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Development of Mineral Environmental Assessment Methodologies

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The Development of Mineral Environmental Assessment Methodologies project has been divided into multiple tasks and subtasks, each of which uniquely contribute to the project goals and strategy.

Please choose a task from the list below.

Tasks Title
Task 1 Development of Geoenvironmental Model Assessment Tools
Subtask 1.1 Geoenvironmental Model Development
Subtask 1.2 Characterization of Mine Wastes and Minerals
Subtask 1.3 Topical Studies
Task 2 Development of Mineral Environmental Assessment Techniques at the Watershed Scale
Subtask 2.1 Groundwater Assessment Methods
Subtask 2.2 Surface Water Assessment Methods
Subtask 2.3 Development of Methods to Assess Biologic Effects and Metal Transport
Subtask 2.4 GIS Applications and Methods to Estimate Deposit and Watershed Source Characteristics
Subtask 2.5 Methods to Evaluate Uncertainty
Subtask 2.6 Scale-Dependent Interpretation of Regional Geochemical Data
Subtask 2.7 Development of Empirical Models
Subtask 2.8 Development of Numerical Models
Subtask 2.9 Development of Expert System Models
Task 3 Proto-type Regional Mineral Environmental Assessment
Subtask 3.1 National Scale Data and Methods
Subtask 3.2 Mineral Deposits Data
Subtask 3.3 Regional-scale Data, Methods, and Derivative Products
Subtask 3.4 Integrated Geochemistry/Ecology
Subtask 3.5 Integrating MRP Data with Health Data
Subtask 3.6 Miscellaneous Data Coverages/GIS Support
Subtask 3.7 Modeling of Ecosystem Impacts
Subtask 3.8 Integrated Geophysical, Remote Sensing, and Geochemical Modeling of Mineralized Rocks at the Regional Scale
Subtask 3.9 Geoenvironmental Models of Rock Types
Task 4 Development of Assessment Methods in Support of USGS Integrated Science - WLCI

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