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Mineral Resources Program

Mineral Resources Program

The USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) delivers unbiased science and information to increase understanding of ore formation, undiscovered mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environment. MRP supports data collection and research on a wide variety of non-fuel mineral resources that are important to the Nation’s economic and national security.

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Mineral Resources Program

Mineral Resources Program

The USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) delivers unbiased science and information to increase understanding of ore formation, undiscovered mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environment. MRP supports data collection and research on a wide variety of non-fuel mineral resources that are important to the Nation’s economic and national security.

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Research
Gray with bits of white cylinder-shaped vein intersected in drill core. Silver pencil next to core for size.

Multi-Resource Integrated Assessments (MRIA) and the Critical-Mineral Potential of Legacy Mine Above-Ground Resources

Research
Map of Alaska with multiple colors throughout the state representative areas of different geology.

Geologic Map of Alaska

Project
Alaska geology map revealed

Alaska Databases and Information Analysis

Research
Half-meter-thick quartz veins cut across outcrops of granitic gneiss on Divide Mountain along the Alaska-Yukon border

Alaska Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)

Photography
MRP USB VID

MRP USB VID

Project
Image Collage of Landsat, pollinator, and volcanologist

Geophysical Imaging for Critical Mineral Resources in the Southern Basin and Range

Research
Alaska Resource Data File quadrangle map

Alaska Resource Data File

Project
GMEG Exhibit poster

MinFrame - Methodological infrastructure needed for resource assessment, modeling, and evaluation

Project
Serpentinized peridotite that has been cut to reveal the serpentine minerals inside surrounded by a thin brown outer layer.

Ultramafic lands: Sustainability Challenges and Resource Opportunities

Research
Two scientists next to 4x4 vehicle and buckets. Gravel-rock hill, tire tracks in mud, green trees, blue sky in background.

Alaska Mine Waste

Research
Scientist in orange shirt and hat with gold pan in hands. Seven buckets scattered around shallow creek and small hills.

Critical Minerals in Alaska Placer Deposits and Southeast Alaska Mineral Systems

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Dataset for mineral resource inventory of North Dakota

Project
Image shows a map and key of the United States with mineral locations marked with colored shapes

Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative (CMMI)

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Image shows sagebrush lands with cloudy sky

Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment

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sphalerite, cubes of pyrite, and covellite

Mineral Resources Program Projects

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USGS science for a changing world

Mineral Resource Assessment Training

Project
mine symbol map for USA and Puerto Rico

USMIN Mineral Deposit Database

Topic
Image shows a map of countries that are color-coded by the amount of mineral commodities they supply to the U.S.

Materials Flow and Recycling - Minerals

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data portal screenshot

Mineral Resource Online Data Catalog

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Spatial data files associated with the identification of new data for the sagebrush focal area mineral resource assessment in Nevada

Research
USGS science for a changing world

Mineral Resources External Research Program

Research
2019 MCS report cover

Mineral Commodity Statistics and Information

Project
Map of Alaska showing estimated mineral-resource potential

GIS Prospectivity Analysis for Critical Minerals in Ore-Forming Systems in Alaska

Project
Image shows a map of the continents with color-coded deposits for copper

Global Mineral Resource Assessments

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Satellite map view of world with four countries highlighted in green.

International Integrated Minerals Interpretation

Project
Collage of airborne spectroscopy imagery

Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging of Critical Mineral Resources

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program—Mineral resource science supporting informed decisionmaking

Project
USGS mineral resource assessment workflow diagram

21st Century Prospecting: AI-assisted Surveying of Critical Mineral Potential

Project
Image Collage of Landsat, pollinator, and volcanologist

Large Magmatic Systems for Minerals

Project
scientist walking in desert with equipment

Hyperspectral Imaging of Mineral Resources from New and Old Origins: Minerals for the Nation’s Economy and Utilization of Legacy Mine Lands

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