Mining Geology Research Group
Primary Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Holley
Everyone deserves access to the natural resources that enable healthy, safe, and fulfilling lives. As the world’s population expands, we must be increasingly creative to find and exploit these resources while minimizing environmental impact and leveraging positive outcomes for communities. Our efforts towards this goal span the mining lifecycle: we utilize geological tools to address technical and socio-technical problems in mineral exploration, mine development, production, and reclamation. We are fortunate to have strong support from industry, federal agencies, and NGOs. Our interdisciplinary team of geologists and mining engineers works in close collaboration with anthropologists, community members, educators, environmental engineers, geographers, and policy-makers around the world. Together we’re tackling some of the most pressing problems of our era.
Mining Geology Research Group
Everyone deserves access to the natural resources that enable healthy, safe, and fulfilling lives. As the world’s population expands, we must be increasingly creative to find and exploit these resources while minimizing environmental impact and leveraging positive outcomes for communities. Our efforts towards this goal span the mining lifecycle: we utilize geological tools to address technical and socio-technical problems in mineral exploration, mine development, production, and reclamation. We are fortunate to have strong support from industry, federal agencies, and NGOs. Our interdisciplinary team of geologists and mining engineers works in close collaboration with anthropologists, community members, educators, environmental engineers, geographers, and policy-makers around the world. Together we’re tackling some of the most pressing problems of our era.
DR. ELIZABETH HOLLEY
Welcome to the Mining Geology Research Group home page. We’re delighted that you’re here! Please feel free to contact me or any of the students to learn more about our work and how you can get involved.
– Elizabeth
Campus News
- Colorado School of Mines named Career Connected Campus
New designation from Colorado Department of Higher Education recognizes Mines as an institution that excels in integrating academic curriculum with work-based learning experiences … - Grad students win $500K in NASA’s Watts on the Moon Centennial Challenge
Chris Tolton and Ken Liang, who also founded space startup Orbital Mining Corp., developed power storage and transmission solutions for lunar exploration. - Sloan Foundation awards Mines more than $1M for energy/environment research
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Colorado School of Mines more than $1 million for research into energy and the environment. A recently made $750,000 Sloan grant focused on gaining a better …