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Understanding the Impacts of Mining in the
Western Lake Superior region (Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Michigan)
September 12-14,
2011
Bad River Lodge, Casino, and Convention Center
Odanah, Wisconsin
Agenda
September 12
10:00 10:15
Introductions and Workshop General
Information
10:15 10:30 U.S. Geological Survey Office of Tribal
Relations Activities
Monique
Fordham, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Session: Western Lake Superior Region Mining and Risk
Moderator: Naomi Tillison, Bad River Band of Lake
Superior Natural Resources Department, Odanah, WI
10:30 11:10 Mineral Exploration and Potential Future
Mining in the Lake Superior Region
John Coleman, Great Lakes Indian Fish
and Wildlife Commission, Madison, WI
Presentation
11:10 11:50 Risk and Regulation in the Mining Industry
Carol Cox Russell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO
12:00 1:00 Lunch and
Presentation
Development of
a Mining 101 presentation for Ontarios Aboriginal Peoples
Peter Hinz, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and
Forestry, Thunder Bay, ON
Session: Mineral Deposits, Associated Geology, and
Mineral Economics
Moderator: Laurel Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey,
Mounds View, MN
1:00 1:40 Sulfide Deposits and Associated Geology in
Michigan and Wisconsin
Klaus
Schulz, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
1:40
2:20 The Lake Superior Iron
Ranges: Geology and Mining
William
Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
2:20 3:00 Mineral Deposits and Geology of Duluth
Complex, Minnesota
Jim
Miller, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
3:00 3:30 Break
3:30 4:10 Mineral Deposit Economics To Mine or Not
to Mine
Keith
Long, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ
4:10 4:50 A More Holistic Economic Evaluation of
Mining: Considering Costs and Benefits
Thomas Power, University
of Montana, Missoula, MT
September 13
Session: Mining and the Environment
Moderator: Cyrus Hester, Bad River Band of Lake Superior
Natural Resources Department, Odanah, WI
8:00 8:40 Evolution
of Mining Practices in the Western Lake Superior Region
Allan
Johnson, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI
8:40 9:20 Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Environmental
Issues Underground and Surface Mining of Sulfide Minerals
Chuck Brumleve, Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Baraga, MI
9:20 10:00 Human Health Aspects of Mineral Deposits and
Mining
Geoff Plumlee, Suzette
Morman; U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
Robert
Seal, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (presenter)
10:00 10:30 Break
10:30 11:10 Toxicity of Metal-Contaminated Sediments from
Mining Areas
John
Besser, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, MO
11:10 11:50 The
Effects of Mining on Air Quality
Trent
Wickman, U.S. Forest Service, Superior National Forest, Duluth, MN
12:00 1:00 Lunch and
Presentation
Bad River in a
Historical and Eco-cultural Context
Naomi Tillison/Cyrus Hester, Bad River Band of Lake Superior
Natural Resources Department, Odanah, WI
Session: Mine Permitting
Moderator: Perry Jones, U.S. Geological Survey, Mounds
View, MN
1:00 1:40 Mine Permitting Process in Michigan
Michelle
Halley, National Wildlife Foundation, Marquette, MI
1:40 2:20 Mine Permitting Process in Wisconsin
Thomas
J. Evans, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Madison, WI
2:20 3:00 Mine Permitting Process in Minnesota
Suzanne
Baumann, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN
3:00 3:30 Break
3:30 4:10 Mine Permitting Roles and
Responsibilities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ralph Augustin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
St. Paul, MN
4:10 4:50 Solid
Leasable Permitting and Leasing Process - Roles and Responsibilities of the
U.S. Forest Service
Randy
Rabideaux, U.S. Forest Service, Washington D.C.
September 14
8:00 8:10 Field Trip Details
Session: Geochemistry, Water, and Sediments
Moderator: Nancy Schuldt, Fond du Lac Environmental
Program, Cloquet, MN
8:10 8:50 Pre-mining Characterization and Prediction
Robert
Seal, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
8:50 9:30 Estimating Solute Release from Proposed
Mining Operations
Kim
Lapakko, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN
9:30 10:10 Application
of the mass-loading approach to understanding the impacts of mining
Briant
Kimball, U.S. Geological Survey, West Valley City, UT
10:10 10:40 Break
10:40
11:20 The Impact of Mining and Related
Activities on the Sediment Chemistry of Lake Coeur dAlene and the Spokane
River System.
Art
Horowitz, U.S. Geological Survey, Atlanta, GA
11:20 12:00 Use of Groundwater-flow Models in Mine Permit
Evaluations
Michael
N. Fienen, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, WI
12:30 Field Trip - Meet at buses Main
Entrance to Bad River Lodge, Casino, and Convention Center
5:30 Buses return to the Casino