USGS provides science and data on the occurrence and distribution of geologic resources, including current and future mineral resources and their wastes. USGS also addresses environmental and socioeconomic effects of geologic resource occurrence, extraction, use, and disposal; and global supply, demand, and trade in nonfuel mineral commodities.
USGS provides reliable information to answer your questions and provide assistance related to international minerals science. Training and technology transfer often are integral to the technical assistance provided by USGS international activities.
International studies related to energy are conducted by scientists from throughout USGS on topics including:
- rare earth elements
- critical minerals
- mineralogy
- mineral commodity analysis and materials flow
- geochemistry and geophysics
- stratigraphy
- tectonics and structural geology
- economic geology
- mine waste
- environmental and human health effects of mineral use
Latest Science
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Special Geologic Studies: Artisanal and small-scale mining of conflict minerals
This project focuses on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of minerals and gemstones globally and the illegal mining and transport of these natural resources. Project scientists employ field mapping, geomorphological techniques, and remote sensing to map, monitor, and evaluate mineral deposits and ASM activities in conflict zones and during complex emergencies. The research is directly applied...
Latest Publications
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Early Neoproterozoic gold deposits of the Alto Guaporé province, southwestern Amazon craton, western Brazil
The Alto Guaporé gold province, southwestern Amazon craton, contains gold deposits that have been mined since the beginning of the 18th century and these deposits, together, have modern-day, pre-mining gold resources of at least 1.8 Moz. The ore is associated with quartz vein systems along the southeastern part of the Aguapei belt, a ~35-km-wide and ~500-km-long, NNW-trending shear zone...AuthorsRodrigo Prudente de Melo, Marcos Aurélio Farias de Oliveira, Richard J. Goldfarb, Craig A. Johnson, Erin E. Marsh, Roberto Perez Xavier, Leandro Rocha de Oliveira, Leah E. Morgan
Up to International Science Theme: Minerals
USGS provides science and data on the occurrence and distribution of geologic resources, including current and future mineral resources and their wastes. USGS also addresses environmental and socioeconomic effects of geologic resource occurrence, extraction, use, and disposal; and global supply, demand, and trade in nonfuel mineral commodities.
USGS provides reliable information to answer your questions and provide assistance related to international minerals science. Training and technology transfer often are integral to the technical assistance provided by USGS international activities.
International studies related to energy are conducted by scientists from throughout USGS on topics including:
- rare earth elements
- critical minerals
- mineralogy
- mineral commodity analysis and materials flow
- geochemistry and geophysics
- stratigraphy
- tectonics and structural geology
- economic geology
- mine waste
- environmental and human health effects of mineral use
Latest Science
-
Special Geologic Studies: Artisanal and small-scale mining of conflict minerals
This project focuses on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of minerals and gemstones globally and the illegal mining and transport of these natural resources. Project scientists employ field mapping, geomorphological techniques, and remote sensing to map, monitor, and evaluate mineral deposits and ASM activities in conflict zones and during complex emergencies. The research is directly applied...
Latest Publications
-
Early Neoproterozoic gold deposits of the Alto Guaporé province, southwestern Amazon craton, western Brazil
The Alto Guaporé gold province, southwestern Amazon craton, contains gold deposits that have been mined since the beginning of the 18th century and these deposits, together, have modern-day, pre-mining gold resources of at least 1.8 Moz. The ore is associated with quartz vein systems along the southeastern part of the Aguapei belt, a ~35-km-wide and ~500-km-long, NNW-trending shear zone...AuthorsRodrigo Prudente de Melo, Marcos Aurélio Farias de Oliveira, Richard J. Goldfarb, Craig A. Johnson, Erin E. Marsh, Roberto Perez Xavier, Leandro Rocha de Oliveira, Leah E. Morgan
Up to International Science Theme: Minerals