USGS: Science Topics: natural resource extraction

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Natural resource extraction

Removal of natural materials or properties (such as heat) for use.

Subtopics:
Mining and quarrying (18 items)
Well drilling (6 items)
Placer deposit mining (1 items)
Enhanced oil recovery (4 items)

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Water co-produced with coalbed methane in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: preliminary compositional data [More info]: Compositional data on water from 47 CBM wells sampled in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Data on major, minor, and trace elements are included.
Water quality studied in areas of unconventional oil and gas development, including areas where hydraulic fracturing techniques are used, in the United States [More info]: Maps showing number of water quality samples in areas underlain by unconventional oil and gas resources, broken out by surface water and groundwater.
World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) [More info]: Homepage of the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) with sample collection procedures.

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