Global Geochemical Database for Critical Minerals in Archived Mine Samples

The Critical Minerals in Archived Mine Samples Database (CMDB) contains chemistry and geologic information for historic ore and ore-related rock samples from mineral deposits in the United States. In addition, the database contains samples from archetypal deposits from 27 other countries in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Samples were obtained from archived ore collections under the U.S. Geological Survey's project titled "Quick Assessment of Rare and Critical Metals in Ore Deposits: A National Assessment" (2008 to 2013) in an effort to begin an assessment of the Nations' previously mined ore deposits for critical minerals. Mineralized and altered rock samples were provided by the Colorado...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alaska, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, All tags... Brazil, Burma, California, Canada, Chile, China, Colorado, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Economic Geology, Finland, Geochemistry, Germany, Honduras, Idaho, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mauritania, Mexico, Michigan, Mineral Resources, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, NGDB, Namibia, National Geochemical Database, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Oklahoma, Oregon, Papua New Guinea, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Zambia, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, atomic emission spectroscopy, barium, beryllium, bismuth, boron, cadmium, calcium, cerium, chemical analysis, chromium, cobalt, copper, critical minerals, dysprosium, economic geology, erbium, europium, fluorine, gadolinium, gallium, geochemical data, geochemistry, geoscientific information, germanium, gold, hafnium, historic ores, holmium, indium, iron, lanthanum, lead, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, metallic mineral resources, mineral deposit type, mineral deposits, mineralogy, molybdenum, neodymium, nickel, niobium, nonmetallic mineral resources, palladium, phosphorus, platinum, potassium, praseodymium, rhenium, rock geochemistry, rocks and deposits, samarium, scandium, silicon, silver, strontium, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Trace element chemistry of sulfides and quartz, in situ sulfur isotope values of sulfides, cathodoluminescence of quartz, fluid inclusion microthermometry and raman, and radiogenic isotope and whole rock geochemistry from the Stibnite-Yellow Pine district, Idaho 2016-2022

This dataset is a collection of geochemical data on samples from the Stibnite-Yellow Pine district of Idaho. The datasets include: whole rock geochemistry; lead, strontium and neodymium isotope chemistry of sulfides and whole rock samples by isotope dilution-thermal-mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS); in situ sulfur isotope chemistry of sulfides by laser ablation-multi collector-inductively coupled-mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS); electron microprobe (EMP) images, cathodoluminescence (CL) images and spectra, along with EMP and laser ablation-inductively coupled-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) trace element analysis of sulfides and quartz; and fluid inclusion microthermometry and raman. Samples were collected from the surface...

Categories: Data; Tags: Cinnabar, GGGSC, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Hangar Flats, All tags... Idaho, MRP, Mineral Resources Program, Mineralogy, Stibnite, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), West End, Yellow Pine Mine, arsenopyrite, economic geology, economy, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, gold, mass spectroscopy, metallic mineral resources, mineralogy, particle-beam spectroscopy, pyrite, scanning electron microscopy, stibnite, Fewer tags

Fluid Inclusion Noble Gas Data from Goldfield and Tonopah Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits

Twenty-five ore and gangue mineral separates from the Miocene-age Goldfield and Tonopah epithermal Au-Ag deposits in southwestern Nevada were analyzed to determine the helium, neon, and argon (He, Ne, and Ar) isotopic compositions contained in fluid inclusions. Four mineral separates from the Butte Main Stage vein deposit and two from the Bingham pyrite-enargite vein deposits were also analyzed. Fifteen separates are from hand samples collected from underground mine workings and the remaining 16 are from mine tailings piles and pits excavated within the past 100 years. The separates consist dominantly of pyrite, enargite, and quartz, with lesser amounts of sphalerite, galena, potassium feldspar, bismuthinite, marcasite,...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3He/4He, Ar, Bingham Copper Mine, Bingham pyrite-enargite vein deposit, Butte Main Stage vein deposit, All tags... CMERSC, Central Minerals and Environmental Resources Science Center, Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield epithermal Au-Ag deposit, He, MRP, Mineral Resources Program, Mineralogy, Montana, Ne, Nevada, Tonopah Mining District, Tonopah epithermal Au-Ag deposit, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, alunite, argite, argon, bismuthinite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, economy, epithermal Au-Ag deposit, fluid inclusions, galena, gangue minerals, geoscientificInformation, gold, helium, isotopes, isotopic ratios, marcasite, mineral deposits, mineral separates, neon, noble gas elements, ore, ore formation, potassium feldspar, pyrite, quartz, rhodonite, sphalerite, vein deposit, volatiles, Fewer tags

Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the western United States derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data

Multispectral remote sensing data acquired by Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor were analyzed using an automated technique to generate surficial mineralogy and vegetation maps of the conterminous western United States. Six spectral indices (e.g. band-ratios), highlighting distinct spectral absorptions, were developed to aid in the identification of mineral groups in exposed rocks, soils, mine waste rock, and mill tailings across the landscape. The data are centered on the western U.S. and cover portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, the Canada-U.S. border, and the Mexico-U.S. border during the summers of 2013 – 2014. Methods used to process the images and algorithms used to infer mineralogical composition...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Arizona, California, Canada, Colorado, Idaho, All tags... Kansas, Land Use Change, Mexico, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Remote Sensing, South Dakota, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Washington, Wyoming, agricultural fields, argillic, clay, computational methods, computational methods, computational methods, ferric iron, ferrous iron, geoscientificInformation, green vegetation, hydrothermal alteration, image analysis, image analysis, image analysis, iron hydroxide minerals, iron sulfate minerals, land use and land cover, land use and land cover, land use and land cover, marble, mica, mine waste, multispectral imaging, multispectral imaging, multispectral imaging, oxides, pyrite, remote sensing, remote sensing, remote sensing, Fewer tags

Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, and Four Corners Region derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data

Multispectral remote sensing data acquired by the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor were analyzed using a new, automated technique to generate a map of exposed mineral and vegetation groups in the western San Juan Mountains, Colorado and the Four Corners Region of the United States (Rockwell and others, 2021). Spectral index (e.g. band-ratio) results were combined into displayed mineral and vegetation groups using Boolean algebra. New analysis logic has been implemented to exploit the coastal aerosol band in Landsat 8 OLI data and identify concentrations of iron sulfate minerals. These results may indicate the presence of near-surface pyrite, which can be a potential non-point source of acid rock drainage....

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Arizona, Colorado, Four Corners region, Lake City caldera, New Mexico, All tags... San Juan Mountains, Silverton caldera, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, agricultural fields, argillic, clay, computational methods, ferric iron, ferrous iron, geoscientificInformation, green vegetation, hydrothermal alteration, image analysis, iron hydroxide minerals, iron sulfate minerals, land use and land cover, marble, mica, mine waste, multispectral imaging, oxides, pyrite, remote sensing, Fewer tags

Noble Gas Isotopic Data from Fluid Inclusions Contained in the Te-bearing Adularia-Sericite Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits in a Calc-Alkaline Magmatic Arc, NE China

The contents of this data release represent the results of the noble gas composition analysis and are presented in support of the planned publication Gao et al., 2023, titled Lead and noble gas isotopic constraints on the origin of Te-bearing adularia-sericite epithermal Au-Ag deposits in a calc-alkaline magmatic arc. Tellurium (Te)-bearing adularia-sericite epithermal Au-Ag deposits are widely distributed in calc-alkaline magmatic arcs and are an important current and future source of precious and critical metals. However, the source of ore-forming fluids in these deposits remain unclear due to the lack of isotopic evidence on Au-, Ag-, and Te-bearing minerals. To advance understanding of the source of Te and precious...

Categories: Data; Tags: China, Dong’an, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Mineral Resources Program, Sandaowanzi, All tags... Tuanjiegou, U.S. Geological Survey, US Geological Survey Noble Gas Laboratory, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Xing’an, Yongxin, ["Geochemistry" "Economic Geology"], argon, argon isotopic data, fluid inclusion, geoscientificInformation, helium, helium isotopic data, mass spectrometry, neon, neon isotopic data, tellurium, Fewer tags

Melt inclusion and mineral geochemical analyses supporting the evaluation of petrogenesis, degassing, and metallogenic potential of mid-Cenozoic rhyolite magmas in northern Nevada, USA

