GIS Data

The chromite deposits in the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii) are shown on the accompanying map. In compiling the map, the deposits were classified in five size categories according to the estimated total quantity of chromite present before mining. The map shows, by different symbols, deposits of chromite in ultramafic rocks, beach sands in which chromite is an important...

The copper districts in the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii) are shown on the accompanying map. In compiling the map, the estimated total quantity of copper present before mining was used to assign districts to size categories, and both production and reserves are included without distinction as to the status of exploitation. Four categories have been distinguished...

Productive and unproductive deposits of uranium in the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii) are shown on the accompanying map. These deposits constitute the actual and some of the potential domestic raw-material sources of uranium. Other potential sources of uranium similar to these known deposits remain to be discovered and are probably distributed, at least in part, in the...

The western Disappointment Valley area is in San Miguel County, Colo., in the northeastern part of the Slick Rock district, (see location map). It covers an area of approximately 50 square miles in Tps. 43 and 44 N., Rs. 17, 18, and 19 W., New Mexico principal meridian. The mining camp of Slick Rock is in the western part of the area. On the northeast the area is bounded by Gypsum Valley...

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Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Arabian American Oil Company under the joint sponsorship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Department of State.