Presentations and handouts from the

2019 MMEW short courses can be downloaded

from links on the short course schedule below.

2019 MMEW Program and Field Guide

(includes lists of participants, instructors, and sponsors)

Introductory PowerPoint

Final Report for the 2019 MMEW

Executive Summary

Financial Summary

Participant Survey Results

• Constructing the Rock Cycle

• Mining and Geology 101

• Benefits of Beneficiation

• The BIG PICTURE: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

• Surficial Geology of Minnesota

• The Last Big Push: Ice and the Giant's Range

• Quarternary Lithostratigraphic Units of Minnesota

• Minnesota's Lakes: Laboratories for Mineral Genesis

• Using the Online Minnesota Natural Resource Atlas in the Classroom

• Raw Materials and Iron Production

• Minnesota Iron Mining & the Classroom

• American Peat Technology and the Five Challenges of Harvesting Peat

• American Peat Technology Tour Presentation - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

• Life Cycle/Circular Economy Concepts: Potential Applications to Minnesota's Mineral Resources

• Minnesota Caves: History & Lore

• Lakes and Groundwater - A Single Resource?

• Protecting Groundwater in Aggregate Mining Areas

• Mining and Water - An Essential Partnership