Arizona Geology

The Phoenix Arizona Republic (http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0923biz-miami0923.html) reported last week that Fre...

The technical program for the AZ Geological Society's "Ores and Orogenesis" symposium wrapped up Saturday evening with a '...

Registration is over 850, with attendees from 27 countries. The porphyry copper session on Wednesday afternoon was standing room only. Bill...

Registration topped 800 for the Arizona Geological Society's Ores & Orogenesis Circum-Pacific Tectonics, Geologic Evolution, and Ore...

Two new reports are out on the proposed Rosemont copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson. According to a story in the Green...

Last week, Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts became an advocate for more funding for closing abandoned mines in Arizona . Her so...

The State Mine Inspector's office has inventoried over 10,000 abandoned mines in Arizona since 1992 but estimates there may be as many a...

I attended a community forum last night in Tucson hosted by Shell Oil Co. president John Hofmeister to discuss energy in America . Hofm...

Kids are back in school, we're making plans for Labor Day. Between vacation and wrapping up the fiscal year, it's the Dog Days of A...

We've passed a milestone with 20,755 copies of the AZGS' Earth Fissure Planning Maps downloaded since they were released publicly on...

Arizona State University has teamed with NASA's Johnson Space Center and the Lunar & Planetary Institute to scan the high-resolution...

Should only licensed surveyors and engineers be legally allowed to use high-precision GPS instruments to make maps in Arizona? The Arizona P...

Life-sized concrete dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park roadside attraction near Petrified Forest National Park are up for sale, according to a...

The former district chief of the USGS Water Resources Division in Arizona says it is already too late to save the flows of the San Pedro Ri...

Dave Shaver retired from the National Park Service last week. In the mid-1990s, Dave played a leadership role in the formation of the NPS...

Sustainable mining is NOT about the sustainability of mining itself, a specific mine or a resource. Mining per se is not sustainable. That...

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords told the Arizona Geological Society monthly dinner meeting last night that she is not opposed to mini...

Governor Napolitano's proposals to restore the AZGS' Mineral Resources Program and start a Natural Hazards Mitigation Program to ass...

Ken Fergason, president of the Phoenix chapter of AEG forwarded this message from the USGS: The USGS has prepared updated draft versions of...

Arizona has a new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) of 15% which means the state's regulated utilities have to get 15% of their electri...