Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and other natural occurrences of asbestos in the conterminous United States
Site-by-site information on 876 natural occurrences of asbestos reported within the conterminous US. Includes location, mineralogy, geology, and relevant literature for each asbestos site. Data are provided in Microsoft Excel, shapefile, and CSV formats. |
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Crustal Architecture Beneath the Southern Midcontinent (USA) -- Data Grids and 3D Geophysical Models
Regional grid files and 3D voxel models were used to study crustal architecture. Includes grid files consist of surface grids used in the inversions, and calculated geophysical data grids produced by the inversions. Data are provided in GOCAD voxel and GXF grid formats. |
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Geochemical and petrographic data for intrusions peripheral to the Big Timber Stock, Crazy Mountains, Montana
The Paleocene Fort Union Formation hosts a compositionally diverse array of Eocene plugs, dikes, and sills arrayed around the Eocene Big Timber stock in the Crazy Mountains of south-central Montana. The geochemistry and petrography of the sills have no |
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Spatial databases for the geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains - Idaho, Montana, and Washington
The spatial databases represent the original content of 43 published geologic maps, provide normalized map unit descriptions, and provide additional information and interpretation not in the original reports. |
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Relational database for the geology of the northern Rocky Mountains; Idaho, Montana, and Washington
Geologic map unit and lithologic descriptions used in Open File Report 2005-1235, with extensive bibliographic references to geologic literature that could not be included in the spatial database. |
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Stillwater Complex Rock Outcrop Database
Polygons that describe areas of rock outcrop in the area of the Stillwater Complex, Montana from published reports and field mapping sheets. Includes both legacy data and outcrops from recent field mapping. This dataset contains overlapping polygons, as some areas had mapping from different sources that overlapped the same locations. Data are provided in shapefile format. |
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Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data, Stillwater Complex, Montana, May 2000 (ver. 2.0, June 2020)
Data from a helicopter-borne electromagnetic and magnetic survey flown over this area area in 2000. Nominal elevation of the sensor was 60 meters. Survey coverage comprises 1,914 line kilometers. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Thin section images of AMAX drill core from the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Photographs and micrographs of rock taken from cores in this area. Data are provided in JPEG and CR2 formats. |
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Thin section images of xenoliths from north of the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Micrographs (photographs taken using a microscope) of xenoliths (pre-existing rock material included in younger rocks) in this area, to understand the formation of mineral deposits there. Data are provided in JPEG and CR2 formats. |
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Geochronologic data from xenoliths near the Stillwater Complex, Montana
U-Pb isotopic data collected on zircon in xenoliths from the Sliderock Mountain and Susie Peak plutons using the sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe-reverse geometry (SHRIMP-RG) at Stanford University. Data are provided in CSV format, locations are provided in shapefile format. |
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Stillwater Complex, Montana - Logs of core drilled by AMAX, 1969 to 1977
Scanned drill core logs and explanatory material provided in PDF format. Hand-written notes provided in CSV format. Locations provided in shapefile format. |
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Lithogeochemistry of selected surface and drill core samples from the Chrome and Iron Mountain areas of the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Whole rock geochemical analysis of sulfide- and chromite-bearing samples in this area, with specific interest in PGE, cobalt, and gold concentrations. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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TIMA-X Bright Phase Analysis of Platinum-Group Minerals in Selected Samples from the Chrome and Iron Mountain areas of the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Bright phase and energy-dispersive spectroscopic analyses were performed to evaluate platinum-group element and mineral distribution in a variety of rock types from the lower stratigraphy of the Stillwater Complex in Montana. Data are provided in CSV format, supporting analytical data are provided as PDF reports and TIFF images. |
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Stillwater Complex Strike and Dip Database
Geologic structure strike and dip information from this area from pre-existing digital strike and dip information and from digitizing strike and dip locations from georeferenced map images. Data are provided in shapefile format. |
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Principal facts of gravity data from the Stillwater Complex, Montana, 2013-2014 and 2020
Gravity measurements were collected during 2013, 2014, 2020 at 168 sites on and around the Stillwater layered mafic complex. Data are provided in CSV and shapefile formats. |
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Geochemistry of rocks and rock fabric data near the hanging wall contact to the Reef Package, Stillwater Complex, Montana, USA
Whole-rock major, minor, and trace element geochemistry of rock samples collected from diamond drill holes that intersect the textural discontinuity at the top of the Reef Package from the underground working of the Stillwater Mine. Data are provide in CSV format. |
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A geologic and mineral exploration spatial database for the Stillwater Complex, Montana
<p>The Stillwater Complex is a Neoarchean, ultramafic to mafic layered intrusion exposed in the Beartooth Mountains in south-central Montana. This igneous intrusion contains magmatic mineralization that is variably enriched in strategic and critical commo |
