Is everyone so far removed and disgusted to realize this is news? Haven't we been waiting for the Geologist's resumes and the name of the second geologist?
RESUME OF COMPANY CONSULTING GEOLOGIST – RAYMOND C HARRIS
EDUCATION:
B.S., Geology: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
M.S., Geology: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
LICENSE:
Arizona Registered Geologist #45426
EXPERIENCE:
Independent Geologist, Feb 2007 to present.
- Underground geologic mapping and sampling; Logging, XRF testing, and assay sampling of drill core (approximately 30,000 feet): Carbonate replacement silver deposit, West Texas.
- Logging, XRF testing, and assay sampling of drill core (approximately 24,000 feet): Copper skarn deposit in southern Arizona.
- Gold exploration drilling project: northern Washington.
- Geologic mapping in porphyry copper district, Ely, Nevada.
- Geochemical sampling; Preparation of Plan of Operations for drilling project: Oro Blanco gold district, southern Arizona.
- Geologic mapping and sampling for gold exploration project: Arequipa, Peru.
- Mapping of geologic hazards (earth fissures and giant desiccation cracks) in Arizona.
- Third-party review of consultants’ reports.
Research Geologist, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, April 1993 to Feb 2007.
- Conducted research of stratigraphy, aquifer characteristics, and depth to bedrock in Arizona’s deep alluvial basins to determine groundwater resources on State Trust Land.
- Coordinator of AZGS Center for Land Subsidence and Earth Fissure Information (CLASEFI). Mapped distribution of earth fissures in Arizona.
- Mapped distribution of giant desiccation cracks related to drought in Arizona.
- Investigated geologic controls on water quality in the upper Gila River watershed through the use of isotopes as tracers.
- Managed project plugging and abandoning 1920s oil exploration well near Safford, Graham County, Arizona.
- Surveyed parts of Arizona for uranium and radon for US Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Radon Program.
- Investigated occurrences of asbestos in Arizona.
- Investigated distribution of salt-karst features on Colorado Plateau in Arizona.
Hydrogeologist, PRA Group, Hayward, California.
- Conducted Environmental Site Assessments (phase I and II).
- Designed and installed monitoring wells for hazardous waste sites and major landfills; conducted site characterization study for proposed landfill in Riverside County, including logging core.
Exploration Geologist, Gold Fields Mining Company, Reno, Nevada.
Grassroots mineral exploration in Nevada and Washington; extensive geochemical sampling; resource assessments of submitted properties; logged drill cuttings and core.
Geologist, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Tucson, Arizona.
Conducted Minerals Resource Assessment of Coronado National Forest for U.S. Forest Service; extensive geochemical sampling of mineralized areas; detailed mapping and sampling of surface and underground mine workings; researched claim ownership.
Intern, Arizona State Mine Inspector, Abandoned Mines Program, Tucson, Arizona.
Surveyed areas for abandoned mine hazards; Researched land status and claim ownership history.
Exploration Geologist, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Tucson, Arizona.
Mineral exploration project involving detachment-fault related gold mineralization in western Arizona.
AWARDS:-
Geological Society of America: John C. Frye Award for outstanding publication in the field of environmental geology, 2004. (Lead author of A Home Buyer’s Guide to Geologic Hazards in Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey Down-to-Earth 13, published 2002.)
