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Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences

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Description Location, geologic and mineral economic data for world rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences compiled from published and non-published sources. Geographic coordinates are provided for 577 of the 799 deposits described here.
Originators Orris, Greta J., Grauch, Richard I.
Publication U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-189

Related topics

Geospatial datasets, Economic geology, Mineral resources, Natural resource assessment, Rare earth elements, Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Holmium, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Yttrium, Promethium, Mineral deposit areas, Mine sites, Intrusive carbonatite, Volcanic carbonatite, Rare earth elements, DBF, Comma-delimited text, Tab-delimited text, Shapefile, KML, HTML table

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Africa, Asia, Asia Minor and Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, Central America, Europe, North America, South America, Southeast Asia
Simplified map showing global distribution of REE deposits
Simplified map showing global distribution of REE deposits

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WMS Geologic and mineral economic data for rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences worldwide https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/ree?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0
WFS Geologic and mineral economic data for rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences worldwide https://mrdata.usgs.gov/wfs/ree?request=getcapabilities&service=WFS&version=1.0.0&