Energy Resources Program
Addressing the challenge of increasing demand for energy sources by conducting basic and applied research on geologic energy resources
Addressing the challenge of increasing demand for energy sources by conducting basic and applied research on geologic energy resources
Mineral Resources Program
Delivering unbiased science and information on mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how they interact with the environment.
Delivering unbiased science and information on mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how they interact with the environment.
Science and Decisions Center
An interdisciplinary organization advancing the use of science in natural resource decision making.
An interdisciplinary organization advancing the use of science in natural resource decision making.
SHRIMP-RG Lab
Supporting scientists and students to analyze specimens for a variety of scientific research objectives.
Supporting scientists and students to analyze specimens for a variety of scientific research objectives.
TRIGA Reactor
Supporting science by providing information on geologic, plant, and animal specimens to advance methods and techniques unique to nuclear reactors.
Supporting science by providing information on geologic, plant, and animal specimens to advance methods and techniques unique to nuclear reactors.
Energy and Minerals Mission Area
The Energy and Mineral Resources Mission Area conducts research and assessments that focus on the location, quantity, and quality of mineral and energy resources, including the economic and environmental effects of resource extraction and use.
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Media Alert: Low-Level Airplane Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southeastern Arizona
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Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee
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Media Alert: Low-Level Airplane Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Minnesota
Publications
Phase 3 of the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) focuses on geologic belts that are favorable for hosting mineral systems that could contain the critical minerals antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, magnesium, manganese, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium. Prior phases of the Earth MRI program in Alaska focused only on rare earth elements, aluminum, cobalt, graphi
Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico — Antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadiu
The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) is conducted in phases to identify areas for acquiring new geologic framework data to identify potential domestic resources of the 35 mineral materials designated as critical minerals for the United States. This report describes the data sources and summary results for 13 critical minerals evaluated in the conterminous United States and Puerto Ric
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Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)
Assessing mineral supply concentration from different perspectives through a case study of zinc
Increasing demand for nonfuel mineral commodities has increased concerns regarding the reliability of their supplies. “Criticality” assessments over the past decade have attempted to capture this concern through a set of indicators, the most common of which quantifies the risk associated with market concentration by applying the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to the world production of a given c
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Diseases of Fish and Wildlife
The coronavirus pandemic, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer, and white-nose syndrome in bats have spawned great interest in diseases of native fish and wildlife. Many aspects of widely known diseases of wild (as opposed to domestic) animal populations are poorly understood, including their ecology, incidence, distribution, and methods for reducing effects of disease on culturally...
National assessment of Ni, Co, V, Cr, and PGE associated with mafic/ultramafic magmatic mineral systems
Many minerals critical for modern society are found only in a few places in the world. U.S. reliance on minerals imported from other countries can cause supply chain vulnerabilities. This project aims to evaluate critical commodities associated with mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks and highlight areas with mineral potential.
Space Economy Workshop Series 2023
Technologies to Fill Observation & Capability Gaps for the Off-World Mineral Resource Economy NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are hosting an invitational workshop intended to inform the development of new technologies to detect and assess off-world mineral resources, as well as to identify alignments with advanced terrestrial applications. April 11, 2023 at NASA Ames, Moffett...