Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines rock and heavy mineral concentrate samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth element data--Ray Mountains and Kanuti-Hodzana uplands area, Alaska

Re-analyses of sample pulps and bulk rejects from historic USBM rock and heavy-mineral-concentrate samples were conducted by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) as part of the State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment project, which is designed to evaluate Alaska's potential for these resources. The objective of this resource assessment is to expand the state's geochemical database by obtaining and publishing modern, quantitative geochemical analyses for historic USBM samples, where available. Highlights of this re-analysis project include heavy mineral concentrates with up 7,220 ppm Sn, 5,870 ppm Cr, and 17,000 ppm Mn.

Tags: Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Basalt, All tags... Base Metals, Beaver Quadrangle, Bedrock, Beryllium, Bettles Quadrangle, Bismuth, Bonanza Creek, Cadmium, Calcium, Caribou Mountain, Cerium, Cesium, Chlorite, Chromium, Coal Creek, Cobalt, Copper, Critical Minerals, Dall River, Dalton Highway, Dysprosium, Economic Geology, Erbium, Europium, Exploration, Felsic, Fish Creek, Fluorine, Fort Hamlin Hills, Gadolinium, Galena, Gallium, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Germanium, Gobblers Knob, Gold, Granite, Greisen, Hafnium, Heavy Metals, Holmium, Igneous Rocks, Iron, Ishtalitna Creek, Kanuti Hot Springs, Kanuti Kilolitna River, Kanuti River, Kilo Hot Springs, Koyukuk Mining District, Lanthanide Elements, Lanthanum, Livengood Quadrangle, Lode, Lower Ray Hot Springs, Lutetium, Magnesium, Manganese, McQuesten Creek, Metabasite, Metals, Metamorphic Rocks, Metasedimentary rocks, Metavolcanic rocks, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Resources, Molybdenum, Monazite, Mount Henry Eakin, Mount Tozi, Neodymium, Nickel, Niobium, No Name Creek, Non-Metals, Palladium, Pan Concentrates, Phosphorus, Placer, Placer Gold, Platinum, Platinum Group Elements, Potassium, Praseodymium, Precious Metals, Promethium, Prospect Creek, Rare Earth Elements, Ray Mountains, Ray River, Ray River Hot Springs, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resources, Rubidium, Samarium, Scheelite, Schist, Selenium, Silica, Silver, Sithylemenkat Lake, Sodium, Sphalerite, Strategic Minerals, Stream Sediments, Strontium, Sulfides, Sulfur, Tanana Quadrangle, Tantalum, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Tokusatatquaten Lake, Torment Creek, Tourmaline, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Tungsten, Upper Ray Hot Springs, Uranium, Vanadium, Ytterbium, Zeunerite, Zinc, Zirconium, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Fluid Inclusion Noble Gas Data from Goldfield and Tonopah Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits

Twenty-five ore and gangue mineral separates from the Miocene-age Goldfield and Tonopah epithermal Au-Ag deposits in southwestern Nevada were analyzed to determine the helium, neon, and argon (He, Ne, and Ar) isotopic compositions contained in fluid inclusions. Four mineral separates from the Butte Main Stage vein deposit and two from the Bingham pyrite-enargite vein deposits were also analyzed. Fifteen separates are from hand samples collected from underground mine workings and the remaining 16 are from mine tailings piles and pits excavated within the past 100 years. The separates consist dominantly of pyrite, enargite, and quartz, with lesser amounts of sphalerite, galena, potassium feldspar, bismuthinite, marcasite,...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3He/4He, Ar, Bingham Copper Mine, Bingham pyrite-enargite vein deposit, Butte Main Stage vein deposit, All tags... CMERSC, Central Minerals and Environmental Resources Science Center, Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield epithermal Au-Ag deposit, He, MRP, Mineral Resources Program, Mineralogy, Montana, Ne, Nevada, Tonopah Mining District, Tonopah epithermal Au-Ag deposit, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, alunite, argite, argon, bismuthinite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, economy, epithermal Au-Ag deposit, fluid inclusions, galena, gangue minerals, geoscientificInformation, gold, helium, isotopes, isotopic ratios, marcasite, mineral deposits, mineral separates, neon, noble gas elements, ore, ore formation, potassium feldspar, pyrite, quartz, rhodonite, sphalerite, vein deposit, volatiles, Fewer tags

