1. Mineral Resources
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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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Interactive map interface
United States

Show in Google Earth or other KML viewer:

deposit.kml (uncompressed 2.5M bytes)

deposit.kmz (compressed 690k bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC web services:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/deposit (WMS, version 1.3.0)

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wfs/deposit (WFS, version 1.1.0)

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Download data for geographic areas you choose

Search records by critical mineral, commodity, material, location type, and state.

Download compressed data packages by commodity:

Commodity Geodatabase Shapefiles CSV
Cobalt USGS_Cobalt_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Cobalt_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Cobalt_US_CSV.zip
Gallium USGS_Gallium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Gallium_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Gallium_US_CSV.zip
Germanium USGS_Germanium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Germanium_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Germanium_US_CSV.zip
Graphite USGS_Graphite_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Graphite_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Graphite_US_CSV.zip
Indium USGS_Indium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Indium_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Indium_US_CSV.zip
Lithium USGS_Lithium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Lithium_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Lithium_US_CSV.zip
Niobium USGS_Niobium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Niobium_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Niobium_US_CSV.zip
Rare earth elements USGS_REE_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_REE_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_REE_US_CSV.zip
Rhenium USGS_Rhenium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Rhenium_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Rhenium_US_CSV.zip
Tantalum USGS_Tantalum_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Tantalum_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Tantalum_US_CSV.zip
Tellurium USGS_Tellurium_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Tellurium_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Tellurium_US_CSV.zip
Tin USGS_Sn_US_Geodatabase.zip USGS_Sn_US_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Sn_US_CSV.zip
Tungsten USGS_Tungsten_ver2_US_Geodatabase.gdb.zip USGS_Tungsten_ver2_Shapefiles.zip USGS_Tungsten_ver2_CSV.zip

Shapefiles limit text fields to 254 characters. The shapefile for Rare earth elements truncates the remarks field in three records.

Documentation

About the database tables and fields

All database fields, by category

Overview of this database development effort

Describes overall goals and includes links to component products, publications, and partnerships.

Metadata: download by commodity:

Commodity Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Cobalt Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Gallium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Germanium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Graphite Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Indium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Lithium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Niobium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Rare earth elements Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Rhenium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Tantalum Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Tellurium Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Tin Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML
Tungsten Outline Questions & Answers Plain text XML

Publication

Cobalt deposits in the United States
Burger, M.H., Schmeda, G., Long, K.R., Reyes, T.A., and Karl. N.A., 2018, Cobalt Deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9V74HIU.
Gallium Deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Gnesda, W.R., Mauk, J.L., and Ringer, A.L., 2021, Gallium Deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9S73UYY.
Germanium deposits in the United States
Gnesda, W.R., Karl, N.A., and Mauk, J.L., 2020, Germanium deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CPYTFN.
Graphite Deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Knudsen, L.D., Gnesda, W.R., Mauk, J.L., and Schmeda, G., 2022, Graphite deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99RK9SU.
Indium Deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Gnesda, W.R., Funk, J.A., Mauk, J.L., and Forbush, C.R., 2022, Indium deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97FRY3M.
Lithium deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Mauk, J.L., Reyes, T.A., and Scott, P.C., 2019, Lithium Deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZKRWQF.
Niobium deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Knudsen, L.D., and Mauk, J.L., 2021, Niobium deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9I4NFSN.
Rare earth element occurrences in the United States
Bellora, J.D., Burger, M.H., Van Gosen, B.S., Long, K.R., Carroll, T.R., Schmeda, Germán, and Giles, S.A., 2019, Rare Earth Element Occurrences in the United States (ver. 4.0, June 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FN15D1.
Rhenium occurrences in the United States
Burger, M.H., and Long, K.R., 2018, Rhenium occurrences in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KP81F2.
Tantalum deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Knudsen, L.D., and Mauk, J.L., 2021 Tantalum deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9T16WZZ.
Tellurium deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., and Mauk, J.L., 2019, Tellurium Deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XANDRN.
Tin deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Burger, M.H., and Long, K.R., 2018, Tin Deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97JYNJL.
Tungsten deposits in the United States
Karl, N.A., Carroll, T.R., Burger, M.H., Knudsen, L.D., Long, K.R., Reyes, T.A., and Schmeda, G., 2020, Tungsten deposits in the United States (ver. 2.0, August 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97NJLI4.

Related topics

Cerium, Cobalt, Dysprosium, Economic geology, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Gallium, Geologic processes, Germanium, Holmium, Indium, Lanthanide series elements, Lanthanum, Lithium, Lutetium, Mineral deposits, Mining and quarrying, Neodymium, Niobium, Praseodymium, Promethium, Rare earth elements, Rhenium, Samarium, Scandium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Terbium, Thulium, Tin, Tungsten, Ytterbium, Yttrium
Mineral deposit areas, Mine sites
Comma-delimited text, File geodatabase (Esri), KML, OGC WFS, OGC WMS, Shapefile
Cobalt, Germanium, Lithium, Niobium, Rare earths, Rhenium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Tin, Tungsten