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Media Alert: The WSGS and USGS announce low-level helicopter flights near Laramie, Wyoming

Media Alert: The WSGS and USGS announce low-level helicopter flights near Laramie, Wyoming

Scientists with the Wyoming State Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical...

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Plugging the Gaps: How the USGS is working to fill in data gaps for Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells

Plugging the Gaps: How the USGS is working to fill in data gaps for Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells

Ever wonder what happens to an oil and gas well when it runs dry? Believe it or not, that is a multi-billion-dollar question that occupies the...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Helps Map Critical Mineral Resources in Montana

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Helps Map Critical Mineral Resources in Montana

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest more than $1.9 million to map critical mineral resources in Montana in partnership with the Monta...

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Media Alert: The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and U.S. Geological Survey announce low-level helicopter flights in Southwest Montana

Media Alert: The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and U.S. Geological Survey announce low-level helicopter flights in Southwest Montana

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the MBMG and USGS are announcing this low-level...

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Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights along Colorado-Wyoming border will study mineral potential

Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights along Colorado-Wyoming border will study mineral potential

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the CGS, the WSGS and the USGS are announcing...

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Coloring the Sky, Powering our Lives

Coloring the Sky, Powering our Lives

As the brilliant blooms burst overhead this Fourth of July, some might wonder how fireworks get those bright colors. 

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New online tool serves USGS geochronology data in state-of-the-art way

New online tool serves USGS geochronology data in state-of-the-art way

The U.S. Geological Survey has developed an updated, point and click web application for accessing a geochronology database with sample summary and...

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USGS Invests Millions in Critical-Minerals Mapping in Alaska

USGS Invests Millions in Critical-Minerals Mapping in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest more than $5.8 million to map critical-mineral resources in Alaska in partnership with the...

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Media Alert: The Wyoming State Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey announce low-level helicopter flights in Central Wyoming

Media Alert: The Wyoming State Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey announce low-level helicopter flights in Central Wyoming

The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using a helicopter and will fly over parts of central Wyoming, weather permitting. The...

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Media Alert: The USGS and agencies from four states announce low-level airplane flights in the Central Great Plains

Media Alert: The USGS and agencies from four states announce low-level airplane flights in the Central Great Plains

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Alabama

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Alabama

The U.S. Geological Survey is providing more than $1 million to map critical mineral resources in Alabama in partnership with the Geological Survey of...

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Joint Wyoming State Geological Survey-U.S. Geological Survey Effort to Study Mineral Resources in Central Wyoming

Joint Wyoming State Geological Survey-U.S. Geological Survey Effort to Study Mineral Resources in Central Wyoming

Scientists from the Wyoming State Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey have launched a collaborative effort to collect a large swath of...

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