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Database for Geologic and Structure Maps of the Kalispell 1 x 2 Degree Quadrangle, Montana, and Alberta and British Columbia
A Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase and shapefile formats. |
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Global Geochemical Database for Critical Minerals in Archived Mine Samples
Chemistry and geologic information for historic ore and ore-related rock samples from mineral deposits in the United States and from archetypal deposits from 27 other countries. Data are provide in Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and CSV formats. |
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Legacy Geochemical Data from Hardcopy Records of Selected Past U.S. Geological Survey Projects
Geochemical data from selected USGS projects from the 1960s-1980s that were previously not published as digital data. Includes geochemical analyses from 36,498 samples of various types using analytical methods and instruments that were current when those studies were carried out. Data are provided in Microsoft Access, shapefile, and CSV formats. |
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Spatial data associated with tungsten skarn resource assessment of the Northern Rocky Mountains, Montana and Idaho
Resource assessment and supporting data including permissive tracts, mineral sites in the study area, geologic units, geologic maps, stream sediment geochemistry, whole rock chemistry, airborne radiometric data, and lower frequency content EMAG2 data. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase, shapefile, and CSV formats. |
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Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Survey, Yellowstone National Park, 2016 - Minimally Processed Data
Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data were collected during 2016 along 4,212 line-kilometers over this area. The survey was flown with a nominal line spacing of 450 meters or less, and mean flight height about 48 m providing depth of investigation about 500m. Data are provided in CSV format, flight lines in shapefile format. |
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Airborne Electromagnetic Survey Processed Data and Models Data Release, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2016
Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data were collected in 2016 along 4,212 line-kilometers over this area as part of a study of the subsurface geologic structure and geothermal and groundwater resources of Yellowstone National Park. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Estimates of mineral abundances based on Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction data from mill tailings and other ore processing materials
Results of mineral abundance estimates based on Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses of mill tailings and other ore processing materials from worldwide localities. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Stillwater Complex, Montana: Logs of core drilled by Cyprus in the Chrome Lake area, 1971 to 1980
Historical context of minerals exploration in this area including the locations of drill cores and lithologic, structural, grain size, and chromite, sulfide, copper, and nickel mineralization. Data are provided in TIFF images, with originally hand written information provided in CSV format, and location information as shapefiles. |
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Thin section images of drill core from the Chrome Lake area in the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Photomicrographs, lithologic and textural information for drill core from this area to study contact-type mineralization that occurs near the lower contact (Basal series and hornfels rocks) of the complex. Data are provided as JPG and CR2 images. |
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Stillwater Complex, Montana: Logs of core drilled by Anaconda in the Nye Basin area, 1968 to 1982
Images of graphic drill core logs showing associated drill core information, explanation for the lithology and structure sections of the logs, locations of the drill holes, and tabular data compiled from handwritten notes on the logs. Data are provided in TIFF, shapefile, and CSV formats. |
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Thin section images of drill core from the Crescent Creek area in the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Photographic images of thin sections of drill core from this area to study contact-type copper and nickel sulfide mineralization there. Data are provided in JPEG and CR2 formats, with a shapefile giving locations of the cores. |
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Thin section images of drill core and hand samples from the Stillwater Mine area, Stillwater Complex, Montana
Photographs and micrographs of hand samples and drill core from this area to study platinum-group element reef-type mineralization that occurs in the J-M Reef of the Stillwater Complex. Data are provided in JPEG and CR2 formats. |
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Stillwater Complex, Montana: Logs of core drilled by Anaconda in the Benbow area, 1969 to 1973
Scanned drill core logs and explanatory material provided in PDF format. Hand-written notes provided in CSV format. Locations provided in shapefile format. |
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Solid and aqueous geochemistry for mill tailings and other ore processing materials
Geochemical analyses of solid mill tailings and other ore processing materials from worldwide localities, and leachates from those samples. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Stillwater Complex, Montana: Logs of core drilled by Chrome Corporation of America in the Mountain View area, 1988 to 1990
Images of graphic drill core logs showing associated drill core information, an image of the explanation for the lithology and structure sections of the logs, the locations of the drill holes, and tabular data compiled from handwritten drill core logs. Data are provided in TIFF and CSV formats. |
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Geology and mineral resources of the North-Central Idaho Sagebrush Focal Area: Chapter C in Mineral resources of the Sagebrush Focal Areas of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming | Info |
GIS Data for Geologic Map of the Salmon National Forest and Vicinity, East-Central Idaho
A Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)-compliant version that updates the GIS files for the geologic map. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase and shapefile formats. |
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Digital Data for the Geologic Map of the Central Beaverhead Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho, and Beaverhead County, Montana
Detailed geologic units and structural features of this area. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase and shapefile formats. |
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Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project
Locatable mineral resource assessment tracts (tracts of land) associated with the Department of the Interior (DOI) Sagebrush Focal Areas in Montana, Wyoming and Utah, central Idaho, and the Oregon-Nevada-Idaho border area. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase and shapefile formats. |
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Geology and mineral resources of the North-Central Montana Sagebrush Focal Area: Chapter D in Mineral resources of the Sagebrush Focal Areas of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming | Info |
Missouri Breaks Project, Montana - Digitized aeromagnetic data
Previously created but unpublished map sheets were scanned, registered, and the contours were digitized. The point data released here were extracted from the digitized contour lines and include: latitude, longitude, and magnetic-field value (gamma). Data are provided in a fixed-field columnar text format. |
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Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data, East Poplar Oil Field and surrounding area, October 2014, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana
Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data were collected in 2014 in this area. The survey was flown at a nominal flight height of 30 m above terrain, line spacing of 200 m with a smaller area at 100 m. Includes raw and processed AEM data and spatially-constrained inverted resistivity depth sections, and unprocessed and processed magnetic data that has been drift corrected, leveled, and draped to terrain. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Geology and mineral resources of the Southwestern and South-Central Wyoming Sagebrush Focal Area, Wyoming, and the Bear River Watershed Sagebrush Focal Area, Wyoming and Utah | Info |
Airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, southeast Missouri and western Illinois, 2018-2019
Digital flight line data for a high-resolution horizontal magnetic gradient and radiometric survey over an area of southeast Missouri and western Illinois. Data are provided in CSV and GeoTiff formats. |
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Geochemical and Modal Data for Mesoproterozoic Igneous Rocks of the St. Francois Mountains, Southeast Missouri
A compilation of new and previously published geochemical and modal analyses of Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks in this area. Includes major and trace element geochemistry and mineralogical composition as well as sample locations and characteristics. Data for 618 unaltered samples and 549 altered samples are provided as Microsoft Excel and as tab-delimited text. |
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Geochemical Database for Iron Oxide-Copper-Cobalt-Gold-Rare Earth Element Deposits of Southeast Missouri, 2016-2017
Sample description, location, and geochemical analysis of Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks and iron oxide-apatite-rare earth element and iron oxide-copper-cobalt-gold deposits in this area. Data are provided in Microsoft Access and tab-delimited text formats. |
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Geochemical Database for Iron Oxide-Copper-Cobalt-Gold-Rare Earth Element Deposits of Southeast Missouri
Geochemical analysis of samples from IOCG-REE type deposits in this area to facilitate petrologic studies, mineral resource assessments, and the definition and statistics of geochemical baseline values. Data are provided in Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and tab-delimited text formats. |
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Magnetotelluric data from Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky, 2016-2019
Magnetotelluric station data collected from 2016-2019 across parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky to support regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and mineral resource and geologic hazard investigations. |
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Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data, Big Sioux aquifer, October 2015, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data collected in 2015 along 769 line-kilometers including raw and processed AEM and magnetic data, processed AEM resistivity-depth inversions. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Argon and geochemical data for: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and petrogenesis of the Table Mountain Shoshonites, Golden, CO
Observational data supporting Argon-Argon geochronological analysis, along with geochemical analyses of basalt samples from this area. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Shapefiles to accompany Colorado Mineral Belt revisited
Based on detailed information on the location of the Tertiary intrusions and mineral deposits, and on the control provided by the Proterozoic structures, all superimposed using GIS, a new outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt is proposed. Older representations are included for comparison. Data are provided in shapefile format. |
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Structural geologic orientation data for primarily Proterozoic aged rocks, eastern-central Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado
This data release consists of point data digitized from structural geologic orientation symbols consisting of mostly foliations and lineations from twenty-three geologic maps published between 1964 and 2009, primarily 7.5-minute, 1:24,000 scale quadrangles. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase, shapefile, CSV, and Microsoft Excel formats. |
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Titanium-vanadium deposits hosted in mafic-ultramafic layered intrusions and massif anorthosite intrusions from around the world
