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Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to scan geology over parts of four Midwestern states

Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to scan geology over parts of four Midwestern states

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level airplane flights over a broad region in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin to image...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over eastern Maine

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over eastern Maine

RESTON, Va. — Low-level flights begin as soon as early November over eastern Maine from the Down East coast up into northern Aroostook County to image...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over portions of the Blue Mountains in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over portions of the Blue Mountains in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho

RESTON, Va. — Low-level helicopter flights begin in early October over portions of the Blue Mountains and adjacent areas in northeastern Oregon and...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology, map critical minerals over parts of Central and Eastern Nevada

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology, map critical minerals over parts of Central and Eastern Nevada

RESTON, Va. — Low-level Helicopter flights are planned over a broad region in Nevada to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The...

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Low-level fixed-wing, helicopter flights to image geology over parts of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina

Low-level fixed-wing, helicopter flights to image geology over parts of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina

RESTON, Va. — Low-level airplane and helicopter flights are planned over broad regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia...

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USGS supports 13 states in joint work on critical minerals in mine waste

USGS supports 13 states in joint work on critical minerals in mine waste

RESTON, Va. -- The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to state geological surveys to study critical...

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Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over NE Idaho and NW Montana

Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over NE Idaho and NW Montana

RESTON, Va. — Low-level helicopter flights begin as soon as early September over the greater “Silver Valley” mineral district in Northeastern Idaho...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over Western Georgia

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over Western Georgia

RESTON, Va. – The USGS will conduct low-level airplane flights beginning as soon as mid-August over western Georgia to image geology using airborne...

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Interactive Atlas of Critical Minerals

Interactive Atlas of Critical Minerals

Critical minerals power the technology behind smartphones, computers and even fighter planes. The interactive Critical Minerals Atlas shows where...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over the Duluth Complex & Cuyuna Range in Northeastern Minnesota

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over the Duluth Complex & Cuyuna Range in Northeastern Minnesota

RESTON, Va. — Low-level airplane flights begin as soon as early August over the Duluth Complex and Cuyuna Range in Northeastern Minnesota to image...

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Department of the Interior launches effort to recover critical minerals from mine waste

Department of the Interior launches effort to recover critical minerals from mine waste

The Department of the Interior is taking decisive steps to recover critical minerals essential to America’s economic strength, national defense, and...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over Black Hills, Bear Lodge area

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over Black Hills, Bear Lodge area

Low-level airplane flights begin as soon as late July over the Black Hills and Bear Lodge areas of Wyoming and South Dakota to image geology using...

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