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Jan C. Rasmussen

Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum

1502 W. Washington

Phoenix, AZ 85007
(520) 603-7656
janrasmATcoxDOTnet
www.janrasmussen.com

Brief Summary

Dr. Jan Rasmussen has more than 30 years experience as a geologist in numerous aspects of the field. She is currently Curator of the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jan most recently worked as an environmental geochemist for SRK Consulting Scientists and Engineers in Tucson. There, she wrote technical reports for mining companies offering stock on the Toronto and London stock exchanges and for BHP Billiton to submit to Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for the closure of the San Manuel mine.

Dr. Rasmussen earned her Ph.D. in Economic Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Arizona in 1993. She then worked for Woodward-Clyde Consultants in Las Vegas, Nevada. For most of her career, she has been a consulting geologist involved in exploration for copper, gold, oil and gas, coal and other commodities.

Jan worked many years for the Arizona Geological Survey and has written over 12 books and open file reports and numerous articles about the geology of Arizona, including "Coal, Oil and Gas, and Uranium in Arizona", "Molybdenum in Arizona", and "Fossils of Arizona". She served 10 years on the Arizona Oil and Gas Commission, by appointment of the governors in 1985 and 1990.

Throughout her career, Dr. Rasmussen has taught Physical, Historical, and Environmental Geology classes part time at the community colleges in the towns where she lived (Austin, Texas; and Sierra Vista and Tucson, Arizona). She began her career as a high school science teacher and Assistant Curator of the University of Arizona Mineral Museum.

Profile

Unique ability to recognize leading edge concepts and technologies before they are adopted by the general public, near the beginning stages of paradigm shifts. Proven track record for being an effective communicator, project manager, and problem solver. Expert in analyzing complex situations and critically evaluating detailed information, using synergistic and practical methods to find creative solutions.

Key Skills

Innovator Communicator Mentor

Visionary Creative Designer Problem Solver

Team Builder Intuitive Leader

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Geosciences, Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
M.S., B.S., Geology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Curator 2007-present - Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum (Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources), Phoenix, AZ

· Evaluated situations, advised clients, wrote reports, and made recommendations resulting in improvements.

Consultant 2003-2007 - SRK Consulting Scientists and Engineers, Tucson, AZ

· Wrote Canadian Natl. Inst. 43-101 reports on properties being listed on the Toronto and London stock exchages.
· Wrote reports for submittal to regulating agencies (such as Arizona Department of Environmental Quality) for large mining company clients, such as the closure of the San Manuel Mine and others.
· Prepared Environmental Impact Statements and other documents for regulatory agencies.

Consultant 1997-2003 - Jan Rasmussen Consulting, Sonoita, AZ and Austin, TX

· Evaluated situations, advised clients, wrote reports, and made recommendations resulting in improvements.
· Taught classes (Physical, Historical, and Environmental Geology), which led to changed student perceptions and improved performance.

Project Geologist 1994-1997 Woodward-Clyde Federal Services, Las Vegas, NV

· Successfully obtained funds for a $275,000.00 project within a declining overall budget by recognizing motivating factors and writing to the decision makers, resulting in timely accomplishment of the project.
· Managed project (planned scheduled, budgeted, and supervised) with five independent scientists whose research projects were behind schedule, resulting in a summary report being completed on time.
· Facilitated cooperation in a virtual corporation with a variety of stakeholders and corporate agendas, resulting in the planning, approval, and completion of nine drilling projects (four times as many as others) in one year.

Consulting Geologist 1980-1994 J. C. Wilt & Co., Tucson, Arizona

· Evaluated, advised, wrote reports, and made recommendations, which led to accurate and insightful reports and continued customer loyalty.
· Developed pragmatic mine reclamation plan by identifying key environmental issues and addressing specific concerns required by the agencies, resulting in first time approval (which is extremely rare).
· Chaired conferences, organized programs, coordinated activities, publicized events, and edited proceedings volumes, resulting in smooth running, popular programs.

Commissioner Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Phoenix, Arizona

+ Appointed by Governor Bruce Babbitt in 1985 and Rose Mofford in 1990, elected Chairman 1991-93.
+ Set oil, gas and geothermal policies, hired an expert to manage the agency, and adjudicated drilling permits and variances from requirements, resulting in smooth running of the agency.

Research Geologist University of Arizona (Ph.D.) Tucson, Arizona, 1987-1993.