Electron microprobe analyses of sphalerite and hemimorphite from mine wastes from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Electron microprobe analyses of sphalerite (ZnS) and hemimorphite (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O) from sampled historical waste piles were conducted with a specific focus on germanium (Ge). In mine wastes at the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, USA, Ge is associated with ZnS (sphalerite) as expected, but weathering in the waste piles has led to a significant amount of Ge being incorporated into a zinc-silicate, hemimorphite. Data and methods reported are part of a research study published here: White, S.J.O., Piatak, N.M., McAleer, R.J., Hayes. S.M., Seal, R.R. II, Schaider, L.A., Shine, J.P. Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: implications for environmental mobility and recovery of a critical...

Categories: Data; Tags: Germanium, Hemimorphite, Mine wastes, Mineral Resources, Oklahoma, All tags... Sphalerite, Tar Creek, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags

Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of the People's Republic of China

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for the People's Republic of China. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries and related economic and physical infrastructure integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study as well as the movement of mineral products across domestic and global markets. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity supply chains by updating and publishing the georeferenced locations of mineral commodity production and processing facilities, mineral...

Tags: Asia, China, Economic Geology, Energy Resources, Fujian Province, All tags... GIS, Geography, Guangdong Province, Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan Province, Hebei Province, Hunan Province, Information Sciences, Jiangsu Province, LNG, Mineral Resources, NGL, PGE, REE, Shandong Province, South China Sea, Tianjin Municipality, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Zhejiang Province, aluminum, amethyst, antimony, antimony occurrence, antimony resources, aquamarine, aragonite, arsenic, asbestos, barite, barium, bauxite, beforsite, bentonite, beryl beryllium, bismuth, boron, brine, brown coal, bulk cargo, bulk shipping, cadmium, calcium, celestite, cement, cesium, chromium,, clay, coal, coal (brown), coal (hard), coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, coalfield, cobalt, columbium, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, dam, deposit, diamond, electrical transmission lines, electricity, electricity generation, emerald, energy, energy generation, epidote, evaporite-related potash, exploration, extra high voltage, ferroalloys, floating storage, fluorite, fluorspar, fluxstone, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gas terminal, gemstone, gemstones, geography, gold, graphite, gypsum, hafnium, halite, halite (brine), hard coal, hydrocarbon resources, iron, iron (carbonatite), iron and steel, iron ore, kyanite, lapiz lazuli, lead, limestone, liquefied natural gas (LNG), lithium, magnesite, magnesium, manganese, marble, maritime port, mercury, methanol, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral deposit, mineral exploration, mineral exports, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, morganite, muscovite, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), nickel, niobium, niobium (columbium), non-renewable energy, ochre, oil, oil and gas, oil and gas terminal, oil production, oil terminal, onshore, peat, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate occurrence, phosphate resources, phosphorite, phosphorus, platinum-group elements, porphyry copper, port, port terminal, potash, potash occurrence, potash resources, potassium, power, power generation, power lines, power plant, power station, power transmission, quartz, rare earth elements, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, regasification, regasification unit (FSRU), renewable energy, resources, rhenium, rose quartz, rubidium, ruby, salt, sand, sand (glass), sand and gravel, sandstone, sapphire, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, serpentine, shale gas, shale oil, shipping port, silica, silver, smelting, sodium, sphalerite, spinel, strontium, sulfur, sövite, talc, tantalum, technetium, tellurium, terminal, thorium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tourmaline, transmission lines, tungsten, ultra high voltage, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, vermiculite, water storage, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Molecular-scale speciation of germanium and copper within sphalerite from Central Tennessee mining district (TN), Red Dog mining district (AK), and Metaline mining district (WA)

