Mineral Resources Title Card for the Arctic

Title card for the Mineral Resources Arctic goal.  This shows a helicopter landing in Yukon Tanana Uplands, Alaska.

Alaska has considerable potential for undiscovered mineral resources including many that are presently considered to be critical. Enhancement of our domestic mineral supply will decrease the Nation’s reliance on foreign sources of minerals that are fundamental to our security and economy. USGS mineral resources projects investigate the geologic framework of the state to assess mineral resource potential. This work is done in coordination with State partners through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (EarthMRI), and effort that involves systematic collection of new high-quality data in areas that have critical mineral resource potential. USGS produced the first ever digital geologic map of Alaska that provides a visual context for the abundant mineral and energy resources found throughout the state. And related studies have also assessed the mineral resource potential of Arctic marine regions that surround the state.