Publications

Results from our Program’s research and minerals information activities are published in USGS publications series as well as in outside journals. To follow Minerals Information Periodicals, subscribe to the Mineral Periodicals RSS feed.

Subscribe to Minerals Periodicals RSS Feed

Minerals Information Publications

National Mineral Information Center (NMIC) products focus on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials. These products are organized by mineral commodity, geographic area, or monthly/annual statistical compilation.

NMIC Publications

Product Collections

Product collections resulting from previous science activities and external research program grant final reports.

Select Mineral Resources Program (MRP) & Earth MRI Publications, Data Releases, and Webpages Digital Handout

Select the USB image or button below to open a downloadable and printable handout in .pdf format. The handout provides a select listing of publications, data releases, and websites directly related to the MRP funded science priorities.

Access Digital PDF

Filter Total Items: 2294

Publication Type

Node Release Date

States

Fulltext search

January 1, 1993

Timing of early Tertiary ridge subduction in southern Alaska: A section in Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992

We present a new compilation of 158 isotopic ages from Tertiary plutons that intrude the accretionary prism (Chugach-Prince William composite terrane) of southern Alaska. Two broad plutonic age groups are present: Paleocene to Eocene (the Sanak-Baranof plutonic belt), and Oligocene to Miocene. Plutons of the Sanak-Baranof belt are broadly coeval with magmatism along the axis of an Andean-type arc

Authors

Dwight Bradley, Peter J. Haeussler, Timothy M. Kusky

Ecosystems Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

January 1, 1993

Construction aggregates

Part of a special section on the market performance of industrial minerals in 1992. Production of construction aggregates increased by 4.6 percent in 1992. This increase was due, in part, to the increased funding for transportation and infrastructure projects. The U.S. produced about 1.05 Gt of crushed stone and an estimated 734 Mt of construction sand and gravel in 1992. Demand is expected to inc

Authors

V.V. Tepordei

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1993

Fluorspar

The U.S. produced 50 kt of fluorspar in 1992 and imported nearly 409 kt. Almost all the fluorspar was imported from China. The U.S. consumption of 467 kt represents the lowest level since 1958. This is due to the continuing decrease in consumption by the steel and aluminum industries.

Authors

M. Miller

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1993

Strontium

Part of a special section reviewing the market performance of industrial minerals in 1992. Imports of celestite (strontium ore) reached nearly 45 kt, which represents an increase of 35 percent over 1991. Mexico supplied almost all of the celestite. Nearly 70 percent of the strontium consumed in the U.S. is used in television picture tube faceplate glass to block X-ray emissions.

Authors

J.A. Ober

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1993

SPECtrum Processing Routines User's Manual Version 3 (program SPECPR)

IntroductionThe SPECtrum Processing Routines (SPECPR) is a large-scale interactive program for general one-dimensional array processing and optimized for reflectance spectroscopy data and analysis. The program processes one-dimensional arrays up to 4852 data points and the operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, trigonometric functions, logarithmic and exponential funct

Authors

Roger N. Clark

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Spectroscopy Lab

January 1, 1993

SPVIEW; spectral plot program for accessing the USGS Digital Spectral Library database with MS-DOS personal computers, version 1.00

No abstract available.

Authors

K. Eric Livo, Roger N. Clark, Daniel H. Knepper

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Spectroscopy Lab

January 1, 1993

SPVIEW; spectral plot program for accessing the USGS Digital Spectral Library database with MS-DOS personal computers, version 1.00

No abstract available

Authors

K.E. Livo, Roger N. Clark, Daniel H. Knepper

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Spectroscopy Lab

January 1, 1993

Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992

This collection of 19 papers continues the annual series of U.S. Geological Survey reports on the geology of Alaska. The contributions, which include full-length Articles and shorter Geologic Notes, cover a broad range of topics including dune formation, stratigraphy, paleontology, isotopic dating, mineral resources, and tectonics. Articles, grouped under four regional headings, span nearly the en

Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 1993

General distribution of geologic materials in the southern San Francisco Bay Region, California: A digital map database

No abstract available.

Authors

Carl M. Wentworth

Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

January 1, 1993

The U. S. Geological Survey, Digital Spectral Library: Version 1 (0.2 to 3.0um)

We have developed a digital reflectance spectral library, with management and spectral analysis software. The library includes 498 spectra of 444 samples (some samples include a series of grain sizes) measured from approximately 0.2 to 3.0 um . The spectral resolution (Full Width Half Maximum) of the reflectance data is

Authors

Roger N. Clark, Gregg A. Swayze, Andrea J. Gallagher, Trude V.V. King, Wendy M. Calvin

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Spectroscopy Lab

January 1, 1993