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USGS Selected Mines and Deposits - Critical Mineral (0) Antimony Barite Barite; Gallium Barite; Gallium; Germanium Barite; Rare-Earth Elements Beryllium Beryllium; Fluorite Beryllium; Gallium Beryllium; Lithium Beryllium; Lithium; Niobium and Tantalum Beryllium; Lithium; Niobium and Tantalum; Tin Beryllium; Lithium; Tellurium Beryllium; Niobium and Tantalum Beryllium; Niobium and Tantalum; Rare-Earth Elements Beryllium; Tin Beryllium; Tin; Lithium Beryllium; Titanium Cobalt Cobalt; Gallium Cobalt; Manganese Cobalt; Platinum-Group Elements Cobalt; Platinum-Group Elements; Tellurium Cobalt; Tellurium Fluorite Fluorite; Barite Fluorite; Beryllium Fluorite; Beryllium; Tin Fluorite; Gallium Gallium Gallium; Barite Gallium; Cobalt Gallium; Germanium Gallium; Germanium; Indium Gallium; Indium; Germanium Germanium Germanium; Gallium Graphite Indium Lithium Lithium; Beryllium Lithium; Niobium and Tantalum Manganese Niobium and Tantalum Niobium and Tantalum; Barite; Rare-Earth Elements Niobium and Tantalum; Beryllium Niobium and Tantalum; Beryllium; Lithium Niobium and Tantalum; Lithium Niobium and Tantalum; Rare-Earth Elements Niobium and Tantalum; Rare-Earth Elements; Beryllium Niobium and Tantalum; Tin Niobium and Tantalum; Titanium Platinum-Group Elements Platinum-Group Elements; Tellurium Rare-Earth Elements Rare-Earth Elements; Beryllium; Niobium and Tantalum Rare-Earth Elements; Fluorite Rare-Earth Elements; Titanium Rhenium Rhenium; Titanium Rhenium; Titanium; Tellurium Tellurium Tellurium; Platinum-Group Elements Tellurium; Rhenium Tin Tin; Beryllium Tin; Niobium and Tantalum Titanium Titanium; Vanadium Titanium; Zirconium and Hafnium Titanium; Zirconium and Hafnium; Manganese Vanadium Vanadium; Titanium Zirconium and Hafnium Zirconium and Hafnium; Titanium <all other values> USGS Selected Mines and Deposits - Deposit Type (1) Alaskan-Uralian Albititic/metasomatized Albititic/metasomatized; Weathered anorthositic rocks Alkalic/metasomatized Alkaline granite and syenite Alkaline granite and syenite; Peralkaline Alkaline-intrusion-related veins, skarns, and carbonate replacements Alkaline-Volcanic-Related Epithermal F Alkaline-Volcanic-Related Epithermal F; Carbonate-hosted Be Alkaline-volcanic-related epithermal veins, breccia-fills, and carbonate replacements Amorphous Graphite Amphibolite-hosted Anorthosite-gabbro Apparently conformable in tuffaceous, limy lacustrine sediments Atypical; pipe-like ore bodies Au-Sb Banded Ag-Cu-Sn-Pb-Zn tabular replacement bodies Be Type Rare-Metal Pegmatite Be Type Rare-Metal Pegmatite; Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite Be Type Rare-Metal Pegmatite; Te in Epithermal Au-Ag Beach (strandline) and (or) coastal dune Beach (strandline) and (or) coastal dune; Coastal placer or paleoplacer Bedded-sedimentary Bedded-sedimentary; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Bedded-sedimentary; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Bedded-volcanic Bedded-volcanic; Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Black-Shale-Hosted Ni-Cu-Zn-Co; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Carbonate-hosted Be Carbonate-hosted epithermal Be Carbonatite Carbonatite-Related F Carbonatite-related F Carbonatite-Related F; Pegmatite Carbonatite; Alkalic/metasomatized Carbonatite; Vein, cavity-fill, metasomatic Carbonatite; Weathered alkalic rocks Co in Fe-Cu-Co skarn Co in Fe-Cu-Co skarn; Ga in Kuroko Massive Sulfide Coal and Lignite Coastal placer or paleoplacer Coastal placer or paleoplacer; Sedimentary related Conduit Contact Contact and Reef; Te in Magmatic Cu-Ni-PGM sulfide Contacts of macrodike Contacts of macrodike and reef Crystalline Graphite Cu-Au Cu-Zn-Mo skarn Deposit type unclassified Disseminated Sb Eclogite-hosted Felsic and intermediate intrusion-associated; Non-pegmatite Flake and Crystalline Graphite Flake Graphite Fluvial Ga and Co in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Ga and Ge in Kipushi Cu-Zn Ga and Ge in Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Ga and Ge in Mississippi Valley-type Ga in Bauxite Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Bedded-sedimentary Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Ge in Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Irish-type Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Mississippi Valley-type Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn; Mississippi Valley-type; Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Ga in Kipushi Cu-Zn Ga in Mississippi Valley-type Ga in Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Clastic-dominated Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Sedimentary-exhalative Pb-Zn Ga in Mississippi Valley-type; Vein, cavity-fill, metasomatic Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Cypress type Ga in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Ga, Ge, and In in Clastic-dominated Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Ga, Ge, and In in Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide, Kuroko type Greenschist-hosted Heavy-mineral sand Heavy-mineral sand; Sedimentary related Hydrothermal Hydrothermal and placer/alluvial Hydrothermal