2025 List of Critical Minerals
The 2025 List of Critical Minerals includes 60 critical minerals. 50 of these were also included on the 2022 List of Critical Minerals, and 10 are new. There are 15 rare earth elements included on the List.
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Selected mineral specimen images and videos about Program activities.
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2025 List of Critical Minerals
2025 List of Critical Minerals
The 2025 List of Critical Minerals includes 60 critical minerals. 50 of these were also included on the 2022 List of Critical Minerals, and 10 are new. There are 15 rare earth elements included on the List.
2025 Draft List of Critical Minerals
The List of Critical Minerals Informs:
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Supply chain risk mitigation
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Federal policy and strategy
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Stockpiles
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Permitting Processes
The List of Critical Minerals Informs:
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Supply chain risk mitigation
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Federal policy and strategy
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Stockpiles
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Permitting Processes
Alaska locations of USGS placer tailings sampling sites
Alaska locations of USGS placer tailings sampling sitesMap showing locations of placer mines in the Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF, red crosses), primary mineral districts that contain targeted critical minerals (black boxes) and locations that were sampled by the USGS in 2022 through 2024 (yellow stars).
Alaska locations of USGS placer tailings sampling sites
Alaska locations of USGS placer tailings sampling sitesMap showing locations of placer mines in the Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF, red crosses), primary mineral districts that contain targeted critical minerals (black boxes) and locations that were sampled by the USGS in 2022 through 2024 (yellow stars).
USGS MRP Coloring Page Lepidolite
Critical Minerals Coloring Sheet: lepidolite
The critical mineral lithium is sourced from lithium brines, spodumene (LiAlSi2O6), petalite (LiAlSi4O10), and lepidolite (a Li-rich mica). Fun fact: lithium is the lightest metal!
Critical Minerals Coloring Sheet: lepidolite
The critical mineral lithium is sourced from lithium brines, spodumene (LiAlSi2O6), petalite (LiAlSi4O10), and lepidolite (a Li-rich mica). Fun fact: lithium is the lightest metal!
Key Minerals in Data Centers Infographic
Key Minerals in Data Centers
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Map of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and nearby areas of Northern Wisconsin, with areas of overflights shaded in yellow (Wisconsin) and green (Michigan).
Map of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and nearby areas of Northern Wisconsin, with areas of overflights shaded in yellow (Wisconsin) and green (Michigan).
Videos
2017 Oct. Public Lecture — Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies
2017 Oct. Public Lecture — Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies- The U.S. is increasingly reliant on supply of mineral raw materials from other countries.
- Advanced technologies are increasingly making use of nearly the entire periodic table of the elements.
- Dynamic studies of critical and strategic mineral supply and demand can identify emerging potential supply risks.
2017 Oct. Public Lecture — Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies
2017 Oct. Public Lecture — Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies- The U.S. is increasingly reliant on supply of mineral raw materials from other countries.
- Advanced technologies are increasingly making use of nearly the entire periodic table of the elements.
- Dynamic studies of critical and strategic mineral supply and demand can identify emerging potential supply risks.
NMIC - 2017 Mineral Commodity Summaries Release
The National Minerals Information Center, the primary agency for collecting and analyzing nonfuel minerals information, releases the 2017 Mineral Commodity Summaries, a collection of reports on over 85 commodities essential to the U.S. economy and national security.
The National Minerals Information Center, the primary agency for collecting and analyzing nonfuel minerals information, releases the 2017 Mineral Commodity Summaries, a collection of reports on over 85 commodities essential to the U.S. economy and national security.
What's the Big Idea?—Multiple Perspectives to Answer Complex Questions
What's the Big Idea?—Multiple Perspectives to Answer Complex QuestionsJoAnn Holloway, biogeochemist with the USGS Mineral Resources Program, explains how interdisciplinary science can help better inform the conditions of a complex ecosystem.
What's the Big Idea?—Multiple Perspectives to Answer Complex Questions
What's the Big Idea?—Multiple Perspectives to Answer Complex QuestionsJoAnn Holloway, biogeochemist with the USGS Mineral Resources Program, explains how interdisciplinary science can help better inform the conditions of a complex ecosystem.