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HAUSEL INDUCTED IN WHO'S WHO

Gilbert, AZ, February 26, 2008:  

Two research centers recognized W. Dan Hausel in February, 2008.  Hausel, a martial artist, geologist, author, artist and public speaker was contacted by the International Biographical Center (IBC) and Marquis Who’s Who about plans to recognize his lifelong contributions in his professions.

 

 

Dr. Nicholas Law, Director General of IBC in Cambridge England noted that Hausel has been selected as one of 2000 OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS OF 2008-2009, and nominated him for the 21^st Century Award of Achievement. IBC’s selection is based on Hausel’s >35 years of research in the geological sciences on diamonds, colored gemstones and Archean greenstone belts and detailed mapping of nearly 1000 mi² of complex geological terrain. During the past 30 years, he discovered >100 precious metal occurrences and deposits including an entire gold district, several dozen diamond deposits, mapped the two largest diamond districts in the US, found 7 previously unknown kimberlite fields (one of two host rocks noted for diamonds), mapped the largest field of lamproites in North American, discovered a nickel-palladium-platinum massif and several dozen colored gemstone deposits. His discoveries included the two largest iolite deposits in the world and one of the largest opal deposits in North America. One deposit (Sherman Mountain) is potentially the largest mineral deposit ever discovered and may have >2.4 trillion carats of iolite gemstones. At another (Grizzly Creek), massive iolite gems estimated to weigh >100,000 carats (some potentially > 5 million carats) remain untapped. Although opal was known at Cedar Ridge in central Wyoming since the early 1900s, Hausel is the only person to recognize potential for gemstones and size, and mapped opal within an area covering 14 mi², and identified common, fire and precious opal and massive opals weighing >78,000 carats and attractive decorative stones interlaced with opal and secondary quartz. While consulting in Alaska, he was on the discovery team of the Donlin Creek disseminated gold deposit that is considered to be the largest undeveloped gold deposit in North America. Hausel provided the initial detailed mapping of the deposit.

 

 

The IBC noted that Hausel was being nominated for the 21^st Century Award of Achievement not only for his contributions to the Geological Sciences, but also for his contributions to Martial Arts, Public Speaking and Writing as well as being an artist of note. A grandmaster of Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo, Hausel is certified in 18 martial arts and has been inducted into 14 Halls of Fame for his contributions over the past 44 years. Not only is he a pioneer in North American martial arts, he sits on several international councils including the United States Soke Council and the World Soke Council. His students include nearly 5000 martial artists scattered around the world, many of whom are teachers, professors, engineers, scientists and other professionals.

 

 

Hausel is also an author and contributed to more than 600 professional and general interest papers, magazines, and to 27 books. He received international awards for his work in geology and martial arts and several national awards for public speaking.  In past years he taught martial arts at the University of Utah, University of New Mexico, University of Wyoming and Arizona State University. He is the Vice President of Exploration of an international diamond mining company and president of his geological consulting firm and martial arts association. Some of his artwork appears in books and magazines.

 

 

Karen Chassie, Managing Editor of Marquis Who’s Who in Providence, NJ indicated that they also selected Hausel for inclusion into the 2009 editions of Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World because of his contributions and accomplishments.

 

 

 

January 2008

HAUSEL RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARDS  

Earlier this month, one of Gilbert’s residents received international recognition for lifelong contributions to ‘traditional’ martial arts and to the geological sciences.  In January 2007, W. Dan Hausel retired from the Wyoming Geological Survey and University of Wyoming and moved to Gilbert where he is currently the Vice President of Exploration for DiamonEx Ltd (an international diamond mining company) and world head of Seiyo Kai International (an international martial arts association).

 

Over the past 43 years, Hausel trained in martial arts and taught karate, jujutsu, self-defense and various samurai arts for nearly 4 decades at the University of Wyoming, University of New Mexico and University of Utah and has students scattered all over the world. Because of contributions to martial arts and international prestige, Professor Hausel was appointed to the United States Soke Council.  Such councils are limited to a few grandmasters that provide guidance to various martial arts groups and associations.  In addition, he is also a member of the World Soke Council based in the Philippines and a member of several Halls of Fame.