· Designed cutting edge research project using neural networks (pattern recognition software) to prove a novel theory, resulting in completion twice as fast as normal.
· Efficiently communicated results and negotiated approval from professors with divergent views, resulting in approval.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Registered Geologist, Arizona, State Board Tech. Registration, 1983-present, No. 15664

Certified Bau-biologie Environmental Inspector, 1999-present

Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, # 2722, 1999-2000

Arizona Community College Certificate, to teach Geology, lifetime certificate # 8367 issued March 24, 1987

Standard Secondary Certificate, Arizona Dept. of Education, issued 9/24/90, to teach Geology and Science, grades 7-12

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Society of Mining Engineers, 1987 present
Association of Professional Geologists
Geological Society of Nevada
Arizona Geological Society: Conference Chairman, 1994, 1986, President, all offices
Mining Foundation of the Southwest: Board Member, 1990-94

PUBLICATIONS

Jan C. Rasmussen Publications (mostly as Jan C. Wilt)

(arranged by topic, then by year with most recent first)

Economic Geology

see Recent Research for recent articles

Rasmussen, Jan C., and others, 1997, Natural Resources Final Report, Yucca Mountain Area, Nye County, Nevada: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System, Management & Operating Contractor, Document Identifier #B00000000-01717-5700-00005, Rev. 00, June 2, 1997, 1000 p.

Ludington, S., Cox, D., and others, 1996, Database for a national mineral resource assessment of undiscovered deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the conterminous 48 United States: U. S. Geological Survey open-file report on CD-ROM.

Wilt, Jan C., 1995, Correspondence of alkalinity and ferric/ferrous ratios of igneous rocks associated with various types of porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F. W., and Bolm, J. G., editors, Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 20, p. 180-200.

Wilt, Jan C., 1993, Geochemical patterns of hydrothermal mineral deposits associated with calc-alkalic and alkali-calcic igneous rocks as evaluated with neural networks: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Ph. D. dissertation, 721 p.

Eyde, Ted, and Wilt, Jan C., 1989, Arizona industrial minerals; a growing industry in transition, in Jenney, J. P., and Reynolds, S. J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 741-758.

Wilt, Jan C., and McAllister, Lon, 1988, Mineral resource survey for the proposed master land withdrawal, Naval Air Facility, El Centro, California: prepared for the Department of the Navy, Western Division Naval Facilities, Engineering Command, San Bruno, California, according to Bureau of Land Management requirements, 95 p., maps, appendices.

Wilt, Jan C., and Keith, Stanley B., 1987, Correlation of magma alkalinity with metal contents in Tertiary and Cretaceous ore deposits, S. CA, AZ, and NM (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 893.

Wilt, J. C., Keith, S. B., and Theodore, T. G., 1984, A listing and map showing molybdenum occurrences in Arizona: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-830, 62 p., scale 1:1,100,000.

Wilt, Jan C., and Keith, Stanley B. Keith, 1984, Metallogeny of Arizona lode gold production (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 697.

Keith, Stanley B., Swan, Monte M., and Wilt, Jan C., 1984, Regional gold exploration models for the Mojave region (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 556-557.

Wilt, Jan C., Keith, Stanley B., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Huber, Donald F., and Theodore, Ted G. Jr., 1984, Preliminary report of Molybdenum occurrences in Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-9, 1432 p.

Keith, Stanley B., Schnabel, Lorraine, DeWitt, Ed, Gest, Don E., and Wilt, Jan C., 1984, Map, description and bibliography of the mineralized areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona: U. S. Geological Survey open-file report 84-0086, 129 p.

Wilt, Jan C., and Scarborough, Robert B., 1981, Cenozoic sediments, volcanics and related uranium in the Basin and Range Province of Arizona, in Goodell, P. C., and Waters, A. C., editors, Uranium in volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology No. 13, p. 123-143.

Wilt, Jan C., 1980, Arizona molybdenum minerals as keys to metallogenic types (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, no. 6, p. 309.

Wilt, Jan C., 1980, Arizona molybdenum minerals as keys to metallogenic types (abstract): U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, p. 9.

Keith, Stanley B., and Wilt, Jan C., 1980, Molybdenum in Arizona: Fieldnotes from the State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 10, no. 3, p. 1-3, 7-9, 12.

Scarborough, Robert, and Wilt, Jan Carol, 1979, A study of uranium favorability of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks, Basin and Range Province, Arizona, Part I, General geology and chronology of pre-late Miocene sedimentary rocks: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Open-file report; U. S. Geological Survey Open-file report 79-1429, 101 p.

Peirce, H. Wesley, Keith, Stanton B., and Wilt, Jan Carol, Coal, Oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182, 289 p.

Peirce, H. Wesley, and Wilt, Jan Carol, 1970, Coal, in Peirce, H. Wesley, Keith, Stanton B., and Wilt, Jan Carol, Coal, Oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182, p. 11-41.

Peirce, H. Wesley, and Wilt, Jan Carol, 1970, Oil, natural gas, and helium, in Peirce, H. Wesley, Keith, Stanton B., and Wilt, Jan Carol, Oil, Natural gas, Helium, and Uranium in Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182, p. 43-101.

Popular Geology

Wilt, J. C., 1993, Geology around Tucson, a guide for educators: Tucson chapter, AIME (American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers), 126 p.

