GIS, supplemental data table, and references for focus areas of potential domestic resources of critical minerals and related commodities in the United States and Puerto Rico (ver. 2.0, April 2024)

Dates

Publication Date: 2022-11-01
Time Period: 2022
Last Revision: 2024-04-29

Citation

Dicken, C.L., Woodruff, L.G., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Crocker, K.E., 2022, GIS, supplemental data table, and references for focus areas of potential domestic resources of critical minerals and related commodities in the United States and Puerto Rico (ver. 2.0, April 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DIZ9N8.

Summary

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 36 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.) (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1021/ofr20181021.pdf). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the rationale for 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 [...]

Summary

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 36 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.) (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1021/ofr20181021.pdf). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the rationale for 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 USGS has identified broad areas within the United States to target acquisition of geologic mapping, geophysical data, and (or) detailed topographic information to aid research, mineral exploration, and evaluation of mineral potential in these areas. Focus areas were defined using existing geologic data including data on known deposits in the United States. The focus areas are provided as geospatial data supported by tables that summarize what is known about the mineral potential and brief descriptions of data gaps that could be addressed by the Earth MRI program. A full discussion of Earth MRI and the rationale and methods used to develop the geospatial data are provided in the following report: Hammarstrom, J.M., Dicken, C.L., Woodruff, L.G., Andersen, A.K., Brennan, S., Day, W.C., Drenth, B.J., Foley, N.K., Hall, S., Hofstra, A.H., McCafferty, A.E., Shah, A.K., and Ponce, D.A., 2022, Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico—Antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium, chap. D of U.S. Geological Survey, Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic sources of critical minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019–1023, 65 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191023D.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Connie L. Dicken
Process Contact :: Connie L. Dicken
Originator :: Connie L. Dicken, Laurel G. Woodruff, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Kelsey E. Crocker
Metadata Contact :: Connie L. Dicken
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :: Energy and Minerals
SDC Data Owner :: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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focusAreas_emri_metadata_v2.xml “Focus areas v2.0 xml metadata” Original FGDC Metadata	View	52.24 KB	application/fgdc+xml
EMRI_focus_areas_abbreviations_v2.csv “CSV file of abbreviations tab v2.0”		4.12 KB	text/csv
EMRI_focus_areas_all_csv_v2.zip “Zipped file of all 5 .csv tabs v2.0”		902.99 KB	application/zip
EMRI_focus_areas_data_table_v2.csv “CVS file of focus area tab v2.0”		1.76 MB	text/csv
EMRI_focus_areas_explanations_v2.csv “CSV file of explanations tab v2.0”		8.14 KB	text/csv
EMRI_focus_areas_mineral_systems_v2.csv “CSV of mineral systems tab v2.0”		27.15 KB	text/csv
EMRI_focus_areas_references_v2.csv “CSV file of references tab v2.0”		1.34 MB	text/csv
EMRI_focus_areas_v2.xlsx “Excel spreadsheet of all tabs v2.0”		1.38 MB	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
EMRI_focusAreas_v2.gdb.zip “Zipped geodatabase of focus areas v2.0 and state regions”		83.71 MB	application/zip
focus_areas_revisions_history.txt “focus areas v2.0 revision history”		1.44 KB	text/plain
focusAreas_emri_v2_shp.zip “Zipped shapefile of focus areas v2.0”		149.15 MB	application/zip
states_studyRegions_shp.zip “Zipped shapefile of study regions v2.0”		10.91 MB	application/zip

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Hammarstrom, J.M., Dicken, C.L., Woodruff, L.G., Andersen, A.K., Brennan, S., Day, W.C., Drenth, B.J., Foley, N.K., Hall, S., Hofstra, A.H., McCafferty, A.E., Shah, A.K., and Ponce, D.A., 2022, Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico — Antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191023D.	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191023D

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Hammarstrom, J.M., Woodruff, L.G., and Dicken, C.L., 2023, Critical mineral deposits of the United States (version 2.0, April 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K1HBNT.	https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K1HBNT

Purpose

These geospatial data provide the locations of focus areas to be used for the planning and collection of geophysical, geological, and topographic (lidar) data pertaining to the Earth MRI study of critical mineral resources in the U.S. Focus areas are outlined solely on the basis of geology, regardless of political boundaries. Therefore, areas may include Federal, as well as State, tribal, and private lands, which may or may not be open to exploration and mining activities. These data are shared to meet open data requirements and are suitable for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or other database and geospatial software used to derive maps and perform geospatial analyses.

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