Cobalt Deposits in the United States

This data release provides descriptions of more than 60 mineral regions, mines, and mineral deposits within the United States and its territories that are reported to contain enrichments of cobalt (Co). To focus the scope of this data release, we report only mined deposits and exploration prospects with past production, or resource and reserve estimates of 1,000 metric tons or more of cobalt. Cobalt has diverse uses because of its properties, which include ferromagnetism, hardness, wear-resistance, low conductivity, and high melting point. The primary uses for cobalt are in rechargeable battery electrodes, and in superalloys used to make gas turbine engines. In 2017, the United States had a net import reliance...

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GIS, supplemental data table, and references for focus areas of potential domestic resources of critical minerals and related commodities in the United States and Puerto Rico

In response to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to identify 36 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.) (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1021/ofr20181021.pdf). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the rationale for the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). The program, which partners the USGS with State Geological Surveys, Federal agencies, and the private sector, aims to collect new geological, geophysical, and topographic (lidar) data in key areas of the U.S. to stimulate mineral...

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Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of the People's Republic of China

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for the People's Republic of China. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries and related economic and physical infrastructure integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study as well as the movement of mineral products across domestic and global markets. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity supply chains by updating and publishing the georeferenced locations of mineral commodity production and processing facilities, mineral...

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Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of Select Countries in Southwest Asia

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for 10 countries of interest in Southwest Asia (area of study): Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Thailand. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries and related economic and physical infrastructure integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study as well as the movement of mineral products across domestic and global markets. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity supply chains...

Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Cambodia, Economic Geology, Energy Resources, All tags... Geography, India, Indonesia, Information Sciences, Iran, LNG, LNG terminals, Laos, Malaysia–Thailand JDA, Mineral Resources, NGL, Nepal, North Korea, PGE, Pakistan, REE, Thailand, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aluminum, amethyst, antimony, aquamarine, aragonite, arsenic, asbestos, barite, barium, bauxite, beforsite, bentonite, beryl, beryllium, bismuth, boron, brine, brown coal, bulk cargo, bulk shipping, cadmium, calcium, celestite, cement, cesium, chromium, clay, coal, coal (brown), coal (hard), coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, cobalt, columbium, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, critical minerals, deposit, diamond, dry port, electrical transmission lines, electricity, electricity generation, emerald, energy, energy generation, epidote, evaporite-related potash, exploration, ferroalloys, fluorite, fluorspar, fluxstone, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gas terminal, gasification, gemstone, gemstones, gold, graphite, gypsum, hafnium, halite, halite (brine), hard coal, hydrocarbon resources, iron, iron (carbonatite), iron and steel, iron ore, kyanite, lapiz lazuli, lead, limestone, liquefaction, liquefied natural gas, lithium, magnesite, magnesium, manganese, marble, maritime port, mercury, methanol, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral deposit, mineral exploration, mineral exports, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, morganite, muscovite, natural gas, natural gas liquids, nickel, niobium, niobium (columbium), non-renewable energy, ochre, oil, oil and gas, oil and gas terminal, oil production, oil terminal, peat, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate occurrence, phosphate resources, phosphorite, platinum-group elements, porphyry copper, port, port terminal, potash, potash occurrence, potash resources, potassium, power, power generation, power lines, power plant, power station, quartz, rare earth elements, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, regasification, renewable energy, resources, rhenium, rose quartz, rubidium, ruby, salt, sand, sand (glass), sand and gravel, sandstone, sapphire, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, serpentine, shale gas, shale oil, shipping port, silica, silver, smelting, sodium, sphalerite, spinel, stratabound copper, strontium, sulfur, sövite, talc, tantalum, technetium, tellurium, thorium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tourmaline, transmission lines, tungsten, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, vermiculite, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Mines, Mineral Occurrences, and Mining Districts in the Carlin Area, Nevada

Sediment hosted gold deposits in Nevada were first mined in the 1960s from open pit mines with large tonnage and low grade resources. Since that time, continuing exploration and discovery have identified extraordinary resources, and together these deposits now form the second-largest gold endowment on Earth, surpassed only by the Witwatersrand Gold Fields of South Africa. The data herein are part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project to develop an updated geospatial database of mines, mineral deposits and mineral regions in the United States. The point and polygon layers within this database represent locations of mines, mineral occurrences (which includes deposits and prospects), and mining...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Ag, Au, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Carlin, All tags... Cu, Elko County, Eureka County, Hg, Mo, Nevada, Pb, Santa Renia Mountains, Sb, Tuscarora Mountains, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Mineral Deposit Database, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, W, Zn, antimony, barite, copper, economic geology, geospatial datasets, gold, lead, mercury, mine, mine sites, mineral commodity, mineral deposit areas, mineral deposit type, mineral deposits, mineral occurrence, mineral resources, molybdenum, natural resource exploration, open pit mine, silver, surface workings, tungsten, turquoise, underground workings, zinc, Fewer tags

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022 - BARITE Data Release

This data release contains the U.S. salient statistics and world production data extracted from the BARITE data sheet of the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022.

Categories: Data; Tags: United States, barite, nonmetallic mineral resources

Lenticular body of barite in dolomite of the Rome formation. Bartow County, Georgia. 1944.

Lenticular body of barite in dolomite of the Rome formation, exposed by barite mining 900 feet northwest of Paga No. 2 mine. Bartow County, Georgia. Circa 1944. Plate 14- C, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 224. 1950.

Categories: Image; Tags: Barite, Bartow County, Georgia, Mills, Mines, Quarries, photo print

GIS, supplemental data table, and references for focus areas of potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the United States and Puerto Rico—antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium

In response to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to identify 35 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.) (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1021/ofr20181021.pdf). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the rationale for the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). The program, which partners the USGS with State Geological Surveys, Federal agencies, and the private sector, aims to collect new geological, geophysical, and topographic (lidar) data in key areas of the U.S. to stimulate mineral...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, All tags... Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mineral Resources, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, critical mineral, economic geology, fluorspar, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, mineral deposits, potash, uranium, vanadium, zirconium, Fewer tags

Concentrations of Major and Trace Elements in Streambed and Floodplain Sediment along the Middle Big River and Tributaries in the Southeast Missouri Barite District and in Quality-Assurance Samples, 2012-15

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release contains locations and concentrations of metals in various size fractions in floodplain-core, streambed-sediment samples, and sediment deposited on the flood plain from the December 2015 flood and underlying soils collected from along the Middle Big River and tributaries in the Southeast Missouri Barite District from 2012 to 2015. All samples were analyzed either by inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) or x-ray fluorescence (XRF). Concentrations of metals in quality-assurance samples are also presented to evaluate the effect of sample splitting and compare the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and USGS Missouri Water Science Center XRF units....

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Big River, Environmental Health, Geochemistry, Sediment, Soil Sciences, All tags... Southeast Missouri Barite District, Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, barite, cadmium, historical mining, lead, mine waste, lead and zinc mining, mining, mining influence, zinc, Fewer tags

Tungsten Deposits in the United States

Note: this data release has been superseded by version 2.0, available here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P97NJLI4.

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