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## Mineral Statistics and Commodity Information

### Information on domestic and international supplies and uses of mineral commodities essential to the U.S. economy and to national security

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## Critical Mineral Resources

### Research and assessment activities for current information on the nation and world's critical mineral resources

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## Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)

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## Assessments of Undiscovered Mineral Resources

### Our scientists study existing mineral deposits in order to understand where potential deposits may occur

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## Mineral System Life Cycles

### Studies to promote sustainable development and responsible stewardship of our natural resources

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# 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.

### Mineral Statistics and Commodity Information

Statistics and information on minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and the flow of materials through production, supply chains, recycling and sustainability.

Minerals Information

### Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data

Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and mineral resources.

USMIN Mineral Deposit Database

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### Science Priorities

We study geologic processes that concentrate known mineral resources at specific localities in the Earth's crust, and assess quantities, qualities, and areas of undiscovered mineral resources, or potential future supply.

                        - Minerals Information and Material Flow
                        - Characterization and Identification of Critical Mineral Resources
                        - Mineral Resource Assessments
                        - Mineral System Life Cycles
                        - Regional Studies and Mineral Resources
                        - Labs and Data

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## News

Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology of Sioux Falls, larger tri-state region

September 20, 2024

####   Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology of Sioux Falls, larger tri-state region

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of south-central New Mexico

September 5, 2024

####   Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of south-central New Mexico

Recently completed geophysical survey will help protect critical infrastructure from geomagnetic storms and space weather

August 8, 2024

####   Recently completed geophysical survey will help protect critical infrastructure from geomagnetic storms and space weather

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## Publications

February 9, 2024

####                 Uranium redox and deposition transitions embedded in deep-time geochemical models and mineral chemistry networks              

Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

February 7, 2024

####                 Deep magmatic staging chambers for crustal layered mafic intrusions: An example from the Bushveld Complex of southern Africa              

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

February 7, 2024

####                 Using stochastic point pattern analysis to track regional orientations of magmatism during the transition to cenozoic extension and Rio Grande rifting, Southern Rocky Mountains              

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

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August 1, 2024

####                 Alaska Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)              

Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center, Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)

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August 1, 2024

####   Alaska Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)

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May 24, 2024

####                 Alaska Resource Data File              

Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

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May 24, 2024

####   Alaska Resource Data File

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May 23, 2024

####                 Alaska Mine Waste              

Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

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May 23, 2024

####   Alaska Mine Waste

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