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Rare Earth Element Occurrence Database of the Tien Shan Region, Central Asia Central Asia, site of the historic Silk Road trade network, has long been a conduit for the movement of people, energy, and mineral resources between Europe and Asia. Once part of the former Soviet Union, this region was and continues to be an important producer of base and precious metals, rare metals (RM), including niobium, tantalum, and beryllium, and a past producer of rare earth elements (REE). The Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains regions, encompassing parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, are of significant interest for mineral exploration as these regions are thought to host substantial undeveloped and undiscovered resources of REE and RM. Based on this legacy, and as an... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Economy, Geoscientific Information, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mineral Resources, All tags... Natural Resources, Rare Earth Elements, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uzbekistan, economy, Fewer tags