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Metamorphic rocks
Sedimentary or igneous rocks which have undergone such intense changes in temperature, pressure, structural stress, or chemical environment that they are transformed into denser rocks.
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Alaska Geochemical Database [New Window]
Geochemical analyses of rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and heavy mineral concentrate samples in Alaska analyzed from 1962 through 2009
Alaska Geochemical Database (AGDB)-Geochemical data for rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and concentrate sample media [New Window]
Geochemical analyses of rocks, mineral separates, bulk samples from lake and stream sediments, heavy mineral concentrates, and soils collected by USGS from 1962 to 2009.
Asbestos mines, prospects, and occurrences in the US [New Window]
Location and mineralogical characteristics of former mines, prospects, and occurrences of asbestos in the continental US. No asbestos producing mines are currently active. Data here are drawn from several previously published reports.
Carbonatites of the world, explored deposits of Nb and REE [New Window]
Data on 60 of the 527 known carbonatites in the world, providing reliable quantitative data on ore tonnages and grades of niobium and REE.
Carbonatites of the world, explored deposits of Nb and REE; database and grade and tonnage models [New Window]
Data on 60 of the 527 known carbonatites in the world, providing reliable quantitative data on ore tonnages and grades of niobium and REE.
Geology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Greens Creek massive sulfide deposit, Admiralty Island, southeastern Alaska [New Window]
This metal ore deposit formed over a period of time in which its tectonic setting was changing, consequently it shows a range of characteristics typical of several different types of deposits. Rock geochemistry data are provided in tabular form.
Map showing geology, structure, and geophysics of the central Black Hills, South Dakota [New Window]
This 1:100,000-scale digital geologic map details the complex early Proterozoic granitic rocks, early Proterozoic supracrustal metamorphic rocks, and Archean crystalline basement of the Black Hills.
Mapping the mineral resource base for mineral carbon-dioxide sequestration in the conterminous United States [New Window]
Map includes GIS data for magnesium-rich ultramafic rocks
National Geochemical Database: Rock [New Window]
Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"
Preliminary digital geologic map of the Penokean (early Proterozoic) continental margin in northern Michigan and Wisconsin [New Window]
This map portrays the geology of Early Proterozoic rocks deposited along the southern margin of the Archean Superior craton during the Penokean orogenic cycle in northern Michigan and Wisconsin.

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