Name: USGS Selected Mines and Deposits - Critical Mineral
Display Field: DEPOSIT_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: The point and polygon layers within this geodatabase present the global distribution of selected mineral resource features (deposits, mines, districts, mineral regions) for 22 minerals or mineral commodities considered critical to the economy and security of the United States as of 2017. These data complement the report by Schulz and others (2017) which provides national and global information on 23 critical minerals - antimony (Sb), barite (barium, Ba), beryllium (Be), cobalt (Co), fluorite or fluorspar (fluorine, F), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), graphite (carbon, C), hafnium (Hf), indium (In), lithium (Li), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), platinum-group elements (PGE), rare-earth elements (REE), rhenium (Re), selenium (Se), tantalum (Ta), tellurium (Te), tin (Sn), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), and zirconium (Zr) resources. The geospatial locations for deposits containing selenium, which is recovered mainly as a byproduct of other produced mineral commodities, is not included in this geodatabase. These geospatial data and the accompanying report are an update to information published in 1973 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 820, United States Mineral Resources. For the current and full discussion of the individual critical minerals, their uses, identified resources, national and global distribution, geologic overview, resource assessment, and geoenvironmental considerations see: Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., 2017, Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, 777 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1802
Copyright Text: The data set was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center; Alaska Science Center - Geology Office; National Minerals Information Center; Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center; and the Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center.
Name: USGS Selected Mines and Deposits - Deposit Type
Display Field: DEPOSIT_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: The point and polygon layers within this geodatabase present the global distribution of selected mineral resource features (deposits, mines, districts, mineral regions) for 22 minerals or mineral commodities considered critical to the economy and security of the United States as of 2017. These data complement the report by Schulz and others (2017) which provides national and global information on 23 critical minerals - antimony (Sb), barite (barium, Ba), beryllium (Be), cobalt (Co), fluorite or fluorspar (fluorine, F), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), graphite (carbon, C), hafnium (Hf), indium (In), lithium (Li), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), platinum-group elements (PGE), rare-earth elements (REE), rhenium (Re), selenium (Se), tantalum (Ta), tellurium (Te), tin (Sn), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), and zirconium (Zr) resources. The geospatial locations for deposits containing selenium, which is recovered mainly as a byproduct of other produced mineral commodities, is not included in this geodatabase. These geospatial data and the accompanying report are an update to information published in 1973 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 820, United States Mineral Resources. For the current and full discussion of the individual critical minerals, their uses, identified resources, national and global distribution, geologic overview, resource assessment, and geoenvironmental considerations see: Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., 2017, Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, 777 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1802
Copyright Text: The data set was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center; Alaska Science Center - Geology Office; National Minerals Information Center; Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center; and the Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center.
Value: Bedded-volcanic; Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Label: Bedded-volcanic; Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Black-Shale-Hosted Ni-Cu-Zn-Co; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Label: Black-Shale-Hosted Ni-Cu-Zn-Co; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Carbonate-hosted Be Label: Carbonate-hosted Be Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Carbonate-hosted epithermal Be Label: Carbonate-hosted epithermal Be Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga and Co in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Label: Ga and Co in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga and Ge in Kipushi Cu-Zn Label: Ga and Ge in Kipushi Cu-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga and Ge in Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Label: Ga and Ge in Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga and Ge in Mississippi Valley-type Label: Ga and Ge in Mississippi Valley-type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Bauxite Label: Ga in Bauxite Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Label: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Bedded-sedimentary Label: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Bedded-sedimentary Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Ge in Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Label: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Ge in Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Irish-type Label: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Irish-type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Mississippi Valley-type Label: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Mississippi Valley-type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Mississippi Valley-type; Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Label: Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Mississippi Valley-type; Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Kipushi Cu-Zn Label: Ga in Kipushi Cu-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type Label: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn Label: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Clastic-dominated Label: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Clastic-dominated Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Sedimentary-exhalative Pb-Zn Label: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Sedimentary-exhalative Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Vein, cavity-fill, metasomatic Label: Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Vein, cavity-fill, metasomatic Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Cypress type Label: Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Cypress type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Label: Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga, Ge, and In in Clastic-dominated Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Label: Ga, Ge, and In in Clastic-dominated Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Ga, Ge, and In in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Label: Ga, Ge, and In in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks Label: Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks; Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite Label: Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks; Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Skarn and Greisen-Hosted Be-F Label: Skarn and Greisen-Hosted Be-F Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Skarns, greisens, veins, and replacements related to strongly differentiated granites Label: Skarns, greisens, veins, and replacements related to strongly differentiated granites Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Sn greisen Label: Sn greisen Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Sn polymetallic Label: Sn polymetallic Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Sn-polymetallic vein or polymetallic vein Label: Sn-polymetallic vein or polymetallic vein Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite; Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks Label: Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite; Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Volcanogenic-hosted Be Label: Volcanogenic-hosted Be Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: Volcanogenic-hosted Be; Peralkaline to Alkaline-Intrusion-Related F Label: Volcanogenic-hosted Be; Peralkaline to Alkaline-Intrusion-Related F Description: N/A Symbol:
Description: This attribute table contains polygon data for the database: U.S. Geological Survey, 2026, Mine waste inventory of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P148EEUA.
Copyright Text: The data sets were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center (GGGSC) with funding from the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program (MRP) and the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). USGS contributors were Autumn L. Helfrich, Carma A. San Juan, Elizabeth M. Smith, John A. Murzyn, Karissa G. Rosenberger, Nick A. Karl, Ryan D. Taylor, and Sean P. Gaynor. Former USGS contributors were Abby S. Buarapha, Alan A. Hurlbert, Andrew F. Smith, Cheryl Novakovich, Christina N. Hutchins, Emma Boardman-Larson, Emma J. Haydamack, Jacob D. Melendez, Jeffrey L. Mauk, Jonathan Funk, Justin S. Pierson, Laura C. Dair, Madelyn E. Eysel, Sophia Pinter, Ursula E. Armstrong-Sturges, and Virgil S. Alfred. State geological survey contributions were made by: Kentucky Geological Survey, Michigan Geological Survey, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, North Carolina Geological Survey, Oklahoma Geological Survey, and Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program. Data and metadata review were provided by Josh M. Rosera of the U.S. Geological Survey.