Earth MRI:: Focus areas for potential domestic nonfuel sources of critical minerals.
Focus areas, undifferentiated | |
Focus areas
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Focus areas by mineral system | |
Alkalic porphyry
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Arsenide
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Basin brine path
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Carlin-type
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Chemical weathering
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Climax-type
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Coeur d'Alene-type
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Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path
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IOA-IOCG
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Lacustrine evaporite
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Mafic magmatic
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Magmatic REE
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Marine chemocline
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Marine evaporite
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Metamorphic
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Meteoric convection
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Meteoric recharge
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Orogenic
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Placer
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Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au
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Porphyry Sn (granite-related)
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Reduced intrusion-related
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Volcanogenic seafloor
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Earth MRI data acquisition projects | |
Data acquisition projects
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Known critical mineral occurrences | |
USMIN Mineral Deposits points
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USMIN deposit polygons
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USMIN surface workings
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Location names | |
Earth MRI focused geoscience | |
National Geologic Map Database Detailed bedrock mapping |
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Airborne geophysical surveys
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Survey footprint outlines | |
Survey IDs | |
Related geoscientific resources | |
Mineral resources (MRDS)
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MRDS location names | |
State geologic map units (SGMC)
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SGMC contacts | |
SGMC structures
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AK mineral resources (ARDF)
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ARDF location names | |
Alaska geology | |
Geographic reference | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Shaded relief | |
US States | |
US Counties
County names
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USGS map quadrangles
Quadrangle names
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