Name (click for metadata and to rate record) Description Agency Subagency Category
Active Mines and Mineral Plants in the US Mine plants and operations for commodities monitored by the Minerals Information Team of the USGS. Operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the USGS. DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Mineral Resource Data System: Conterminous US MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references. It includes the original MRDS and MAS/MILS data. DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Resource Data File - Alaska (ARDF) The value of mineral production by state in the United States. The data represent commodities covered by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey. DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Global Trade - World Copper Smelters Locations and characteristics of world copper smelters DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Mineral Operations of Africa and the Middle East Attributes of over 1,500 mineral facilities DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Mineral Operations of Latin America and Canada Attributes of over 900 mineral facilities DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geology of the Coterminous United States A digital version of the Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (King and Beikman, 1974b). It excludes Alaska and Hawaii. DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Ages from the National Geochronological Database A subset of the National Geochronological Database as of 1995. Shows the distribution of published K/Ar and Ar/Ar age determinations in the US. Sample location, rock description, analytical data, age, interpretation, and bibliographic reference are given. DOI USGS Geography and Environment
National Geochemical Survey Database National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km. DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geochemistry of Sediments in the US from the (NURE-HSSR) Database Geochemical analyses of sediment samples throughout the U.S. collected by the hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance (HSSR) phase of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. This database contains 397,625 records. DOI USGS Geography and Environment