On the Rocks
A Newsletter of the Michigan Basin Geological Society
2005-2006 Number 4 www.mbgs.org December 2005
EVENTS
December 14, 2005: This month’s meeting will be a collaborative effort by Mark Wollensak and Mark Nida. They will present, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the MBGS Grand Canyon Raft Trip,” including slides, video, personal recollections and more. The presenters encourage the ‘rafters’ to wear their (freshly laundered) raft trip apparel to the meet to add to the ambiance.
May 8-12, 2006: Institute of Lake Superior Geology meeting and field trips. See info below and at following link. http://www.lakesuperiorgeology.org/Sault2006/index.html
Last Call For Dues: If you have not paid your dues for the 2005-2006 season, this is the last newsletter you will receive. Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to separate the mailing lists of those who have and have not paid dues, please check to see if you have paid your dues. Thank you!
Michigan Basin Geological Society Dues Notice
Please detach and fill out this form when paying your dues for 2004-2005. Dues are $25.00 for active member and $10.00 for students.
Name _________________________ Send to: Tom Hoane
Address_______________________ 1748 Danby Lane SE
_______________________ Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Phone_________________________
E-Mail_________________________
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2004-2005 MBGS Officers
The Executive Committee meeting minutes are available on the website.
PRESIDENT: DR. ROBB GILLESPIE,
WMU Geology Department
Ph: 269-387-5354, fax 269-387-5513
robb.gillespie@comcast. net or robb.gillespie@wmich.edu
VICE PRESIDENT: ROBERT REYNOLDS,
Reynolds Geological, LLC
Ph: 517-676-9936, fax 517-676-8169 reynoldsgeo@voyager.net
SECRETARY: DAVID BAXTER,,
Petrodata Resources
Ph: 517-669-5409
PetroDataRes@comcast.net
TREASURER & PUBLICATIONS: TOM HOANE, FMFM, DNR
Ph: Bus 517-241-3769, fax 517-373-2443 hoanet@michigan. gov
BUSINESS MANAGER: LEONARD ESPINOSA
FMFM, DNR
Ph: 517-335-3248, Fax 517-373-2443
PAST-PRESIDENT: DR. MICHAEL GRAMMER,
WMU Geology Department
Ph: 269-387-3667, fax 269-387-5513
CO-FIELDTRIP DIRECTORS:
MARK WOLLENSAK, CPG
HAMP, MATHEWS & ASSOC, Inc.
Ph: 517-641-7333 Fax 517-641-7337
Cell 517-719-8321
LEONARD ESPINOSA, FMFM, DNR
Ph: 517-335-3248, Fax 517-373-2443 espinosl@michigan. gov
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: TOM WELLMAN,
FMFM, DNR
Ph: 517-373-7666, Fax 517-373-2443 wellmant@michigan.gov
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS, MARK WOLLENSAK (see above)
WEBMASTER: GREG VARNUM
University Talks and Seminars Websites
Western Michigan University:
www.wmich.edu/geology/SeminarGeos.html
Michigan State University:
www.glg.msu.edu/news/lectures.html
University of Michigan, Turner Lecture Series:
www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/announce/turner02b.html
Michigan AIPG Section website: www.aipg-mi.org .
MEETING CANCELLATION POLICY
Monthly meetings will be automatically cancelled whenever the National Weather Service issues a "Storm Warning" for the Lansing area. If driving conditions are poor but a "Warning" has not been issued please contact any member of the Executive Committee for the status of the meeting.
MICHIGAN BASIN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Historical CD #1: Nine out-of-print publications from 1949 through 1965 and 1998, Devonian to Silurian Rock Fieldtrips to MI, WI, IL and Ontario, 2000, $15
Historical CD #2: Four out-of-print publications from 1947, 1959, 1983 and 1991, Northern Devonian and UP Fieldtrips in MI, 2001, $10
Historical CD #3: Six out-of-print publications from 1947. 1959, 1983 and 1991, Northern Devonian and UP Fieldtrips in MI, 2001, $12
Special Price - Historical CD #1, #2 & #3, $30
Stratigraphic Lexicon for Michigan, 2001, prepared by MBGS and published by DEQ, 56 pp., chart, $2.65 picked up or $4 mailed, Can be ordered from MBGS or Geological Survey Div. of the DEQ
Price Includes postage, handling and any applicable sales tax. MBGS Members receive a 10% discount on MBGS publications.
