Natural Resource Scientist 3 (Economic Geologist)

Washington is currently recruiting for a 2-year Natural Resource Scientist 3 (Economic Geoscientist) position in the Survey’s Geologic Mapping Program to work on a 15-minute framework geologic map of the Orient quadrangle in far Northeast Washington and to inventory and characterize mine waste. Both tasks are aimed at finding and understanding critical minerals in our state and are part of EarthMRI funding.https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/dnr/jobs/4175673/economic-geoscientist-nrsci-3

This position will conduct new geologic mapping, compile existing mapping, create an inventory of known mine sites across the state with potential waste (tailings and such), and characterize some of those sites with geochemistry.