Major mineral deposits

Major mineral deposits of the world: Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities.

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This collection of brief mineral resource reports of many mineral commodities was intended as foundational information for a global mineral resource assessment by the USGS. The assessment that was undertaken was restricted in scope to copper deposits, in particular porphyry copper and sediment-hosted copper; data from that assessment is provided at Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources.

Need more? You can View, Download, and Understand this data source at https://MRData.usgs.gov/major-deposits/.

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