 

In addition to martial arts, Hausel also contributed to the geological sciences over the past 35 years. Much of his research at the University of Wyoming was related to diamond, colored gemstone, and precious metal deposits. He is considered as one of the leading authorities on diamond deposits and his work resulted in discovery of several mineral deposits including the two largest iolite (water sapphire) gemstone deposits in the world. He is an author of more than 550 publications including author of 12 books. For his contributions, he was awarded the distinction of the International Biographical Center’s Top 100 Scientists. This followed induction into the 10^th edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.

 

Nicholas Law, Director General of the IBC wrote, “As Holder of this distinction you can be assured of your place in history and be gratified that your work has not only been noticed but recognized as outstanding. In any one year, only 100 of the world’s best scientists … populate this exclusive list.  These are people whose daily work makes a difference… It is henceforth decreed that you should be on this list…”  Earlier this year, Hausel was recognized as one of the Leading Educators of the World.

 

 

August 15, 2007

 

 

GEOLOGIST, MARTIAL ARTIST, WRITER, ARTIST INCLUDED IN WHO’S WHO IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

 

W. Dan Hausel of Gilbert, Arizona will be included in the 10th Anniversary Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering to be published in 2008. Of 10 editions, Hausel appears in 6 of the documents Karen Chassie, Managing Editor of Marquis Who’s Who indicated on July 29th.

 

 

Hausel is known for his work in diamonds, colored gemstone and gold deposits as well as for very old (>2.5 billion years old) geological terrains.  During his career, his work and research led to the discovery of  many gold deposits including an entire gold district in central Wyoming (Rattlesnake Hills), some diamond deposits, one of the largest opal deposits in North America (Cedar Rim, Wyoming), and several colored gemstone deposits including the (Grizzly Creek iolite-kyanite-ruby-sapphire gem deposit & Sherman Mountains iolite deposit). One of these gemstone deposits yielded the largest iolite gemstone ever found – a giant stone of 24,150 carats. Even so, some very large gemstones were left in the outcrop because of the enormous size. Another deposit could potentially host a resource of >2.4 trillion carats of iolite and represent one of the largest gem deposits ever found - but much research is necessary to prove out this latter deposit.

 

 

Over the past 30 years, Hausel investigated geological terrains around the US and Canada for the Wyoming Geological Survey, US Geological Survey and a number of mining and consulting companies. In 2006, he moved to Arizona and started a consulting firm and currently works as Vice President of Exploration for an international diamond company based in Australia. He is also the author of >500 publications on geology and mineral deposits including 12 books, and more than 3 dozen geological maps.    

 

 

 

 

Hausel (in green jacket to the right) describes gold in the rocks in the background at the International

Geological Congress conference in Wyoming.

 

 

 

In recognition of his accomplishments, he has also been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who in the World, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in America, Great Minds of the 21st Century, 2000 Notable American Men, Men of Science and many others. He was presented the President's Award by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Distinguished Service Award by the Wyoming Geological Association, and the Archimedes's Geological Sciences Award. He was also inducted into the Millennium Hall of Fame and the National Rock Hound and Lapidary Hall of Fame for his work in geology. Based on his accomplishments, he has been recognized as the most productive employee in the history of the Wyoming Geological Survey and Wyoming Territorial Survey.

 

 

 

He is also an internationally recognized martial artist and has been inducted into 13 Halls of Fame for accomplishments in the martial arts and has received some of the highest honors for a martial artist - including Instructor of the Year, International Instructor of the Year, and Grandmaster of the Year (see http://grandmaster.pbwik.com).

 

 

 

 

 

Dan stands on outcrop of kyanite schist containing some ruby & sapphire following

discovery of a world-class poly-gemstone deposit in eastern Wyoming in 2004.

This deposit produced iolite gemstones weighing more than 24,150 carats in weight.

