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Critical Minerals: The USGS National Minerals Information

U.S. Geological Survey Critical Minerals: The USGS – National Minerals Information Center Perspective Steven M. Fortier, Director National Minerals Information Center U.S. Geological Survey 18 Platinum 0.54 18 Iron ore 0.19 0.00 0.39199 0.330293 0.261151 0.186035 0.062053 Get price

Mineral Deposits of the Midcontinent Rift System

The Mineral Resources Program at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) delivers unbiased science and information to understand the Nation's mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and interaction with the environment. In the Lake Superior region, the Mineral Resources Program is conducting data acquisition and multidisciplinary Get price

Platinum

They regarded platinum as an unwanted impurity in the silver they were mining. The catalytic properties of the six platinum group metals (PGM)– iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and ruthenium – are outstanding. Platinum's wear and tarnish resistance characteristics are Get price

U.S. Geological Survey

The data used in this poster were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbook (Africa and Middle East volume), Minerals Statistics and Information from the USGS Web site, and data collected by USGS minerals information country specialists. Get price

Uses of Nickel

The values above are 2011 metric tons of nickel content production from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2013. There were no active nickel mines in the United States in 2011, although small amounts of nickel were recovered as a byproduct from processing copper and palladium-platinum Get price

Minerals Information Data System (MIDS)

The US Geological Survey, National Minerals Information Center, is in the process of developing a new and improved electronic reporting system called Minerals Information Data System (MIDS). During the transition you may see 2 different URLs showing either https://mids.er.usgs.gov or https://miforms.er.usgs.gov on various pages. Get price

USGS Release: U.S. Geological Survey Reports Increased U.S

Apr 13, 2016Since 1993, U.S. reliance on imports of raw and processed materials of mineral origin has increased more than seven fold. The difference in the value of mineral imports and exports, which was $4 billion in 1993, has increased to $29 billion in 2000. By 2000, the United States had become reliant for some portion of its supply of a number of mineral commodities that it had previously exported Get price

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2005

Platinum Potash Pumice Quartz Crystal Rare Earths Rhenium Rubidium Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Soda Ash Sodium Sulfate Stone Strontium Sulfur The chapters of the 2005 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) include information on events, trends, and issues for each mineral Get price

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2011

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2011 Author: USGS National Minerals Information Center Keywords: minerals statistics Platinum Group Metals Last modified by: Corbett, Jeffrey L. Created Date: 10/26/2005 10:09:41 AM Company: U.S. Geological Survey Other titles: Text T1 Get price

MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES 2019

This publication has been prepared by the National Minerals Information Center. Information about the Center and its products is available from the internet at https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals or by writing to Director, National Minerals Information Center, 988 National Center, Reston, VA 20192. Get price

Industrial Minerals in Arkansas

The value of non-fuel minerals produced in Arkansas in 2006, according to the US Geological Survey, was $913 million. Arkansas was 26th in US production of industrial minerals, which amounted to 1.34 % of the US total. The following minerals are ranked by value for 2006: bromine, crushed stone, Portland cement, construction sand and gravel, and Get price

Minerals – USGS Projects in Afghanistan

Between 2005 and 2007, a USGS minerals team worked with scientists and staff from the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) to collect and consolidate existing information about known mineral deposits. They also acquired new data to help evaluate the existence of as-yet-undiscovered mineral resources throughout the country. Get price

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2003

Platinum Potash Pumice Quartz Crystal Rare Earths Rhenium Rubidium Salt Sand and Gravel Scandium U.S. Geological Survey MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES 2003. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GALE A. NORTON, Secretary Information about the U.S. Geological Survey, its programs, staff, and products is available from the Internet at URL Get price

Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal.Its name is derived from the Spanish term platino, meaning little silver.. Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements.It has six naturally occurring isotopes. Get price

Federal Register :: Final List of Critical Minerals 2018

May 18, 2018The Secretary of the Interior in turn directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in coordination with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to provide technical input to a draft critical minerals list, and to incorporate Federal interagency input through the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's National Science and Technology Get price

National Minerals Information Center

Each chapter of the 2020 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) includes information on events, trends, and issues for each mineral commodity as well as discussions and tabular presentations on domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, 5-year salient statistics, and world production and Get price

Platinum Group Metals

Platinum Group Metals Ltd. is a mining company focused on the production of platinum and palladium. Our projects are located in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, surrounded by 70% of the world's platinum production. PGM Markets Platinum and Palladium are both essential and precious metals. Click below to learn more. Get price

Mineral Commodity Summaries

The Mineral Commodity Summaries publication is part of the core function of the minerals information activities transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Mines to the USGS in 1996. These publications are now the responsibility of the Minerals Information Team (MIT). These publications cover mineral commodities and are published annually. Get price

Summary

In its examination of federal and nongovernmental sources of information on minerals, the committee concurred with the consensus view of private, academic, and federal professionals that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Information Team is the most comprehensive, responsible, and responsive source of information on nonfuel minerals Get price

USGS Release: Output from Major Platinum

Russia has the potential to increase its production of platinum-group metals (PGM) by more than 40% in the next few years, according to a study led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that will be published this week in Post Soviet Geography and Economics. This work is based on previously unavailable published Russian information on the PGM content of reserves at the Norilsk Mining Get price

USGS Release: Global Platinum

Apr 13, 2016The USGS Mineral Resources Program delivers unbiased science and information to understand mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environment. Graph showing the amounts of PGE and minor gold in three major areas compared with the rest of the world. Get price

Mineral Resources Waste Disposal

2 Introduction • Renewable resources are replenished on short-term time scales measured in days to years. • Non-renewable or finite resources are replenished on time scales measured in millions of years and are essentially lost following consumption. • Mineral resources include non-food, non-fuel resources such as metals and natural aggregates. Get price

USGS Release: U.S. Geological Survey Reports Increased U.S

Apr 13, 2016Since 1993, U.S. reliance on imports of raw and processed materials of mineral origin has increased more than seven fold. The difference in the value of mineral imports and exports, which was $4 billion in 1993, has increased to $29 billion in 2000. By 2000, the United States had become reliant for some portion of its supply of a number of mineral commodities that it had previously exported Get price