Information on titanium-vanadium deposits hosted in mafic-ultramafic layered intrusions and massif anorthosite intrusions from around the world. Includes only deposits with reported grade and tonnage information. Data are provided in CSV and shapefile formats. |
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Regional scale magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains
Data from 102 magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2012 through 2014 in this area to improve regional conductivity models of the western United States. |
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Geochemistry and Environmental Tracer Data for Groundwater, Stream Water, and Ferricrete Samples from Handcart Gulch, Colorado
Stream water, groundwater, and ferricrete samples were collected and analyzed to constrain the location of a possible concealed mineral occurrence. Data are provided in CSV and shapefile formats. |
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Operation Basement: Missouri Precambrian Sample Database
Sample locations, location descriptions, lithology, mineralogy, and geochronological relationships of drill holes that penetrated the buried Precambrian basement in this area. Detailed well log and cutting descriptions are included if available. Data are provided in Microsoft Access and tab-delimited text formats. |
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Tungsten Deposits in the United States (ver. 2.0, August 2020)
Detailed descriptions of mineral deposits containing this commodity, including history, production, resource estimates, and geographic features. Data are provided in CSV, shapefile, Microsoft Excel, and Esri file geodatabase formats. |
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Ground conductivity measurements at selected National Wildlife Refuges, Montana and North Dakota, 2017-2018
Shallow subsurface electrical conductivity mapped at selected U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managed lands in northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota in the winters of 2017 and 2018. Data are provided in CSV format, locations are provided in shapefile format. |
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Lithogeochemistry and images of selected drill core samples from the Mineral Hill alkaline complex, Wyoming
Geochemical analysis, photographs and micrographs of rock samples and drill core materials from this area. Data are provided in CSV, images in JPEG format. |
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Whole-rock geochemical data for the Bear Lodge alkaline complex, Wyoming: 2009 - 2013
Geochemical analysis of alkaline igneous rocks, carbonatites, and weathered and oxidized samples in and near a rare-earth element deposit. Data are provided in Microsoft Excel format. |
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Tin Deposits in the United States
Locations, extent, and detailed characteristics and history of mineral deposits containing this commodity, including history of production, resource estimates, and extent of surface workings. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase, shapefile, and CSV formats. |
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Sulfur isotope analyses of mineral deposits: sulfide minerals in epithermal veins of the Lowland mining district, Montana, USA and anhydrite associated with the Black Angel zinc-lead-silver deposit, Greenland
Sulfur isotope determinations (34S/32S ratios) for sulfur-bearing minerals collected from epithermal veins in this area and from metasedimentary rocks that host the Black Angel zinc-lead-silver deposit. Samples were collected by cooperators as parts of larger ore genesis studies. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Tellurium Deposits in the United States
Detailed descriptions of mineral deposits containing this commodity, including history, production, resource estimates, and geographic features. Data are provided in CSV, shapefile, Microsoft Excel, and Esri file geodatabase formats. |
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Niobium Deposits in the United States
Detailed descriptions of mineral deposits containing this commodity, including history, production, resource estimates, and geographic features. Data are provided in CSV, shapefile, Microsoft Excel, and Esri file geodatabase formats. |
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Geochemical data for the Elk Creek alkaline complex, southeast Nebraska
Analytical data from a suite of rock and mineral samples collected from drill core within the Elk Creek alkaline complex, which hosts the Elk Creek carbonatite, a multilithologic carbonatite enriched in niobium, rare earth elements (REEs), scandium, and titanium. Data are provide in CSV format. |
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National Geochemical Database on Ore Deposits: Legacy data
Chemistry and geologic information for nearly 30,000 historic ore and ore-related rock samples from mineral deposits and mining districts in the United States. Data are provided in Microsoft Access and CSV formats. |
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U-Pb SHRIMP and 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data and backscatter electron (BSE) and panchromatic cathodoluminescent (CL) imagery of sample materials for study of dikes, country rock, and alteration systems, Butte, U.S.A.
Geochronological data using several different techniques, for a multidisciplinary study of dikes, country rock, and alteration systems in which mineral deposits may form. Data are provided in Esri file geodatabase, shapefile, Microsoft Excel, and CSV formats. |
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Carbonatite whole-rock and calcite geochemistry from the Bear Lodge alkaline complex, Wyoming and Mountain Pass mine, California
Whole-rock and calcite geochemical data are reported for twelve carbonatite samples collected from the Bear Lodge alkaline complex, a known occurrence of rare earth elements. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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U-Pb detrital zircon data for: Select Pennsylvanian-Triassic sedimentary rocks from Colorado
Geochronological data to understand the history of these rock formations. Data are provided in CSV format. |
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Dataset for mineral resource inventory of North Dakota
Compilation of previously published data on the distribution and character of mineral resources in this area. Data are provided in GeoTiff and shapefile formats. |
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