Active mines and mineral plants in the US
Mine plants and operations for commodities monitored by the National Minerals Information Center of the USGS. Operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the USGS. |
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Alabama geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Alabama, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Alaska geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Alaska, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Alaska Resource Data File
A comprehensive database of Alaskan mineral deposits compiled from the published literature and from unpublished reports and data from industry, the US Bureau of Land Management, and USGS. |
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Arizona geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Arizona, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Arkansas geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Arkansas, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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California geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in California, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Colorado geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Colorado, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Connecticut geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Connecticut, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Delaware geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Delaware, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Evaporite-related potash resources: deposits and permissive tracts worldwide
Includes descriptions of 981 known occurrences and deposits as well as qualitative assessment of undiscovered resource potential in 84 permissive tracts. |
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Florida geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Florida, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Geochemical and mineralogical data for soils of the conterminous United States
Systematic geochemical and mineralogical survey of soil horizons analyzed using a consistent set of methods, sample spacing 1 per 1,600 sq km. |
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Geochemical and mineralogical data for soils of the conterminous United States
Systematic geochemical and mineralogical survey of soil horizons analyzed using a consistent set of methods, sample spacing 1 per 1,600 sq km. |
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Geochemical and mineralogical maps, with interpretation, for soils of the conterminous United States
Between 2007 and 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a low-density (1 site per 1,600 square kilometers, 4,857 sites) geochemical and mineralogical survey of soils in the conterminous United States. The sampling protocol for the national-scale surve |
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Geochemistry of stream sediments in the US from the NURE-HSSR database
National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program. |
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Geochemistry of water samples in the US from the NURE-HSSR database
National-scale geochemical analysis of water samples in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program. |
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Geology of Puerto Rico
Geologic units and faults from USGS Open File Report 98-38, concerning assessment of the mineral resources of Puerto Rico |
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Geology of the conterminous United States
A digital version of the Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (King and Beikman, 1974b). It excludes Alaska and Hawaii. |
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Geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral occurrences, and mineral resource assessment for the commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Geologic map with faults, along with additional scientific information needed for mineral resource assessment (geochemical analyses, mineral occurrences, geologic terranes, and estimated undiscovered resources) |
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Georgia geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Georgia, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Global distribution of selected mines, deposits, and districts of critical minerals
Approximate locations and short descriptions of mines, deposits, and districts where critical minerals are found. The critical minerals are discussed in USGS Professional Paper 1802 many of these locations are described in further detail in that report. |
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Hawai`i geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Hawai`i. |
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Idaho geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Idaho, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Illinois geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Illinois, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Indiana geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Indiana, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Iowa geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Iowa, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Kansas geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Kansas, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Kentucky geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Kentucky, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Louisiana geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Louisiana, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Maine geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Maine, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Maryland geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Maryland, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Massachusetts geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Massachusetts, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Michigan geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Michigan, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Mineral resource data for Mississippi Valley-Type and clastic-dominated sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits
Map interface and data download of Sed Zn-Pb data including KML and GIS data formats |
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Mineral Resource Data System
MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references. |
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Minnesota geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Minnesota, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Mississippi geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Mississippi, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Missouri geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Missouri, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Montana geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Montana, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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National Geochemical Database: Rock
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" |
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National geochemical survey database
National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km. |
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Nebraska geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Nebraska, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Nevada geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Nevada, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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New Hampshire geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in New Hampshire, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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New Jersey geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in New Jersey, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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New Mexico geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in New Mexico, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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New York geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in New York, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Ni-Co laterite deposits of the world
Location, type, mineralogy, name, tonnage and grade, and geological setting for 120 deposits of this type. The US has no active nickel mines or nickel reserves. |
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North Carolina geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in North Carolina, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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North Dakota geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in North Dakota, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Ohio geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Ohio, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Oklahoma geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Oklahoma, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Oregon geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Oregon, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Pennsylvania geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Pennsylvania, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Porphyry copper deposits of the world
Information on porphyry copper deposits from around the world with grade and tonnage models, a general classification based on geologic setting, mineralogy, with data allowing locations of these deposits to be plotted using GIS. |
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Radiometric ages of rocks from Alaska
Radiometric ages of rocks or minerals sampled from Alaska. The data were collected from professional publications and/or received from researchers and used by permission. |
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Rhode Island geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Rhode Island, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Sediment-hosted zinc-lead deposits of the world
Map interface and data download of Sed Zn-Pb data including KML and GIS data formats |
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South Carolina geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in South Carolina, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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South Dakota geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in South Dakota, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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State geologic map compilation
Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format |
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Tennessee geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Tennessee, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Texas geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Texas, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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USMIN Mineral Deposit Database
A developing national-scale geospatial database that will be an authoritative source of information on the most important mines, mineral deposits, and mineral districts of the United States. |
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Utah geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Utah, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Vermont geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Vermont, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Virginia geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Virginia, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of the world
Map interface and data download of VMS data including KML and GIS data formats |
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Washington geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Washington, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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West Virginia geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in West Virginia, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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Wisconsin geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Wisconsin, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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World copper smelters
Locations and characteristics of the copper smelters throughout the world as of 2002. |
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Wyoming geologic map data
A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Wyoming, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states. |
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