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Society of Economic Geologists, Inc.

Industry	Non-profit, Education
Founded	1919
Headquarters	Littleton, Colorado , USA
Area served	Worldwide
Website	www.segweb.org

The Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) is a scientific organization that promotes the study of geology as it relates to mining, mineral exploration, mineral resource classification and mineral extraction. The society's Publication Board publishes the scientific journal Economic Geology . The society serves 7,000+ members worldwide with research, publications, courses, and field trips.

Contents

• History
• Notable economic geologists
• See also
• References
• External links

History

SEG began in 1919 with a group of Geological Society of America (GSA) with an interest in economic geology. December 28, 1920, 60 distinguished professionals met and established the organization. ^[1]

Notable economic geologists

• Pavel Pavlovich Goudkoff (Gudkov) (1921). He was the organizer of the journal "Economic Geology" also. ^[2]
• Josiah E. Spurr (1923-1924)
• C.K. Leith (1925-1926)
• William E. Wrather (1934-1935)
• William O. Hotchkiss, President (1946-1947)
• Anthony J. Naldrett, President (1991-1992)

See also

• List of geoscience organizations

References

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External links

• Official website

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