Monday, February 10, 2014

Origin of the Colorado River - tune in tonight to AZGS geologists on "Arizona Illustrated"

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The PBS public affairs program Arizona Illustrated , KUAT-Ch 6 in Tucson, is running a feature piece tonight at 6:30 pm interviewing AZ...

Is Rosemont buyout offer undervalued? Rival bids expected

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Financial analysts are saying the HudBay buyout offer for Augusta Resources, parent of Rosemont Copper, "significantly undervalues Au...

HudBay Minerals makes hostile takeover bid for Augusta Resources, parent of Rosemont Copper

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Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals launched a takeover bid for Augusta Resources, the parent company of Rosemont Copper [ photo credit...
Sunday, February 09, 2014

New pocket of azurite from Milipillas mine at Tucson show

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The word at the Tucson gem show is that a new pocket of azurite was found in the Milipillas Mine in Sonora, Mexico, with some gorgeous spe...
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Friday, February 07, 2014

Best of the Best: Prize Minerals From the Vaults of Arizona's Collectors opens at UA's Flandrau

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Arizona's mineral collectors brought out some of their most spectacular and prized specimens to put on display at a new show at the M...

Announcement coming on Arizona potash?

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I missed attending the Little Colorado River Plateau Resource Conservation and Development Winter Watershed Conference last week in Show Lo...

Senate Resolution calls for appointment of State Mine Inspector

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Arizona Senate Concurrent Resolution 1015 calls for a constitutional amendment changing the State Mine Inspector from an elected position t...
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Thursday, February 06, 2014

Annual report on drilling in Arizona in 2013

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The Arizona Oil & Gas Conservation Commission meeting in Phoenix scheduled for Feb. 7 was cancelled due to schedule conflicts with some ...

Newly formed crater spotted by UA's Mars camera

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The University of Arizona's HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft captur...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

New report on Virgin River basin groundwater

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The Utah Geological Survey as released a new report on "Regional Groundwater Flow and Water Quality in The Virgin River Basin and S...
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National Academy award to ASU's Kelin Whipple

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Kelin Whipple, a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and a senior fellow in the Earth Syste...
Monday, February 03, 2014

Quartzsite gold mine scam results in 30 year prison sentence

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The Associated Press reports that California resident Mike Campa was sentenced to 30 years in prison and ordered to repay $5.1 million to v...

New permits for oil and CO2 wells in Arizona

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Arizona is not a big oil and gas producer, so permits for any new wells is of interest.  The Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

Pipeline proposed to move CO2 from eastern Arizona to New Mexico

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The US Bureau of Land Management has started an Environmental Impact Statement for rights of way along a route proposed by Kinder Morgan CO2...
Saturday, February 01, 2014

Tucson mineral show booming

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The Tucson Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Showcase is drawing huge crowds today, despite unexpected light scattered rain showers.   I stopped in a...