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USGS Research Lab To Open At Colo. School Of Mines

Around 150 government scientists will staff the new research facility, the U.S. Geological Service said.

DENVER, CO A new branch of the federal U.S. Geological Survey will expand the agency's presence at Colorado School of Mines with a new partnership, the school announced.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke joined Paul C. Johnson, president of Colorado School of Mines, to announce that more than 150 USGS scientists will open new minerals research labs at the university’s Golden, Colorado, campus.

A new, "state of the art" Subsurface Frontiers Building on the Mines Campus will house USGS staff and lab space.

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"With this new facility, the USGS and the School of Mines will have a revolutionary shared workspace for the world-class research and education that the USGS and the Colorado School of Mines are famous for delivering to the country," said USGS Director Jim Reilly in a statement.

Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner and Democrat U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter have been working behind the scenes to bring the facility and its staff to Colorado School of Mines. The school already partners with USGS as the site for USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center and its National Earthquake Information Center.

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Gardner is also working with Zinke to bring the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction.

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