregates Manager, v. 8, no. 8, p. 24-26.
• Arbogast, Belinda, 2004, A review of reclamation law and the permitting process for surface mining in Colorado, in Industrial Minerals with emphasis on Western North America, Simandl, G.J., McMillan, W.J., and Robinson, N.D., eds., British Columbia, Ministry of Energy and Mines Geological Survey Branch, Paper 2004-2, p.41- 48.
• Arbogast, Belinda, 2004, Visual management for the mining industry—Perceptions and methods, Seeger, C.M., ed., Proceedings of the 38th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Rolla, Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, p. 13-21.
• Arbogast, Belinda, Knepper, D.H., Jr., Melick, R.A., and Hickman, John, 2002, Evolution of the Landscape along the Clear Creek Corridor, Colorado—Urbanization, Aggregate Mining, and Reclamation: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I-2760, 41 p., 2 pl.

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Task 4 - Alluvial Fan Potential Aggregate Model

Reports

• Knepper, D.H., Jr., 2005, Bedrock erosion surface beneath the Rocky Flats Alluvial Fan, Jefferson and Boulder Counties, Colorado: Mountain Geologist, v. 42, no. 1, p.1-10.
• Knepper, D.H., Jr., 2003, Shapefile of the Elevation of the Bedrock Surface Beneath the Rocky Flats Alluvial Fan, Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0443.
• Lindsey, D.A., 2002, Lithologic controls on aggregate quality in a mountain-front alluvial system— an example from the Colorado Front Range: 2002 SME Annual Meeting Feb. 25-27, Phoenix, Arizona, Preprint 02-003, 15 p.
• Lindsey, D.A., Langer, W.H., and Knepper, D.H., Jr., 2005, Stratigraphy, Lithology, and Sedimentary Features of Quaternary Alluvial Deposits of the South Platte River and Some of its Tributaries East of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1705, 70 p.
• Lindsey, D.A., and Melick, Roger, 2002, Reconnaissance of Alluvial Fans as Potential Sources of Gravel Aggregate, Santa Cruz River Valley, Southeast Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0314, 44 p.
• Lindsey, D.A., 2001, Lithology of Gravel Deposits of the Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado: Data and Multivariate Statistical Analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0299, 9 p.

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Task 5 - Shallow Geophysics Techniques for Characterizing Potential Aggregate Resources

Reports

• Ellefsen, K. J. , Tuttle, G. J., Williams, J. M., Lucius, J. E., 2005, S-wave Refraction Survey of Alluvial Aggregate, Scientific Investigative Report: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5012, 14 p., 3 pl.
• Ellefsen, K.J., 2002, pick_sw: A program for interactive picking of S wave refraction data, version 2.00: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0176.
• Ellefsen, K.J., 2003, seg2_edit: A program for editing and manipulating SEG-2 files: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0141.

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Task 6 - Societal Implications of Sustainable Use of Agricultural Industrial Minerals

• No products listed for this task.

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Task 7 - Future Scientific Directions and Cooperative Studies with the Western and Eastern Regions

Reports

• William Langer, James Bliss, and Nora Foley, 2003, USGS Research in Industrial Minerals: U.S. Geological Survey, on-line only.
• Bliss, J., Foley, N., and Langer, W., 2004, The Collaborative Advisory Team (CAT) prepared text to go onto a new document folder designed specifically for industrial minerals fact sheets and other related documents.

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