Oxidation state and bonding environment of Ge and Cu in ZnS and Zn mineral concentrates from a variety of sources [Central Tennessee mining district (TN), Metaline mining district, (WA), and Red Dog mine (AK)] were determined by linear combination fits from x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) analysis. Sphalerites from the East Tennessee mining district contained Ge in concentrations that were too low to generate a X-ray absorption spectra with an edge step. When applicable, Ge content in quartz was determined using XAS edge steps. Data and methods reported are part of a research study published in the 'Related External Resources' section below.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Germanium, Hemimorphite, Mine wastes, Mineral Resources, All tags... Sphalerite, Tennessee, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington, Fewer tags

Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of Select Countries in Southwest Asia

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for 10 countries of interest in Southwest Asia (area of study): Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Thailand. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries and related economic and physical infrastructure integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study as well as the movement of mineral products across domestic and global markets. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity supply chains...

Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Cambodia, Economic Geology, Energy Resources, All tags... Geography, India, Indonesia, Information Sciences, Iran, LNG, LNG terminals, Laos, Malaysia–Thailand JDA, Mineral Resources, NGL, Nepal, North Korea, PGE, Pakistan, REE, Thailand, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aluminum, amethyst, antimony, aquamarine, aragonite, arsenic, asbestos, barite, barium, bauxite, beforsite, bentonite, beryl, beryllium, bismuth, boron, brine, brown coal, bulk cargo, bulk shipping, cadmium, calcium, celestite, cement, cesium, chromium, clay, coal, coal (brown), coal (hard), coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, cobalt, columbium, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, critical minerals, deposit, diamond, dry port, electrical transmission lines, electricity, electricity generation, emerald, energy, energy generation, epidote, evaporite-related potash, exploration, ferroalloys, fluorite, fluorspar, fluxstone, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gas terminal, gasification, gemstone, gemstones, gold, graphite, gypsum, hafnium, halite, halite (brine), hard coal, hydrocarbon resources, iron, iron (carbonatite), iron and steel, iron ore, kyanite, lapiz lazuli, lead, limestone, liquefaction, liquefied natural gas, lithium, magnesite, magnesium, manganese, marble, maritime port, mercury, methanol, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral deposit, mineral exploration, mineral exports, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, morganite, muscovite, natural gas, natural gas liquids, nickel, niobium, niobium (columbium), non-renewable energy, ochre, oil, oil and gas, oil and gas terminal, oil production, oil terminal, peat, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate occurrence, phosphate resources, phosphorite, platinum-group elements, porphyry copper, port, port terminal, potash, potash occurrence, potash resources, potassium, power, power generation, power lines, power plant, power station, quartz, rare earth elements, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, regasification, renewable energy, resources, rhenium, rose quartz, rubidium, ruby, salt, sand, sand (glass), sand and gravel, sandstone, sapphire, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, serpentine, shale gas, shale oil, shipping port, silica, silver, smelting, sodium, sphalerite, spinel, stratabound copper, strontium, sulfur, sövite, talc, tantalum, technetium, tellurium, thorium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tourmaline, transmission lines, tungsten, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, vermiculite, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Mineral abundances within bulk and size-fractionated mine waste from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Mineral abundances within bulk and size-fractionated mine waste from sampled historical waste piles from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, U.S.A., were determined by Mineral Liberation Analysis (MLA) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Data and methods reported are part of a research study published here: White, S.J.O., Piatak, N.M., McAleer, R.J., Hayes. S.M., Seal, R.R. II, Schaider, L.A., Shine, J.P. Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: implications for environmental mobility and recovery of a critical minerals, Applied Geochemistry, p. 105341, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105341

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Germanium, Hemimorphite, Mine Wastes, Mineral Resources, Oklahoma, All tags... Sphalerite, Tar Creek, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags

