Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

Mineral facilities and operations outside the United States compiled by the National Minerals Information Center of the USGS.

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Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1135

Mineral facilities of Africa and the Middle East

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1135/

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1375

Mineral facilities of Latin America and Canada

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1375/

USGS Open-File Report 2010-1254

Mineral facilities of Asia and the Pacific

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1254/

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1135

Mineral facilities of northern and central Eurasia

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1255/

USGS Open-File Report 2010-1257

Mineral facilities of Europe

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1257/

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