 

 

 

 

NEW PUBLICATIONS

DIAMONDS & MANTLE SOURCE ROCKS IN THE WYOMING CRATON with Discussions on the North American Craton and Unvconventional source terrains, 93 pages.

 

MINERALS & ROCKS OF WYOMING, A Guide for Collectors, Prospectors and Rock Hounds, WSGS Bulletin 72, 125 p. (2005).

 

Ah, there is nothing like a good bureaucracy. Minerals and Rocks was possibly one of the longest 'in press' publications in the history of Wyoming. It was written prior to 2001 but wasn't published until 2006 (even though it has a 2005 date). Other publications submitted to the WSGS in the past several years also took a long time. A report on the Iron Mountain kimberlites was another. Written in 1998, it sat in the editor's lap until finally published in 2003. During this same period, I wrote a nearly 400-page book on diamonds with a good friend of mine, Dr. Ed Erlich, and this book was published by an outside organization in less than half the time it took the former WSGS editor to edit and print the Iron Mountain kimberlite report (of only 54 pages). But there are still maps (1:24,000 scale) completed in the South Pass greenstone belt in the early 1980s that are still not published.

 

This same editor sat on the R & M publication for several years (and got paid). After he was relieved of his duties -I kid you not, he was PROMOTED in 2005 by the State Geologist (who also gets paid believe it or not, for ridiculous decisions like these and others). The book was recently completed only due to the efforts of a new editor. in Industrial Minerals & Rocks, For a copy, go to the RMAG website at RMAG & download the various issues.LINKS. Select the WSGS OFR Extended version DH GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD(DOC)''. This is a relatively large file, so take a break and have some coffee on me while it's downloading.

 

GEOLOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LEUCITE HILLS LAMPROITIC VOLCANIC FIELD: Wyoming Geological Survey Report of Investigations 56, 71 p. (2006)

 

DIAMONDS 7th edition, Society for Exploration of SME, p. 415-432 (2006).

 

GEMSTONE DISCOVERIES IN WYOMING: RMAG (Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists) Outcrop 55:3 (March, 2006).

 

 

GOLD, SILVER, PALLADIUM & PLATINUM Part 1 (South Pass): RMAG Outcrop 55:9 (September, 2006).

 

GOLD, SILVER, PALLADIUM & PLATINUM Part 2: RMAG Outcrop 55:12 (December, 2006).

 

GOLD, SILVER, PALLADIUM & PLATINUM Part 3 (Gold Panning, Platinum Group Metals & Mining Scams): RMAG Outcrop 56:9 (March, 2007)

 

GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD, WSGS Open File Report, 357 p. (2006)

I spent a couple of years writing this book & then solicited the assistance of Wayne Sutherland to add a couple of chapters. I'm still working on this book, but preliminary copies can be downloaded from the WSGS site. Here's how. (1) Go to DAN. (2) select 'Survey Sections' from the left side bar. (3) select 'Metals and Precious Stones'. (4) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see a list of 5 on-line publications above the

 

Diamond deposits of the North American Craton: Colorado Geological Survey Industrial Minerals Forum, 48 p. (2007)

 

Gemstones of Wyoming - Recent discoveries: Colorado Geological Survey Industrial Minerals Forum, 12 p. (2007)

 

Diamond Deposits of the North American Craton and Accreted Terrains. Wyoming Geological Association 2007 Guidebook. (in press).

 

Geology and Gemstones - Wyoming Exploration Models. Wyoming Geological Association 2007 Field Conference Guidebook (in press).

 

Gold Districts in Wyoming - exploration models. Wyoming Geological Association 2007 Field Conference Guidebook (in press).

 

WORLD GEMSTONES: Geology, Mineralogy, Gemology & Exploration.

(in progress)

 

DEPOSITS EXPLORATION METHODS, MINING, MILLING & GEOLOGY OF DIAMONDS: WSGS Memoir, in preparation.

I wrote this a couple of years ago for the WSGS. Not sure when it will be published.

 

THE MAKING OF A GRANDMASTER- MY WAY OF KARATE, in preparation.

A book (in preparation) about my experience in martial arts, my life in martial arts, and all about my style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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