Elemental concentrations for bulk and size-fractionated mine waste from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Elemental concentrations for bulk and size-fractionated mine waste from sampled historical waste piles from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, U.S. were determined after dissolution via acid digests or a sodium peroxide fusion. Elemental concentrations were determined for the leachate from a simulated rainwater leach of mine wastes. Data and methods reported are part of a research study published here: White, S.J.O., Piatak, N.M., McAleer, R.J., Hayes. S.M., Seal, R.R. II, Schaider, L.A., Shine, J.P. Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: implications for environmental mobility and recovery of a critical mineral

Categories: Data; Tags: Energy Resources, Germanium, Hemimorphite, Mine Wastes, Oklahoma, All tags... Sphalerite, Tar Creek, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags

Major-oxide, minor-oxide, and trace-element geochemical data from rocks in the Styx River area, Lime Hills C-1 Quadrangle, Lime Hills, McGrath, Talkeetna, and Tyonek quadrangles, Alaska

Geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Mineral Resources Section conducted four weeks of helicopter-supported mapping and fieldwork from June 26 through July 24, 2013. The Styx River project in the Lime Hills C-1 Quadrangle was part of the State-funded Airborne Geophysical/Geological Mineral Inventory (AGGMI) program as part of the State's Strategic Minerals Assessment Project, an initiative designed to evaluate Alaska's potential for rare-earth elements, PGEs, and other similarly supply-challenged resources. The Styx River project area has active and ongoing mineral exploration for deposit types including porphyry copper/molybdenum/gold, reduced intrusion-related gold, and...

Tags: Alaska Range, Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, All tags... Basalt, Base Metals, Bedrock, Beryllium, Bismuth, Cadmium, Calcium, Cerium, Cesium, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Critical Minerals, Dysprosium, Economic Geology, Erbium, Europium, Exploration, Felsic, Fluorine, Gadolinium, Galena, Gallium, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Germanium, Gold, Granite, Greisen, Hafnium, Heavy Metals, Holmium, Hornfels, Igneous Rocks, Iron, Lime Hills Quadrangle, Lode, Lutetium, Magnesium, Major Oxides, Manganese, McGrath Quadrangle, Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Localities, Mineral Resources, Minor Oxides, Molybdenum, Neodymium, Nickel, Niobium, Non-Metals, Palladium, Phosphorus, Platinum, Platinum Group Elements, Plutons, Potassium, Precious Metals, Promethium, Rubidium, Selenium, Silica, Silver, Sodium, Sphalerite, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Strontium, Sulfides, Sulfur, Talkeetna Quadrangle, Tantalum, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Tourmaline, Trace Elements, Trace Metals, Tungsten, Tyonek Quadrangle, Uranium, Vanadium, Volcanic, Zinc, Zirconium, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Irregular veinlet of sphalerite (smooth light gray) and argentite (rough light gray). Nye County, Nevada. 1915.

Irregular veinlet of sphalerite (smooth light gray) and argentite (rough light gray), bordered by quartz (dark gray), with scattered irregular areas of sphalerite; the sphalerite- argentite veinlet is believed to mark a line of easy replacement in the original rock. All the minerals are interpreted as alpha hypo gene. Photomicrograph of polished surface of ore from stope 600 C, West End vein, West End mine. Nye County, Nevada. 1915. Plate 3-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 104. 1918.

Categories: Image; Tags: Bastin, E.S. Collection, Mills, Mines, Quarries, Nye County, Nevada, Photographers, Photomicrographs, All tags... Sphalerite, photo print, Fewer tags

Geochemical major-oxide, minor-oxide, trace-element, and rare-earth-element data from rocks and streams sediments collected in 2012 in the Ray Mountains area, Beaver, Bettles, Livengood, and Tanana quadrangles, Alaska

Mineral-resources personnel from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a helicopter-supported geological and geochemical resource assessment project in the Beaver, Bettles, Livengood, and Tanana quadrangles from June 23 through August 5, 2012. The objectives of DGGS's resource assessment are to improve the trace-element geochemical coverage of selected watersheds; to obtain modern, quantitative geochemical analyses; to understand the petrogenesis of the granites; and to better document established mineral occurrences. Stream-sediment, pan-concentrate, and rock sampling were conducted as part of the State's Rare Earth Elements and Strategic Minerals Assessment project, which is...

