William Ascarza Special to the Arizona Daily Star Jan 8, 2023 Jan 8, 2023 Updated Feb 13, 2024 Arizona has the distinction of many mine sites that have diverse geology and mineralogy. Located 20 miles ...

Arizona is subject to a wide array of geologic hazards. That includes flooding, debris flows or mudslides, landslides, gradual land sinking (called subsidence) and earth fissures, swelling and ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center shows Apollo 15 astronauts Jim Irwin, left, and Dave Scott driving a prototype of a lunar rover in a volcanic ...

Today we hear that Sumitomo Corp. of America has loaned Augusta Resources Corp. $40 million in exchange for the right to negotiate a minority ownership interest in the Rosemont projec…more at Arizona ...

Arizona State Geologist Lee Allison has warned eight of his staff that they face layoffs as the Arizona Geological Survey moves to the University of Arizona on July 1. A consolidation bill pushed by ...

WHITE CONES, resembling styrofoam, suspend from the ceiling. Knobby posts appear to have been artfully sculpted with hammer and chisel. A bumpy protrusion is engulfed in shiny goop, as if toffee had ...

A view of the Stikine River near Wrangell and Petersburg. (Courtesy Cindi Lagoudakis) A geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska’s rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of ...

Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the ...