Steven Hauck is the director of the Economic Geology Program within the Minerals Division of the Center for Applied Research and Technology Development. He has been the manager of the Economic Geology group since July 1985. He is an economic geologist with over eight years experience as an exploration geologist for uranium and iron oxide-copper-gold deposits for Union Carbide Corporation. His basic and applied research work in Minnesota has concentrated on Cu-Ni-PGE deposits in the Duluth Complex, volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralization in the Archean greenstone belts, SEDEX deposits in the Animikie basin, industrial clays in the Minnesota River Valley and clays throughout the remainder of the state and oxidized taconite deposits on the western Mesabi Iron Range. He is a Certified Professional Geologist (No. 8356) of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and also a Licensed Professional Geologist (No. 30349) in Minnesota.
BA with Honors in Geology, Albion College, 1971 MS Geology, University of North Carolina, 1977