Tags: Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Augen Gneiss, Barium, All tags... Basalt, Base Metals, Batholith, Beaver Quadrangle, Bedrock, Beryllium, Bettles Quadrangle, Bismuth, Bonanza Creek, Cadmium, Calcium, Caribou Mountain, Cerium, Cesium, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chromium, Coal Creek, Cobalt, Copper, Critical Minerals, Dall River, Dalton Highway, Dysprosium, Economic Geology, Erbium, Europium, Exploration, Felsic, Fish Creek, Fleshlanana Creek, Fluorine, Fort Hamlin Hills, Gadolinium, Galena, Gallium, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Germanium, Gishna Creek, Gneiss, Gobblers Knob, Gold, Granite, Greisen, Hafnium, Halu Creek, Heavy Metals, Holmium, Hornfels, Igneous Rocks, Iron, Ishtalitna Creek, Kanuti Hot Springs, Kanuti Kilolitna River, Kanuti River, Kilo Hot Springs, Koyuk Mining District, Lanthanide Elements, Lanthanum, Livengood Quadrangle, Lode, Lower Ray Hot Springs, Lutetium, Magnesium, Major Oxides, Manganese, McQuesten Creek, Metabasite, Metals, Metamorphic Rocks, Metasedimentary rocks, Metavolcanic rocks, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Localities, Mineral Resources, Minor Oxides, Molybdenum, Monazite, Mount Henry Eakin, Mount Tozi, Neodymium, Nickel, Niobium, No Name Creek, Non-Metals, Palladium, Pan Concentrates, Phosphorus, Placer, Placer Gold, Platinum, Platinum Group Elements, Potassium, Praseodymium, Precious Metals, Promethium, Prospect Creek, Rare Earth Elements, Ray Mountains, Ray River, Ray River Hot Springs, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resources, Rhyolite, Rubidium, Samarium, Scheelite, Schist, Selenium, Silica, Silver, Sithylemenkat Lake, Sodium, Soil Chemistry, Soil Sampling, Sphalerite, Strategic Minerals, Stream Sediments, Strontium, Sulfides, Sulfur, Tanana Quadrangle, Tantalum, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Tokusatatquaten Lake, Torment Creek, Tourmaline, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Tungsten, Upper Ray Hot Springs, Uranium, Vanadium, Volcaniclastics, Ytterbium, Zeunerite, Zinc, Zirconium, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Molecular speciation of Ge within sphalerite, hemimorphite, and quartz from mine waste from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Oxidation state and bonding environment of Ge in minerals within mine waste from sampled historical waste piles from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, U.S. were determined by linear combination fits from x-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) analysis. Ge content in quartz within these wastes was determined using XANES edge steps, and Ge content in sphalerite was compared using XANES edge steps versus electron microprobe analyses. Data and methods reported are part of a research study published here: White, S.J.O., Piatak, N.M., McAleer, R.J., Hayes. S.M., Seal, R.R. II, Schaider, L.A., Shine, J.P. Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: implications for environmental mobility...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Germanium, Hemimorphite, Mine Wastes, Mineral Resources, Oklahoma, All tags... Sphalerite, Tar Creek, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags

Electron microprobe analyses of sphalerite from Central and East Tennessee mining districts, the Red Dog mining district (AK), and the Metaline mining district (WA)

Electron microprobe analyses of sphalerite (ZnS) were collected on samples from current or past mining operations in the USA with a specific focus on germanium (Ge), a byproduct critical mineral recovered from sphalerite. Data and methods reported are part of a research study published in the 'Related External Resources' section below.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Germanium, Hemimorphite, Mine wastes, Mineral Resources, All tags... Sphalerite, Tennessee, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington, Fewer tags