This data release presents geochemical analyses of silicate melt inclusions, host quartz phenocrysts, and biotite phenocrysts in samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from mid-Cenozoic rhyolitic rocks from northern Nevada. Igneous intrusions and volcanic rocks in this study encompass nineteen rhyolitic samples from five magmatic centers across northeastern Nevada. Rhyolites were emplaced throughout northeastern Nevada over about an 8 million year timespan (41–33 mega-annum) in a variety of eruptive styles and volumes, ranging from meter-wide dikes to caldera-forming ignimbrites, and were roughly contemporaneous with regional ore deposition. Samples were prepared for petrographic and scanning electron...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bald Mountain, Beast pit, Blue Star Mine, Caetano Caldera, Carico Lake Valley, All tags... Carlin-type gold, Copper Canyon, Cortez Hills pit, EMP, Economic Geology, Electron microprobe, Elko County, Eureka, Eureka County, FTIR, Fish Creek Range, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, GGGSC, Genesis pit, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, LA-ICP-MS, Lander County, Laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, MRP, Magmas to Metals project, Maverick Springs Range, Mineral Resources, Mineral Resources Program, Mount Tenabo, Nanny Creek, Nevada, Pequop Mountains, Rocky Pass, SEM, SHRIMP-RG, Scanning electron microscope, Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe-reverse geometry, Shoshone Range, Target Hill, Toiyabe Range, Tuscarora Mountains, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Volcanology, White Pine County, chemical analysis, economy, geoscientificInformation, igneous rocks, magma plumbing system, magmatic volatiles, melt inclusions, metallogenic potential, mineral resources, ore deposits, petrography, porphyry deposit, rare earth elements, rhyolite, rocks and deposits, thermobarometry, Fewer tags

GIS and Data Tables for Focus Areas for Potential Domestic Nonfuel Sources of Rare Earth Elements

In response to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to identify 35 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the basis of the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). The program, which partners the USGS with State Geological Surveys, federal agencies, and the private sector, aims to collect new geological, geophysical, and topographic (lidar) data in key areas of the U.S. to stimulate mineral exploration and production of critical minerals. The first...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, All tags... Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Earth MRI, Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, MRP, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mineral Resources Program, Mineralogy, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, critical mineral, economic geology, geospatial datasets, heavy rare earth elements, iron-oxide apatite, iron-oxide copper gold, lanthanide series elements, light rare earth elements, location, mineral deposit system, mineral deposit type, mineral deposits, mineral resources, phosphate, rare earth elements, scandium, yttrium, Fewer tags

National Geochemical Database on Ore Deposits: Legacy data

There is a growing demand for commodities (elements, compounds, minerals) used in today's advanced technologies. Critical minerals are usually found in ore deposits that are deemed vital to economic and national security. The National Geochemical Database on Ore Deposits: Legacy data (NGDOD) contains chemistry and geologic information for nearly 30,000 historic ore and ore-related rock samples from mineral deposits and mining districts in the United States. Geochemical data sets from various mineral deposits were submitted by geologists of the "Systems Approach to Critical Minerals Inventory, Research, and Assessment" (SACM) within the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resource Program (MRP). The data sets represent...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Economic Geology, All tags... Geochemistry, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Mineral Resources, Missouri, Montana, NGDB, National Geochemical Database, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, alkali metal elements, alkaline earth elements, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, atomic absorption analysis, atomic emission spectroscopy, barium, beryllium, bismuth, boron, bromine, cadmium, calcium, carbon, cerium, cesium, chemical analysis, chlorine, chromium, cobalt, copper, critical minerals, dysprosium, economic geology, erbium, europium, fluorine, gadolinium, gallium, geochemical data, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, germanium, gold, hafnium, halogen elements, historic ores, holmium, igneous rocks, indium, iridium, iron, lanthanide series elements, lanthanum, lead, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, mass spectroscopy, mercury, metal elements, metallic mineral resources, metamorphic rocks, mineral deposit type, mineral deposits, mineral resources, mineral system type, molybdenum, neodymium, neutron activation analysis, nickel, niobium, nonmetal elements, nonmetallic mineral resources, osmium, oxygen, palladium, phosphorus, platinum, platinum-group elements, plutonic rocks, potassium, praseodymium, rare earth elements, rhenium, rhodium, rock geochemistry, rubidium, ruthenium, samarium, scandium, sedimentary rocks, selenium, silicon, silver, sodium, strontium, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, volcanic rocks, x-ray fluorescence, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags