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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

arsenic, chemical analysis, germanium, praseodymium, ytterbium, rocks and deposits, chromium, mineralogy, nonmetallic mineral resources, holmium, silicon, nickel, aluminum, hafnium, erbium, gold, europium, boron, thulium, tungsten, silver, fluorine, bismuth, copper, neodymium, tellurium, sulfur, metallic mineral resources, tin, zirconium, cadmium, lead, thallium, potassium, strontium, beryllium, gallium, indium, niobium, titanium, cobalt, atomic emission spectroscopy, lithium, lutetium, thorium, uranium, molybdenum, palladium, terbium, platinum, magnesium, cerium, tantalum, zinc, economic geology, geochemistry, barium, rhenium, gadolinium, samarium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, mineral deposits, manganese, phosphorus, iron, critical minerals, vanadium, dysprosium, calcium, antimony

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geoscientific information

Other Subject Keywords

rock geochemistry, historic ores, mineral deposit type, NGDB, geochemical data, National Geochemical Database

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Missouri, United States, Alaska, Russia, New York, Pennsylvania, Honduras, Tennessee, Portugal, Vietnam, Zambia, India, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maine, Finland, Texas, Canada, Arkansas, Poland, Philippines, Indonesia, Namibia, Wyoming, Montana, Australia, South Africa, California, Brazil, Germany, New Mexico, Mauritania, South Carolina, Utah, Washington, Peru, Colorado, Sweden, Idaho, Kansas, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey, Burma, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky, Chile, China, South Dakota, North Carolina, Cuba, Oklahoma, Argentina, Japan, Arizona

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 School of Mines—Ransome collection, Mackay School of Mines—Stanford and Keck collections, and by the personal collections of Don Bryant and David Leach.

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Author(s) Matthew Granitto orcid, Poul Emsbo orcid, Alan E. Koenig orcid, A. Rae Ann orcid, Jaime S Azain orcid, Mitchell M Bennett orcid, Albert H Hofstra orcid, Nick A Karl orcid
Publication Date 2020-06-23
Beginning Date of Data 2011-06-11
Ending Date of Data 2017-08-01
Data Contact
Matthew Granitto
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z3XL6D
Citation Granitto, M., Emsbo, P., Koenig, A.E., Ann, A.R., Azain, J.S., Bennett, M.M., Hofstra, A.H., and Karl, N.A., 2020, Global Geochemical Database for Critical Minerals in Archived Mine Samples: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z3XL6D.
Metadata Contact
Matthew Granitto
Metadata Date 2020-09-10
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