Earth MRI focus areas

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
legend for Arsenide
Basin brine path
legend for Basin brine path
Carlin-type
legend for Carlin-type
Chemical weathering
legend for Chemical weathering
Climax-type
legend for Climax-type
Coeur d'Alene-type
legend for Coeur d'Alene-type
Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path
legend for Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path
IOA-IOCG
legend for IOA-IOCG
Lacustrine evaporite
legend for Lacustrine evaporite
Mafic magmatic
legend for Mafic magmatic
Magmatic REE
legend for Magmatic REE
Marine chemocline
legend for Marine chemocline
Marine evaporite
legend for Marine evaporite
Metamorphic
legend for Metamorphic
Meteoric convection
legend for Meteoric convection
Meteoric recharge
legend for Meteoric recharge
Orogenic
legend for Orogenic
Placer
legend for Placer
Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au
legend for Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au
Porphyry Sn (granite-related)
legend for Porphyry Sn (granite-related)
Reduced intrusion-related
legend for Reduced intrusion-related
Volcanogenic seafloor
legend for Volcanogenic seafloor
Earth MRI data acquisition projects
Data acquisition projects
legend for Earth MRI data acquisition projects
legend for Earth MRI data acquisition projects
legend for Earth MRI data acquisition projects
legend for Earth MRI data acquisition projects
legend for Earth MRI data acquisition projects
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
legend for NGMDB
Airborne geophysical surveys
legend for Airborne geophysical surveys
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
legend for sgmc2 structure
AK mineral resources (ARDF)
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ARDF location names
Alaska geology
Geographic reference
OpenStreetMap
Shaded relief
US States
US Counties
US county names
USGS map quadrangles
Map quadrangle names

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