Poulton, M., Kemeny, J., Colombo, A., Wilt, J., Canty, S., and Jimmerson, N., 1992, Minerals, Where and Why; a MacIntosh program for students in grades 1-6: Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona, Department of Mining and Geological Engineering.

Regional Geology and Tectonics

Finn, V. J., Wilt, J. C., Horstman, K. C., and Barnett, K. C., 1989, Morphostructural analysis of the North American Cordillera as indicated by tectonics, geomorphology, geophysics, geology, and metallogenesis: 28th International Geological Congress, Washington, D.C., Abstracts.

Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., 1986, Laramide orogeny in Arizona and adjacent regions: a strato-tectonic synthesis, in Beatty, B., and Wilkinson, P.A.K., editors, Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 16, p. 502-554.

Keith, S. B., and Wilt, J.C., 1985, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic orogenesis of Arizona and adjacent regions: a strato-tectonic approach, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., editors, Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Rocky Mountain Section - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Symposium 3, p. 403-437.

Nations, Dale, Wilt, J.C., and Hevly, R.H., 1985, Cenozoic paleogeography of Arizona, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., editors, Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Rocky Mountain Section, Symposium 3, p. 335-355.

Wilt, Jan C., and Hix, Gary L., 1985, Geological causes of the hydrogeology of southern Arizona's Basin and Range Province, in Lehr, Jay H., and Butcher, Kathy, editors, Proceedings of the Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, western regional ground water conference: National Water Well Association, Worthington, OH, Western Regional Ground Water Conference, January 15-16, 1985, p. 281-304.

Scarborough, Robert, Meader, Norman, Wilt, Jan C., and Keith, Stanley B., 1983, Reconnaissance geology of the northern Plomosa Mountains: University of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Open-file Report 83-24, 35 p.

Field Trips

Keith, Stanley B., Wilt, Jan C., and Scarborough, Robert, 1983, Day 1 - Parker to northern Plomosa Mountains via Plomosa Road: Arizona Geological Society, Fall Field Trip 1983, p. 1-32.

Keith, Stanley B., and Wilt, Jan C., 1983, Decretion: Laramide Cordilleran tectonics in the Tucson region: Arizona Geological Society, 1983 Spring Field Trip.

Wilt, Jan C., 1979, Colorado Plateau field trip: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Fieldnotes, v. 9, no. 4, p. 3, 8.

Keith, S.B., Wilt, J.C., Deal, E., Clemons, R., Lynch, D., and Forrester, J., 1978, First day: Road log from Lordsburg to Douglas via Granite Gap and San Bernardino Valley with an extension to the southern end of the Mule Mountains, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 1-30.

Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., 1978, Second day road log from Douglas to Tucson via Bisbee, Tombstone, Charleston, Fort Huachuca and Sonoita, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 31-76.

Keith, S.B., Lehman, N.E., Sell, J.D., and Wilt, J.C., 1978, Supplemental road log no. 1, Tucson to Benson via Nogales, Patagonia, Sonoita and Whetstone Junction, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 88-104.

Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., 1978, Supplemental Road Log no. 3, Tucson to Lordsburg via Interstate 10, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 112-124.

Editor

Callender, Jon F., Wilt, Jan C., Clemons, R.E., and James, H.L., editors, 1978, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, 372 p.

Wilt, Jan C., and Jenney, Judith P., editors, 1976, Tectonic Digest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 10, 430 p.

Bibliography

Vuich, John S., and Wilt, Jan C., 1974, Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Arizona, 1965-1970: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 190, 155 p.

Stratigraphy and Sedimentation

Mattson, S. R., Clayton, R. W., Ely, R. W., Wilt, J. C., Nelson, S. T., Castellanous, M., and Matthusen, A. C., 1994, Yucca Mountain Project draft stratigraphic compendium: prepared for U. S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC01-91W00134, 171 p.

Schreiber, Joseph F., Pine, Gordon L., Pipkin, Bernard W., Robinson, Richard C., and Wilt, Jan C., 1972, Sedimentologic studies in the Willcox Playa area, Cochise County, Arizona, in Reeves, C.C., Jr., editor, Playa Lake Symposium: International Center for Arid and Semi-arid Land Studies, Lubbock, Texas, Publication No. 4, p. 133-184.

Wilt, Jan Carol, 1971, Fossils of Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Open-file Report 71-1, 400 p.

Wilt, Jan Carol, 1969, Petrology and stratigraphy of the Colina Limestone (Permian) in Cochise County, Arizona: University of Arizona, Tucson, unpublished M.S. thesis, 117 p.

Rasmussen, Jan Carol, 1965, Some features of wind deposits near Willcox Playa, Cochise County, Arizona: University of Arizona, Tucson, unpublished Honors thesis, 41 p.

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