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Critical minerals are non-fuel minerals or mineral materials essential to the economic or national security of the U.S. and which have a supply chain vulnerable to disruption. Critical minerals are also characterized as serving an essential function in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would have significant consequences for the economy or national security.

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### Critical Minerals

### Critical Minerals

Critical minerals are non-fuel minerals or mineral materials essential to the economic or national security of the U.S. and which have a supply chain vulnerable to disruption. Critical minerals are also characterized as serving an essential function in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would have significant consequences for the economy or national security.

Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)

International Critical Minerals Projects

Offshore and Ocean Critical Minerals

Blood Diamonds and Conflict Mining Studies

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in Critical Minerals

Research        May 23, 2024        Critical Minerals in Alaska Placer Deposits and Southeast Alaska Mineral Systems

Research        May 23, 2024        Multi-Resource Integrated Assessments (MRIA) and the Critical-Mineral Potential of Legacy Mine Above-Ground Resources

Project        April 26, 2024        Geophysical Imaging for Critical Mineral Resources in the Southern Basin and Range

Research        May 23, 2024        Alaska Mine Waste

Infographics        April 1, 2024        USGS critical mineral supply chain infographic

Research        May 24, 2024        Alaska Resource Data File

faq        March 11, 2024        What is a critical mineral?

National News Release        October 27, 2023        USGS study highlights potential of significant critical mineral resources in the Western U.S.

Data Release        January 2, 2024        Training and validation data from the AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition

publication        November 1, 2023        Critical minerals in Climax-type magmatic-hydrothermal systems

Photography        August 17, 2023        Critical mineral veins

Photography        August 17, 2023        Critical mineral veins

publication        September 13, 2023        Can the mining industry meet global demand for critical minerals?

Research        December 21, 2023        Alaska Critical Mineral Resource Assessments

publication        November 1, 2023        National- to continental-scale governmental geophysical efforts for critical mineral mapping, USA

Project        August 31, 2023        Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative (CMMI)

Photography        April 1, 2022        Pennington Mountain Critical Minerals

Photography        October 30, 2022        Pennington Mountain Rock with Critical Minerals

National News Release        November 27, 2023        USGS multimillion-dollar science investments strengthen domestic supply chains for critical minerals

Infographics        September 27, 2021        Critical Minerals in Landsat 9

Data Release        July 31, 2023        Critical mineral deposits of the United States (ver. 2.0, April 2024)

Project        September 30, 2022        Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging of Critical Mineral Resources

Project        September 8, 2022        21st Century Prospecting: AI-assisted Surveying of Critical Mineral Potential

Infographics        June 4, 2019        Critical Mineral Commodities in Renewable Energy

publication        October 5, 2023        Critical minerals in subduction-related magmatic-hydrothermal systems of the United States

National News Release        January 5, 2024        USGS partners with Nevada to map critical mineral potential with cutting-edge data in Nevada

Illustrations        March 4, 2009        USGS Science In Action Wallpaper — Critical Minerals

Data Release        August 21, 2023        National-Scale Geophysical, Geologic, and Mineral Resource Data and Grids for the United States, Canada, and Australia: Data in Support of the Tri-National Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative

publication        November 1, 2023        Critical minerals: Germanium and cobalt in the Bornite deposit, southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska

publication        February 22, 2023        National map of focus areas for potential critical mineral resources in the United States

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