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At USGS, although the rocks we study are millions of years old, our scientific methods are cutting edge! Here's just one example of how we use...

U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners are taking technology to the next level, using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones...

In a newly published study, USGS scientists examine rare earth mineral resource potential within heavy mineral sands in the southeastern United States...

No one wants to have an active volcano in their backyard (just ask Dionisio Pulido), but ancient eroded volcanoes can sometimes be literal goldmines...

We've got a library full of spectral signatures, like a police fingerprint library for minerals and other substances!

Look, in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s...underground mineral research?

It’s not a caffeinated ghost, but this EarthWord is nearly as trippy...

Today’s high-end electronics increasingly rely on mineral commodities...and research into those mineral commodities is increasingly using high-end...

A new USGS report summarizes the primary sources of potash in the United States. Potash is an essential nutrient that, along with phosphorus and...

New study investigates groundwater from the air