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Facilities

MMRI has facilities within the main University of Mississippi campus, the Jackson Avenue Center (JAC), The NIUST building at the UM Field Station, and an offsite shop. Please see the map below for locations and more information. The MMRI main office is located within Brevard Hall, Room 49, on The...

Allison I. Woolsey

Allison I. Woolsey is a geographic information systems (GIS) research analyst and Mississippi registered professional geologist ( #0913). She joined MMRI in 2009 soon after graduating from Ole Miss. She provides geospatial solutions, creates GIS web maps, and performs GPS data integration. In her...

About the Institute

​​ The Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute (MMRI) was established in 1972 by the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) in an effort to coordinate mineral-related research in Mississippi.

MMRI Postdoctoral Researcher publishes research about ice on Mars

Erica Luzzi, postdoctoral researcher at MMRI, recently published her research on potential ice on Mars in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets entitled " Geomorphological Evidence of Near-Surface Ice at Candidate Landing Sites in Northern Amazonis Planitia, Mars." Please see the Ole Miss...

Mission and Vision

The mission of MMRI remains to provide the public and private sectors the expertise needed to make responsible decisions regarding Mississippi’s and the nation’s natural resources and environmental well-being. This is accomplished by conducting research that is relevant to society and educating...

Equipment

Geophysical Ground Penetrating Radar: Mala GX (Ground Explorer) ground penetrating radar system with 450, 160, and 80 MHz antennae, with integrated differential GPS receivers. System includes a Rough Terrain Cart, a road cart (for roads and highways). The 450 and 160 MHz antenna use a proprietary GX...