and placer/alluvial; Rare-metal granite Hydrothermal or remobilized Hydrothermal or remobilized (stockwork) Hydrothermal, vein swarm Hydrothermal; Felsic and intermediate intrusion-associated Hydrothermal; Non-pegmatite Igneous Iron oxide-Cu-Au(Ag-U-REE-Co-Ni) Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Komatiitic Laterite Layered mafic intrusion Layered mafic intrusion; Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite Li Basin Brines Li-Clay Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite Lithified paleo-placers (fluvial and [or] beach) Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum type pegmatite Magmatic Cu-Ni-PGM Sulfide; Reef, sulfide Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks; Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite Magmatic Ni-Cu(-Co-PGE) sulfide Magmatic Ni-Cu(-Co-PGE) sulfide; Atypical; pipe-like ore bodies Magmatic Ni-Cu(-Co-PGE) sulfide; Conduit Magmatic Ni-Cu(-Co-PGE) sulfide; Sudbury Magmatic Ni-Cu(-Co-PGE) sulfide; Synorogenic Marine sedimentary Marine sedimentary Mn Massif anorthosite; Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite Metamorphic Metasedimentary-rock-hosted Co-Cu-Au Metasomatized aluminum-rich schist Mississippi Valley-type Mississippi Valley-type F Mississippi Valley-type F; Residual Ni-Co laterite Ni-Cu-PGE Non-pegmatite Non-pegmatite; Alkaline granite and syenite Non-pegmatite; Felsic and intermediate intrusion-associated Non-pegmatite; Hydrothermal Non-pegmatite; Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite Non-pegmatite; Sedimentary related Offset type Offset type contact Oil sands Pb-Zn-Ag-In Vein Pegmatite Pegmatite/granite Be Pegmatite; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Pegmatite; Hydrothermal Pegmatite; Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite Pegmatite; Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite; Hydrothermal Pegmatite; Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum type pegmatite Peralkaline igneous Peralkaline igneous; Non-pegmatite; Alkaline granite and syenite Peralkaline intrusion Be Peralkaline to Alkaline-Intrusion-Related F Placer Placer/alluvial Plutonic related mesothermal sn veins Polymetallic Polymetallic (Ag-Ni-Co-As-Bi) Polymetallic Sn veins Porphyry Cu Porphyry Cu-(Mo-Au) Porphyry Cu-Au Porphyry Cu-Mo Porphyry Mo Rare-metal granite Rare-metal granite; Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite Rare-metal granite; Non-pegmatite; Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatite Rare-metal granite; Sn greisen Rare-metal pegmatite Reduced-facies stratabound Cu REE in clays Reef Reef, chromitite Reef, Sulfide Reef, sulfide Reef, sulfide; Tellurium in Magmatic Cu-Ni-PGM Sulfide Reef, Ti-V layers Related to volcanics of "normal evolution" Residual Roll-front sandstone U Salt-Related Carbonate-Hosted F Sandstone stratabound Cu Sandstone-Hosted V Sandstone-hosted; Ga in Clastic-dominated Pb-Zn Sb-Hg Sea-floor Fe-Mn(-Co-Mo-REE) crusts Sea-floor Fe-Mn(-Ni-Cu-Co-Mo) nodules Sea-floor Fe-Mn(-Ni-Cu-Co-Mo) nodules and crusts Secondary enrichment Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn Sedimentary related Sedimentary related; Coastal placer or paleoplacer; Secondary enrichment Shale-Hosted V Simple Quartz-Stibnite Simple Sb Skarn Skarn and Greisen-Hosted Be-F Skarns, greisens, veins, and replacements related to strongly differentiated granites Sn greisen Sn polymetallic Sn-polymetallic vein or polymetallic vein Stratiform sediment-hosted Cu-Co Subalkaline-Volcanic-Related Epithermal F Subalkaline-volcanic-related epithermal veins and replacements Synvolcanic gabbroic body Tailings Te in Carlin-type Au Te in Epithermal Au-Ag Te in Oil Sands Te in Orogenic Au Te in Porphyry Cu Tin granite Tin-granite-related Tin-granite-related; Felsic and intermediate intrusion-associated Tin-granite-related; Non-pegmatite Troctolite/ultramafic Tuffaceous Limy Lacustrine Sediment-hosted F Vanadate Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite; Magmatic deposits in igneous and related rocks Vein, cavity-fill, metasomatic Vein, cavity-fill, metasomatic; Carbonatite Veins Volcanics of "normal" evolution Volcanogenic Cu(-Zn-Co-Ag-Au) massive sulfide Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Volcanogenic-hosted Be Volcanogenic-hosted Be; Peralkaline to Alkaline-Intrusion-Related F Weathered alkalic rocks Zn-Cu Skarn <all other values> ICMM_Global_Mining_Dataset_v1p5 (2) alumina aluminium antimony barium bauxite borates boron chromite chromium coal cobalt copper diamond ferrochrome ferromanganese ferronickel ferroniobium ferrosilicon manganese fluorspar gold heavy mineral sands iron ore lead lithium manganese mercury molybdenum nickel niobium PGE / PGM PGE/PGM phosphate potash REE silver steel tin titanium tungsten uranium vanadium zinc Maus et. al. 2020, Global mining polygons (3) USGS National Mine Waste Inventory Polygons (4) Evaporation pond Gypsum stack Leach pile - dump Leach pile - heap Leach pile - unknown Mine dump Ore stockpile/storage Other Overburden pile Phosphate pond Settling pond Slag pile Tailings - dredge Tailings - mill Tailings - placer Tailings - pond Tailings - undifferentiated Waste rock stockpile <all other values>