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Global rare earth element occurrence database

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Publication Date
Time Period
2018

Citation

Orris, G.J., Seo, Yuna, Briggs, D.A., Dunlap, Pamela, and Cocker, M.D., 2018, Global rare earth element occurrence database: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7DR2TN4.

Summary

This spatial database "usgs_Global_REE.gdb" was created for use in a geographic information system (GIS) to support research on global rare earth deposits and occurrences by the U.S. Geological Survey. This inventory documents the geologic occurrence of rare earths, including mineralogy, type of deposit or occurrence, host rocks and alteration, and any quantitative data related to size and grade from publicly available data. Rare earths, as used in this report, includes the chemically similar lanthanide group of elements, as well as yttrium. Databases that summarize the distribution of known occurrences and their geologic setting are an integral part of a geologically-based evaluation of undiscovered mineral resources. The distribution [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Greta J Orris, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Greta J Orris, Yuna Seo, Deborah A Briggs, Pamela Dunlap, Mark D Cocker
Metadata Contact :
Deborah A Briggs, Serrano IT Services (under contract to the U.S. Geological Survey)
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

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Global_RareEarths2.jpg
“Global REE image” 		thumbnail 1.43 MB image/jpeg
Global_REE_metadata_txt.zip
“All text metadata files zipped” 		24.71 KB application/zip
Global_REE_metadata_xml.zip
“All xml metadata zipped (5 files)” 		25.18 KB application/zip
Global_REE_occurrence_database.xlsx
“Excel table of Global REE feature class” 		1.09 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Global_REE_occurrence_database_excel.zip
“Zipped Excel spreadsheets (4 files)” 		1.48 MB application/zip
Global_REE_occurrence_database_shapefile.zip
“Zipped Global REE occurrences shape file” 		767.12 KB application/zip
Global_REE_occurrence_nonspatial_table.xlsx
“Excel table of Global REE nonspatial table” 		250.06 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Introduction_REEdatabase_final.docx
“Word document: Introduction to the Global Rare Earth Element Occurrence Database” 		32.61 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
USGS_Global_REE.gdb.zip
“Zipped Global REE geodatabase” 		90.97 MB application/zip
Shapefile: Global_REE_occurrence_database.zip
Global_REE_occurrence_database.cpg 5 Bytes
Global_REE_occurrence_database.dbf 31.72 MB
Global_REE_occurrence_database.prj
“Global REE projection file” 		145 Bytes
Global_REE_occurrence_database.sbn 29.43 KB
Global_REE_occurrence_database.sbx 1.49 KB
Global_REE_occurrence_database.shp
“USGS Global REE occurrence shapefile” 		85.25 KB
Global_REE_occurrence_database.shx 24.43 KB
Global_REE_occurrence_database.xml
“USGS Global REE occurrence metadata”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		49.73 KB

Purpose

The purpose of this worldwide inventory is to better understand the variation within and between deposits and occurrences of rare earth elements with the goal of being able to develop better deposit descriptive models and assessment methodologies.
Global REE image
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