Matthew Vitale

Education

2021—Bachelors, Geology, Rowan University

Biography & Research Interests

After graduating from Rowan University in the spring of 2021, Matthew attended Indiana University's field camp located in Montana. Shortly after that, he began working as an environmental scientist in New Jersey. With the Superfund group at the MBMG he will be focusing on the new rare earth element project, conducting soil and water sampling to determine the viability of reclaiming mine waste for rare earth elements, along with assisting in the other projects that group handles.

Year	Citation
2026	Duaime, T.E., Icopini, G.A., Quarles, J.T., and Vitale, M.J., 2026, Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit water-level monitoring and water-quality sampling, 2024 consent decree update, Butte, Montana 1982-2024: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 780, 171 p.
2025	Duaime, T.E., Quarles, J.T., and Vitale, M.J. , 2025, Identification and characterization of rare earth elements in large-scale mine wastes--Task 4: Data Summary Report, Year 2 (2023-2024): Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 776, 45 p.
2025	Vitale, M., Quarles, J., Duaime, T., and Calhoun, M., 2025, Preliminary data release of mine waste assays from abandoned and inactive mines across Montana, 2023-2024: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 17.
2025	Duaime, T.E., Quarles, J.T., and Vitale, M.J., 2025, Identification and characterization of rare earth elements in large-scale mine wastes--Task 4 data summary report: Year 1 (2022-2023): Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 769, 41 p.
2024	Duaime, T.E., McGrath, S.F., Icopini, G.A., Quarles, J.T., and Vitale, M.J., 2024, Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit water-level monitoring and water-quality sampling, 2023 consent decree update, Butte, Montana 1982-2023: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 766, 168 p.
2024	Vitale, M., Quarles, J., Duaime, T., Roitz, J., and Calhoun, M., 2024, Preliminary data release of mine waste assays from abandoned and inactive mines across Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Analytical Dataset 12.