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# Mineral Resources Program

The USGS Mineral Resources Program delivers unbiased science and information to understand mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environment.

## Featured Content

### First Slide

#### "Mutant" Fossils Reveal Toxic Metals May Have Contributed to World’s Largest Extinctions

New publication presents evidence that malformed 415 million- year-old plakton remains contain highly elevated concentrations of heavy metals.

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#### Minerals Information Publications

Publications on the statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S.

### Third Slide

#### USGS Releases New Estimate of Copper Potential for Northeast Asia

USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5090–W - Porphyry Copper Assessment of Northeast Asia—Far East Russia and Northeasternmost China

### Fourth Slide

#### Frac Sand in the United States—A Geological and Industry Overview

Newly published -  USGS Open-File Report 2015-1107 on frac sand in the United States, including a section on frac sand consumption history.

### Fifth Slide

#### Geologic Map of Baranof Island, Southeastern Alaska Now Online

New map updates the geology of Baranof Island, Alaska, based on fieldwork, petrographic analyses, paleontologic ages, and isotopic ages.

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#### Just Published - New Data Series on Granitoid Intrusions

USGS Data Series 42  Geochemical, Mmodal, and Geochronologic Data for 1.4 Ga A-type Granitoid Intrusions of the Conterminous United States

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              - Emsbo-paper-F1-carousel.jpg  "Mutant" Fossils Reveal Toxic Metals May Have Contributed to World’s Largest Extinctions
New publication presents evidence that malformed 415 million- year-old plakton remains contain highly elevated concentrations of heavy metals.
  "Mutant" Fossils Reveal Toxic Metals May Have Contributed to World’s Largest Extinctions 
              - 2015MCS-Cover-carousel.jpg  Minerals Information Publications
Publications on the statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S.
  Global Mineral Assessments 
              - sir2010-5090-W-carousel.jpg  USGS Releases New Estimate of Copper Potential for Northeast Asia
USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5090–W - Porphyry Copper Assessment of Northeast Asia—Far East Russia and Northeasternmost China
  New Estimate of Copper Potential for Northeast Asia 
              - Frac-Sand-St-Peter-carousel.jpg  Frac Sand in the United States—A Geological and Industry Overview
Newly published - USGS Open-File Report 2015-1107 on frac sand in the United States, including a section on frac sand consumption history.
  Frac Sand in the United States—A Geological and Industry Overview 
              - sim3335-carousel.jpg  Geologic Map of Baranof Island, Southeastern Alaska Now Online
New map updates the geology of Baranof Island, Alaska, based on fieldwork, petrographic analyses, paleontologic ages, and isotopic ages.
  Baranof Island Map 
              - ds942-carousel.jpg  Just Published - New Data Series on Granitoid Intrusions
USGS Data Series 42 Geochemical, Mmodal, and Geochronologic Data for 1.4 Ga A-type Granitoid Intrusions of the Conterminous United States
  Data Series 942 

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## Science Priorities

Minerals Information& Material Flow

Critical Minerals Research

Alaska Mineral Resources

Midcontinent Rift Resources

Assessment of Undiscovered Mineral Resources

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## Data and Information

### Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data

Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Mineral Resources.

### Mineral Statistics and Commodity Information

Statistics and information on minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

### Mineral Commodity Fact Sheets

Fact sheets on selected commodities - learn about why these commodities are important to the U.S.

### Mineral Resource of the Month

A column by USGS mineral commodity specialists featured in Earth Magazine.

### Soil Geochemical and Mineralogical Maps for the Conterminous U.S.

Geochemical and mineralogical maps for each element or mineral whose data are provided in DS-801.

### Do We Take Minerals for Granted?

Overview of the role minerals play in the everyday lives of U.S. residents.

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