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Mineral operations outside the United States

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Publication

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1135

Mineral facilities of Africa and the Middle East
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1375

Mineral facilities of Latin America and Canada
USGS Open-File Report 2010-1254

Mineral facilities of Asia and the Pacific
USGS Open-File Report 2010-1255

Mineral facilities of northern and central Eurasia
USGS Open-File Report 2010-1257

Mineral facilities of Europe

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