Mike Knoper  •  Licensed Geologist

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Geological Consultant

I am a licensed professional geologist.

Experienced geologist: geological, structural, and geochemical mapping, map consulting, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, GIS, core log analysis, remediation and reclamation studies, mineralogical and geochemical characterization, ground-checking, mineral exploration, education and training.

Analytical geologist: electron-microprobe, MLA, SEM, XRD, XRF, petrographic microscope (equipped with digital camera), and remote sensing based on geospatial datasets.

Field geologist: cratons, greenstone belts, layered igneous intrusions, orogenic complexes, cordilleras, volcanic provinces, and extended crustal domains.

For more information about my consulting services ¹  – refer to my contact details listed below…

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Contact Details & Disclaimer

Michael Knoper (Licensed Geologist)

United States - postal address:

2510 E Towner St
Tucson, AZ 85716.2117
United States (USA)
+1 (520) 829.1810

South Africa - postal address:

PO Box 1172
Auckland Park 2006
Johannesburg
South Africa
+27 (11) 839.2010

Email: knoper@mineral.pro

Fax: +1 (520) 829.1810

Initial Consultation - rates:

Consultation using

Email $20.00 Phone $50.00

¹ Enquiries are welcome. By my own admission, I am not easy to hire. If you seek advice or have a project that might interest me then please arrange for an initial consultation. There is no assurance that I will accept a project or offer after an initial consultation. If you choose not to arrange for an initial consultation, but still seek professional advice, I might not bother to respond. Generally speaking, I have a policy of working on projects only if the following criteria are met, in order of priority:

1. The project is something to which I can bring real value.
2. The concept interests me and fires my synapses.
3. The people are realistic yet open-minded.

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Client Resources

Client Login – clients will be provided with instructions to securely access any files using the file manager.

Literature Database – list of selected geological publications and research papers in my reference library.

Note the gold mine dumps, which dominate the bottom region of the image (north towards top) in south central Johannesburg, South Africa. These mine dumps are rapidly disappearing, as they are being actively reprocessed and relocated. This necessitates reclamation as well as remedial work. Aster satellite imagery from 2002; false-color processing using TNTmips.

Much of the world's platinum is found associated with the basal chromitite layer of the Merensky Reef in the Bushveld Complex. The basal chromitite is the thin dark band about 0.5 cm thick near the center of the photo, between the dark Merensky Pyroxenite and the light-colored footwall anorthosite. Platinum group minerals often found here include PGM phases such as isoferroplatinum, maslovite, sperrylite, cooperite, and braggite. Photograph by M Knoper.

Monazite, a mineral rich in the light rare earth elements cerium, lanthanum, and neodymium, is the most common REE ore mineral found at Steenkampskraal, a REE ore deposit located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The brown-colored areas seen in this ore specimen are composed of fine-grained monazite-(Ce) and apatite, whereas (the more reflective) quartz-rich zones are proximal to concentrations of magnetite and chalcopyrite. This ore specimen measures about 12 cm across. Photograph by M Knoper.

Spodumene is lithium pyroxene, an ore mineral of lithium. In this photo of a spodumene pegmatite from the Kaapvaal Craton, the ash-colored lath-shaped crystals are spodumene, here with their long axes parallel to the rock hammer handle. Tantalite and columbite are two other minerals sometimes found in such pegmatites. Photograph by M Knoper.