Orders for publications should be prepaid in U.S. Funds and addressed to:
MBGS - Publications
c/o Dept. of Geological Sciences
206 Natural Sciences Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1115
MBGS Mug and Jacket Sale
The Michigan Basin Geological Society is offering mugs and jackets with the society logo for sale. The mugs are $5.00 each. The jackets are $60.00 each plus postage. Please contact Dan McGuire at: Phone (517) 772-5219, Fax (517) 772-7021, or danmcguire@sensible-net.com. Remember to include the correct size of the jacket and the quantity of each item. Checks should be made out to the MBGS.
MBGS MEETING
December 14, 2005 (WEDNESDAY)
Coyote Creek
6951 Lansing Rd, Dimondale, MI.
Schedule: 5:00 to 6:00 PM Social Hour
6:00 PM Dinner
Presentation after dinner
Cost $25.00/member $15.00 Student (includes dinner)
Topic: “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About the MBGS Grand Canyon Raft Trip”
by
Mark Wollensak and Mark Nida
SPE Dinner Meeting Reservation
Name______________________
Number attending _____ Society_____________
Enclosed Registration Fee ______ Will Pay at Door _______
Please make checks payable MBGS and return to Leonard Espinosa
Leonard Espinosa
Ph: (517) 335-3248 Fax (517) 373-2443
E-mail: espinosl@michigan.gov
Biography: for Mark Wollensak
After completing his bachelors degree in Geology with an emphasis in Geophysics from Michigan State in 1982, Mark was employed in the petroleum industry. Once out of college, Mark managed a crew conducting geophysical and bathymetric offshore surveying from Florida to Texas until he was employed in Michigan at Hosking Geophysical in 1985 as a marketing manager. Mark moved on to work in the environmental industry at EarthFax Engineering in 1992 as a geologist and project manager. Presently Mark is employed as a senior geologist and project manager at Hamp, Mathews & Associates, Inc. and manages groundwater and soil cleanup sites associated with refineries, oil and gas production sites and food manufacturing facilities. Mark has been active in the Michigan Basin Geological Society for twenty years or since 1985. He has held the capacity of President, Vice President, Field Trip Director, Newsletter Editor, Publications Manager and presently Electronics Publication Editor. Mark has been awarded a lifetime
Biography: for Mark Nida
Mark earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Geological Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1982. Mark has been employed with the Michigan Public Service Commission since 1983. He has worked on the regulatory side of the industry regarding, the Production, Transmission and Storage of Natural Gas on numerous projects for over twenty years. He has testified in numerous contested cases on depositional environments, engineering, and environmental issues. He also has served as the Scoutmaster of a local Boy Scout troop. He has served as an officer with MBGS and continues to be an active member of the Society. He was one of the co planners of the Trip down the Grand Canyon, which was sponsored by MBGS.
Institute of Lake Superior Geology Conference and Field Trips
Pre-Meeting Field Trips
Monday, May 8 and Tuesday May 9 - Leader: Gerry Bennett (retired OGS)
This trip will transect the Paleoproterozoic Huronian Supergroup in the Elliot Lake and Searchmont areas. Visits to classic exposures of uraniferous conglomerates, ripple marks and glacial drop stones in the Elliot Lake transect. The Searchmont transect examines seldom visited exposures of the Huronian north of Sault Ste Marie. Exposures of puddingstone and stromatolites will be visited.
Tuesday, May 9 - Leader: Ann Wilson (OGS)
A one-day field trip will examine the 2700 m.y.-old Archean diamondiferous breccias of the Michipicoten greenstone belt. Outcrop visits will include the Sandor discovery site, the GQ discovery site and the Engagement Zone.
Friday, May 12 - Leader: Tom Hart (OGS)
Mesoproterozoic rocks are well exposed along the shoreline of Lake Superior north of Sault Ste Marie. Basaltic flows with well preserved ropy pahoehoe surfaces and plagioclase-phyric to glomerophyric textures will be highlighted.
Post-Meeting Field Trips
SFriday, May 12 - Leader: Ann Wilson (OGS)
See description for trip 2, May 9, 2006.
Friday, May 12 - Leader: R. P. Sage (retired OGS)
Mackinac Island represents one of the best exposures of Silurian and Devonian aged rocks along the Michigan Basin perimeter. The one-day bike trip visits all major bedrock exposures that have affected the tourist economy of the island and examines the erosive effects of the glacial lakes from the retreating Wisconsin ice sheets. Participants must bring their own bicycles. Rental bicycles are not available in early May.
Friday, May 12 - Leaders: Mike Easton (OGS) & Dick James (Laurentian University)
Intrusions of the ~2480 m.y. East Bull Lake intrusive suite occur as an ENE-trending belt along the boundary between the Archean Superior and the Proterozoic Southern provinces. The trip will illustrate important aspects of the geology, stratigraphy and PGE mineralization of the intrusion.