Montana State University ESCI Rock Processing Lab

Welcome to the Rock and sample Processing Laboratory at Montana State University's, Department of Earth Sciences. Traphagen 001 and 002 provide sample processing tools and equipment for MSU students and faculty. Training is required to use all equipment. Please contact lab manager Henry Stahl to schedule instrument training at henrystahl2@gmail.com.  Contracting work can also be serviced to lab manager Henry Stahl, please contact him for arrangements. The use of these facilities requires payment from the user this information is noted below. Please contact Madison Meyers at madison.myers@montana.edu for questions concerning payment. To start the payment process please email Dr. Myers the answers to these two questions; How much you should be invoiced for the 2022-2023 fiscal year based on the rubric below and Who is using the space in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, and do they need training? (Email/Name).

Payment plan for using the basement (based on usage per year) 

• REU Program $300 

• Class Project $150 

• Frequent student (grad or undergrad) user $150 

• Infrequent student user $50 

• PI User (free if paying for graduate students, otherwise) $50 

Frequent user - 5+ rocks processed over the course of 3+ days. 

Infrequent user - <5 rocks processed in a given year, several days of use but not approaching a week