Robert Houston,
Petroleum-Geothermal Geologist /
Natural Resource Specialist Reclamationist
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Albany Field Office

229 Broadalbin St. SW
Albany OR, 97321

Office Phone: (541) 967-2080
Cell Phone: (541) 619-4653

Robert.A.Houston@mlrr.oregongeology.com

Current Projects

DOGAMI Projects:

• Oil and Gas Program: Lead staff for permitting and regulating Oil and Gas drilling in the statewide.
• MLRR Program: Lead reclamationist in 10 counties involved in: Permitting and regulating mine sites.
• Geothermal Program: Lead staff for permitting and regulating geothermal drilling in the statewide.

Non-DOGAMI Projects:

• Hydrothermal Alteration and Vein Mapping in the Western Cascades.
• Mapping glacial stratigraphy and historic glacial ice-margin fluctuations in an effort to develop a regional model of glacial responses to Heinrich events within the North Atlantic region.

Background Information

Education:

• 2001 M.S. Geology Oregon State University
• 1997 B.S. Geology Oregon State University
• 1994 A.S., and A.A.O.T. Lane Community College

Continuing Education:

• 2003 Practical Drilling Skills, Oil & Gas Consultants International, Inc. (OGCI)
• 2002 Successful Cementing: Best Practices, OGCI
• 2002 Drilling Optimization and Well Planning, OGCI

Societies:

• Northwest Exploration Group

Volunteering:

• 2006 to 2009 Vice-Chair, Budget Committee Member, Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority

Publications

DOGAMI Publications:

2004 Houston, R., Glacial Stratigraphy and History of the Blue River Drainage, Lane County, Oregon. Oregon Geology, vol. 66, number 1. p. 5-14.

External Publications:

2006 Dilles, J.; Field, C.; Houston, R.; Kent, A.; Zhang, L.; Reed, M.; Rusk, B.; Miller, B.; Martin, M.; Rye, R.; Snee, L.; and Stein, H., Lessons from Butte, Montana: Exploration and Mining Applications from Recent Research. Society of Economic Geology Abstracts with Programs.

2001 Houston, R., Geology and Structural History of the Butte District, Montana. Oregon State University Master of Science Thesis. 45 p., 10 plates

1999 Houston, R., The Butte District, Montana – New field data and reassessment of post-mineral structural tilting. Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, p. A-382.

1999 Dilles, J.H.; Reed, M.H.; Roberts, S.; Zhang, L.; and Houston, R., Early magmatic-hydrothermal features related to porphyry copper mineralization at Butte, Montana. Geol. Soc. America abstracts with Programs, p. A-380.

1997 Houston, R., Bedrock geology of the Bacona 7.5 minute. quadrangle, Columbia County, Oregon. Oregon State University Bachelor of Science thesis. 36 p., 3 plates.

Submitted: Niem, A.R., Niem, W.A., and Houston, R., in Press, Geology of the Pittsburg 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, Scale 1:24,000.

Submitted: Niem, A.R., McKnight, B.K., Houston, R., and Niem, W.A., in Press, Geology of the Vernonia 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, Scale 1:24,000.

Submitted: Niem, A.R., Houston, R., and Niem, W.A., in Press, Geology of the Bacona 7.5-minute quadrangle, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, Scale 1:24,000.

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